Water leak/rear carpet getting wet...
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Not sure this is the right place to put this but I'll try it. When it rains the rear floor board carpet on both sides on my '92 SC 400 gets wet.
It seems to come from the small vent that is under each of the front seats. I think fresh air enters thru the cowling under the windshield (and water when it rains) and it probably has some sort of drain down below that is plugged up but I can't seem to locate anything. Has anyone else had this problem and can you help me with a solution (besides putting the car in the garage - garage is already full) LOL. Thanks
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Well, I did a search using all sorts of words like "sunroof, moonroof, drains, tubes, lines, etc etc and didn't turn up anything. I never thought of that being the problem but I do have the Service Tech Manuals so I'll take a look at those and see if I can find something. Thanks for your input.
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Tech manuals don't even show the sunroof drains in their pics. I looked at moonroof with it open and don't see any drains whatsoever so they must be under the rear portion of the opening. So now I'm back to point A. Anyone else have any ideas????????? ![Uhh...](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/1387914497.gif)
PS: there are no signs of water on my headliner at all and I would think if the drains were plugged I would see water on the headliner.
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PS: there are no signs of water on my headliner at all and I would think if the drains were plugged I would see water on the headliner.
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Man your search skills need work lol I typed in "sunroof drain" and BAM https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...ear-floor.html
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I don't think missing plugs would matter. The water is coming in when it rains and not by a flood (leaking while parked and not while being driven). Missing plugs would just make the water go out faster.
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Okay, I went to the link furnished by FireCode - TYVM -(BTW I had your beer here for you and you didn't show up so I drank it myself - didn't want it to get warm LOL). Anyway I found the two drain holes and tried to insert weed wacker line but it only went in a couple of inches and jammed up. Tried twisting it at different angles but no go.
Does anyone know where the drains exit under the car?
Thought maybe I could go from the bottom up with the weed wacker line. Kind of afraid to use the compressed air as I don't want to damage or dislodge the drain lines like someone said could happen. Guess I could put alittle water in the drain hole and watch under the car for a drip........but then it may all just go into my rear carpet.
Any ideas anyone???
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Okay, I went to the link furnished by FireCode - TYVM -(BTW I had your beer here for you and you didn't show up so I drank it myself - didn't want it to get warm LOL). Anyway I found the two drain holes and tried to insert weed wacker line but it only went in a couple of inches and jammed up. Tried twisting it at different angles but no go.
Does anyone know where the drains exit under the car?
Thought maybe I could go from the bottom up with the weed wacker line. Kind of afraid to use the compressed air as I don't want to damage or dislodge the drain lines like someone said could happen. Guess I could put alittle water in the drain hole and watch under the car for a drip........but then it may all just go into my rear carpet.
Any ideas anyone???
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Have you removed your carpet for anything like running wires? I did that and didn't place it back right and water would leak on the driver side. I would try that bro!
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Does anyone know where the front sunroof drains are supposed to drain under the car?
I was able to see tubes where the water drains from back drains but when I poor water down the front drains it just drips under the car (on both sides) from a about a 5 inch section of metal, and it just doesn't look correct.
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robbie d.
I was able to see tubes where the water drains from back drains but when I poor water down the front drains it just drips under the car (on both sides) from a about a 5 inch section of metal, and it just doesn't look correct.
thanks,
robbie d.
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