Drain holes

[Alaspor]

I have a 95 Saturn SL2. After heavy rains, the rear floor of my car is wet, and there is constant dripping from the molding around the windows on the driver's side. I know from other posts here that I likely have clogged drain tubes around my sunroof (factory installed). However, what I haven't found, and what I don't know, is where they are. Are they hidden in some way? How many are there? How big are they? Where do they come out under the car?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Lane (2)]

The front drain tubes go down through the A-pillars and down in to the kickpanels. If you remove the trim pieces, you can access the area where the tube meets the rubber drain fitting (and separate the two & clean them out if you need to). I'm not sure they're visible from under the car - they might exit in a location that's behind a body panel.

The rear tubes run down through the C-Pillars and are visible on the sides of the trunk if you remove the trunk side carpet pieces. They can also be taken apart to clean, and exit through the spaceframe under the rear quarter panels. These are not visible from under the car.

Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ]

 

[Alaspor]

Lane,
Thanks a lot. When you say "remove the trim pieces" do you mean to access the bottom of the drain tubes, or the top? If you are talking about the bottom, is there anything I need to remove at the top (on the sunroof) to access the top of the tubes? It seems that's the most likely location to be plugged up.

The front drain tubes go down through the A-pillars and down in to the kickpanels. If you remove the trim pieces, you can access the area where the tube meets the rubber drain fitting (and separate the two & clean them out if you need to). I'm not sure they're visible from under the car - they might exit in a location that's behind a body panel.

The rear tubes run down through the C-Pillars and are visible on the sides of the trunk if you remove the trunk side carpet pieces. They can also be taken apart to clean, and exit through the spaceframe under the rear quarter panels. These are not visible from under the car.

Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ]
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I have a 95 Saturn SL2. After heavy rains, the rear floor of my car is wet, and there is constant dripping from the molding around the windows on the driver's side. I know from other posts here that I likely have clogged drain tubes around my sunroof (factory installed). However, what I haven't found, and what I don't know, is where they are. Are they hidden in some way? How many are there? How big are they? Where do they come out under the car?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Lane (2)]

Yes, the trim pieces I referred to are in the lower kickpanel area.

To see the tubes where they exit the sunroof frame, you would probably need to remove the headliner. I t can be done without wrecking it if all the pillar trim, visors, dome light, and maplight assembly have been removed, but it will probably take some patience. Hint - there's velcro holding it up in certain places. I would think you wouldn't need to do that, since you can probably use a small wire to clean the upper part of the dran hoses by going in to the holes while the sunroof is open. Be careful though if you choose to use compressed air, as you could probably blow the hoses apart in a location where you won't normally see it unless you take things apart.

A pic of what the assembly looks like out of the car is here:
http://www.evilplastic.com/photos92/sroof1.jpg . You can see where the drain hoses attach.

Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ]
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Lane,
Thanks a lot. When you say "remove the trim pieces" do you mean to access the bottom of the drain tubes, or the top? If you are talking about the bottom, is there anything I need to remove at the top (on the sunroof) to access the top of the tubes? It seems that's the most likely location to be plugged up.

The front drain tubes go down through the A-pillars and down in to the kickpanels. If you remove the trim pieces, you can access the area where the tube meets the rubber drain fitting (and separate the two & clean them out if you need to). I'm not sure they're visible from under the car - they might exit in a location that's behind a body panel.

The rear tubes run down through the C-Pillars and are visible on the sides of the trunk if you remove the trunk side carpet pieces. They can also be taken apart to clean, and exit through the spaceframe under the rear quarter panels. These are not visible from under the car.

Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ]
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Visit my Saturn Car Audio and Performance Page at http://www.evilplastic.com

I have a 95 Saturn SL2. After heavy rains, the rear floor of my car is wet, and there is constant dripping from the molding around the windows on the driver's side. I know from other posts here that I likely have clogged drain tubes around my sunroof (factory installed). However, what I haven't found, and what I don't know, is where they are. Are they hidden in some way? How many are there? How big are they? Where do they come out under the car?
Thanks in advance.