More information on sunroof drains...

[lunchboxx]

In addition to the great information provided by Haro about sunroof drains :http://www.pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/fo ... =43&t=1688 I thought I would add just a little. My headliner got soaked and stained ( in addition to just plain falling apart due to obscene Florida heat) so I suspected that i had a backed up sunroof drain. I got into the car and started yanking stuff out and ended up with everything except the dash out on the front lawn. I discovered that I had a below carpet leak on the passenger front side ( see the post about hidden puddles), a door seal leak in the back, and one completely blocked sunroof drain. Well after i used Haro's info to dig around in my car and get the passenger side drain tube reconnected, I found that I had two completely blocked sunroof drains. So i dug further.

Pull the front wheel and then pop loose the plastic retainers to remove the sight shield that goes up inside the wheel well. You will see this little black "duckbill" looking thing.



I squeezed mine to open it and it shot a bunch of crap out followed by a ton of water. It was like popping a nasty zit.
This is what came out of it...


So if your sunroof drains are blocked and you cant figure out why..try popping your zits!!

Eww.

[2002BonnevilleSE]

Thanks for the photos. Might be something those of us with sunroofs can keep an eye on.
Mine does leak ( it will now) but might have a look at the drain to be on the safe side.
Again thanks.

[smuskie]

are there tensioners or something that keep the sunroof tight and up, seems mine sinks a bit, you can begin to hear the outside air more. You also can push up from the inside to seat it better.

[lunchboxx]

If you look at both sides of the sunroof track while the inside cover is pushed back, you will see two T-20 torx head screws on each side. Those could loosen up and allow play like that...maybe snug those up?

[smuskie]

thanks - I'll try that tonight.