jockmonkey

It was literally at the point where the pipe bends anyway to go out of the car .. so while yes maybe a straight pipe flows better but the elbow joint will be easy to clean out from the outer drain hole if required straight pipe would have meant the pipe still had to bend after that to exit the car

So after finally finding the right car with the right spec.. I never imagined suctioning out 13 -15 litres of water 💦 out of the drivers footwell… so I thought I’d post a little guide to how I fixed mine. It was soaking.. I actually found jacking up the opposite side of the car helped me get more water out as it flowed towards the sill firstly what a crap design that the drainage pipe can kink within the car within the routing when the car was built.. what’s the point.. with so many electrics in the floor of the car I’m looking at seat modules, a battery and lots of time, hassle and expense.. what I found was basically behind the fuse panel on the Drivers side, the pipe had kinked.. and fishing down it with thick plastic strimmer cable, it was clearly blocked. Firstly it’s routed though some rubber foam backed section of trim, making it tricky to release, but it was that that had seemed to kink the pipe. See the yellow circled area.. so, I thought either new pipe or repair this one. As I ran water down the pipe once off.. it was clear it wasn’t leaking further up. I think when the drain blocks the water basically overflows the sunroof, and it flows over the headlining, and down the A pillar to the footwell.. I measured the pipe.. and luckily found the item below on eBay.. using that, some wide heat shrink and a tube of stormsure adhesive, I managed to cut, and fix the pipe in situ.. tested it and waters now flowing straight out the door shut area. Getting this end back in blind was fiddly but perseverance worked after a few mins.. If anyone’s got any experience of how to dry out all the electrics let me know.. oh and if you’ve got a car with a panoramic roof.. check your drains regularly 8mm elbow joints