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Clean the vents anyway Posted by Ari [Email]  (#2847) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Ari) on Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:23:36
In Reply to: Thanks Ari !, mark, Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:57:00 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Any opening will pass water, and all sunroofs leak. That is why there is a drain pan underneath. A perfectly operating sunroof will pass a little water, and the pan and drains handle it. That's why most cars go through their lives without ever leaking.
The RTV trick is fine - it's your car, do as you wish. It won't make a good selling point, but if you aren't going to sell the car, no big deal. However, you should still clean out the drains. Two reasons - first, even your best RTV job will pass a little water. If not right away, after a few weeks or months of vibration. Second, if you have a really profound clog, you've got scummy water trapped in those drain lines, and those lines are venting to the sunroof pan, which is on the passenger cabin side of the sealed sunroof. You can be incubating some pretty nasty bacteria in there, and you'll be breathing the results.
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