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Post by AmunRoo on Jun 28, 2018 1:15:29 GMT -6
I cleaned out the front drains, but where the F are the rear drains?!? I ended up with water in my rear driver's side foot well. I'm guessing a stupid drain is still clogged. I couldn't find it for the life of me...
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Post by phewop118 on Jun 28, 2018 10:41:31 GMT -6
Rear drains are behind the rear quarter panels. Take the trunk interior trim off and you'll find them.
It's also possible that if you have water on the floor, it could be coming from the door. Check the carpet on the lower part of the door to see if it's wet. If so, you'll need to reseal your door's water deflector.
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Post by AmunRoo on Jun 28, 2018 11:46:15 GMT -6
I had a small wading pool in the floor board behind the driver's seat only... Any thoughts or is it just "the Doors"?
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Post by phewop118 on Jun 28, 2018 12:09:15 GMT -6
Checking the water deflectors in the doors is as easy as feeling the carpets at the base of each door. If one of them is wet, you have a leaking water deflector / vapor barrier.
For the rear sunroof drains, check the spare tire well for water. Then you can pull the rest of the trunk trim and make sure everything is connected. Open the sunroof when you are parked on a slight uphill slope. Pour water into the trough around the sunroof and ensure it drains properly through the rear drains and doesn't drip through any of the hose connections in the trunk.
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Post by AmunRoo on Jun 28, 2018 22:12:00 GMT -6
I don't understand your post. My car was sitting through a rainstorm and it developed the puddle of water in the back. I wasn't driving it that week. How did the water get in if the car was stationary?
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Post by tigger on Jun 29, 2018 0:01:16 GMT -6
It's the drains most likely.
There's a trough (gutter) around the sunroof assembly that the drain lines connect to. If the drains are clogged, it overflows the trough, spills onto the headliner board, then trickles down the lowest pillar onto the floor...
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Post by AmunRoo on Jun 30, 2018 2:25:07 GMT -6
So where is this drainage system. I know about the ones in the two front corners of the sunroof.
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Post by tigger on Jun 30, 2018 10:29:52 GMT -6
There's a drain at each corner. The rear drain lines run from the sunroof assembly down the C pillar into the trunk on each side. Then they connect to a rubber hose that exits the trunk behind the wheel well on each side. Like phewop118 said, pull your trunk liner, can't miss 'em!
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Post by AuroraGirlFromMars on Jun 30, 2018 13:06:10 GMT -6
Oh this issue... if you go back just under a year youll see my posts on the exact same issue. They really dropped the ball on this. If I were you, find where the rear drains terminate(by the trunk vent behind the carpet), pull the house out and open your sunroof. Blow air, from your mouth, up stream to clear anything that way. Then on your little rubber drain thing, cut the hole bigger. The engineers were real dumb and made a 5/16 hose or whatever its diameter is terminate with a PINHOLE! That hole gets clogged up. I made it the same size as the hose and now it would take a lot to clog it. I also replaced the hose because mine was brittle. I got polyurethane tubing.
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Post by billjenalicia on May 14, 2019 6:38:57 GMT -6
I see the diagram for the front drains, but I am unable to locate the outlets on my 2001 Aurora.
Does anyone have a pic or better location for accessing the outlets?
I pulled the fender liner and also the kick panel with no luck :-(
My wife is not happy with the dripping on her head.
TIA,
Bill
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Post by tigger on May 14, 2019 13:40:34 GMT -6
I don't have a pic, but look for a black rubber nipple/grommet thingy behind the wheel liner, firewall side. That's the front drain outlet, one per side.
FWIW, grease up the glass panel seal and make sure the panel is properly aligned. That'll keep most of the water out in the first place.
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