Sunroof Drain Blockage, any success with liquid cleaner?
Sunroof Drain Blockage, any success with liquid cleaner?
Before I take my G37 into the garage to have the sunroof drain replaced. Has anyone had success injecting a degreaser or some other kind of liquid cleaner through the sunroof drain hole to clear it?
Most people conflate a "clogged sunroof drain" with the leaking "firewall grommet" issue. They are not the same. If the drain tube was clogged water would potentially overflow from the top (headliner) just like it would in a sink or bath tub. Being your headliner is dry and that water is leaking onto the floor, you either have the firewall grommet issue or the windshield cowl issue. Running any type of "drano" will not help.
That said, there are tons of threads on these issues:
If water is on floor, see here: Sunroof Grommet Leak #1, Sunroof Grommet Leak #2, and tons more.
If your cabin air filter is wet, check here; Windshield Cowl Leak
Being you have a Coupe, if water is dripping from the door, see here: Door Pillar Leak
That said, there are tons of threads on these issues:
If water is on floor, see here: Sunroof Grommet Leak #1, Sunroof Grommet Leak #2, and tons more.
If your cabin air filter is wet, check here; Windshield Cowl Leak
Being you have a Coupe, if water is dripping from the door, see here: Door Pillar Leak
Most people conflate a "clogged sunroof drain" with the leaking "firewall grommet" issue. They are not the same. If the drain tube was clogged water would potentially overflow from the top (headliner) just like it would in a sink or bath tub. Being your headliner is dry and that water is leaking onto the floor, you either have the firewall grommet issue or the windshield cowl issue. Running any type of "drano" will not help.
That said, there are tons of threads on these issues:
If water is on floor, see here: Sunroof Grommet Leak #1, Sunroof Grommet Leak #2, and tons more.
If your cabin air filter is wet, check here; Windshield Cowl Leak
Being you have a Coupe, if water is dripping from the door, see here: Door Pillar Leak
That said, there are tons of threads on these issues:
If water is on floor, see here: Sunroof Grommet Leak #1, Sunroof Grommet Leak #2, and tons more.
If your cabin air filter is wet, check here; Windshield Cowl Leak
Being you have a Coupe, if water is dripping from the door, see here: Door Pillar Leak
Drain cleaner will not work.
So what did you do? If it was sunroof drain plug issue, the ones behind the air vents, I've posted on here before how with the right tools it only took me 5 minutes to fix. Read in other post where people went to the dealer and had to pay damn near $1,000 to have the dashboard removed to get to them.
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I really recommend going ahead and replacing the 2, and doing the modification with a plastic straw and cutting the flow restrictor. Its your best bet to prevent this from happening in the future
Irregardless of any hacks, tricks, or continuous drain grommet "revisions," the bypass is the only guaranteed, surefire method to avoid this issue.
Just as with the plastic heater hose coupling, this should addressed BEFORE it becomes a (costly) problem.
It's the only solution I'll ever recommend. But, that's just my 10¢.
Just as with the plastic heater hose coupling, this should addressed BEFORE it becomes a (costly) problem.
It's the only solution I'll ever recommend. But, that's just my 10¢.
Last edited by ILM-NC G37S; Mar 4, 2023 at 10:48 AM.
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