Sunroof Drains Tube Leak Solved - Page 22

sydneymj · 13th August 2015, 20:52

Forgot to mention in my post that this is with my Tourer.

Jules · 13th August 2015, 23:39

What method of drying the carpet did you use?
Leak could be from the front !!

Rovering · 17th August 2015, 08:32

Am in the process of putting everything back together in my Tourer. I had a dickens of a job locating someone here who sold the 16 mm-5/8 joiner. After driving around what seemed like half my city, I managed to find someone with them. Mine are a lovely shade of wedgewood blue though!
My Tourer had a wet passengers rear footwell when I bought the car. I used a fair few towels over a few weeks to soak up the excess, but a year later, when a W.o.F test came up, and I failed on my airbag light I thought I had better look further. Found 4 mls of water still in the rear passengers footwell.
My front two drains were sitting ok, no blockages.
Now will be pulling the rear of the car apart to do the rears.
If nothing obvious shows, I will do my scuttle panel clips as well.
Then, I will attack the Club, carpets are dry in that car, but will do the mod so as to make sure nothing leaks in the future.
Many thanks for the 'How To' instructions and pictures. Certainly made the job a lot easier.
Graeme

Arctic · 1st December 2015, 23:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rovering

Am in the process of putting everything back together in my Tourer. I had a dickens of a job locating someone here who sold the 16 mm-5/8 joiner. After driving around what seemed like half my city, I managed to find someone with them. Mine are a lovely shade of wedgewood blue though!
My Tourer had a wet passengers rear footwell when I bought the car. I used a fair few towels over a few weeks to soak up the excess, but a year later, when a W.o.F test came up, and I failed on my airbag light I thought I had better look further. Found 4 mls of water still in the rear passengers footwell.
My front two drains were sitting ok, no blockages.
Now will be pulling the rear of the car apart to do the rears.
If nothing obvious shows, I will do my scuttle panel clips as well.
Then, I will attack the Club, carpets are dry in that car, but will do the mod so as to make sure nothing leaks in the future.
Many thanks for the 'How To' instructions and pictures. Certainly made the job a lot easier.
Graeme

Hi Graeme.
Hopefully you are all sorted now for the winter deluges we will get and the sunroof tubes will cope, I have noted over the last week or so that a few other members are suffering the same problem, so maybe bring this thread back to the fore will help cheers Arctic.

Chance · 8th January 2016, 16:46

Thanks for this excellent photo spread, it gave me confidence to tackle the dreaded drain tube mod.

Just one question, I noticed that once the glovebox is removed and the fusebox/loom is exposed that there is a loose cable (orange with, I think, a grey trace) that has an exposed 'bullet' type connector. This cable is also apparent in the above photos (nos. 8 and 10).

Is this cable supposed to connect somewhere?

Any knowledgeable replies would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks 😃

Jules · 8th January 2016, 17:12

For retro fitting Towbar kit

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Why 1000's of these cars had separate wires run direct from battery for phone kits etc when this wire could easily be used and makes a tidier job !!

zamriia · 5th February 2016, 11:49

hi , unfortunate just saw this tread today..after my mg zt fill with water...so sad
such silly engineering solution taken by rover...

Arctic · 28th May 2016, 09:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by zamriia

hi , unfortunate just saw this tread today..after my mg zt fill with water...so sad
such silly engineering solution taken by rover...

Hopefully you got it sorted out in the end, there will be a few owners whom will have to carry this cleaning and removing of water this summer, after all the rain we had late last year, and early this year seen a few at the nano when lifting the carpet to sort out the handbrake compensators.

Arctic · 15th June 2016, 09:15

Torrential rain once again here in the midlands, lots of flooding hopefully those with sunroofs have been able to carry out the modification, if not I would do it asap same goe's for the plenum tubes.

KEN BATTY · 30th June 2016, 20:36

Hi Artic,
I have followed your pictures found broken joint near fuse box sorted this out,however now find further leak from higher up and seems directly under window post
water falling down inside cab onto your feet
being 72 and obese i cannot see the pipe higher up scared to mess with panel with airbag water also coming through headlining and wondering if the leak is behind the rounded panel down side of windscreen

any comments will be greatly received

thanks
ken

13th August 2015, 20:52	#211
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13th August 2015, 23:39	#212
Jules This is my second home ZT 260 SE Twilight and 10 other 75 ZT's :O Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Conwy NORTH WALES Posts: 11,094 Thanks: 512 Thanked 1,116 Times in 763 Posts	What method of drying the carpet did you use? Leak could be from the front !! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Newbies do now!! 1. Plenum drains..all 3 or 4 year dependent 2. Cooling fan..All speeds functioning 3. Bonnet cable divider block

17th August 2015, 08:32	#213
Rovering Gets stuck in Rover 75 Tourer 2.5 Connoissuer, #2 of 16 exported for NZ market. Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Hamilton Posts: 623 Thanks: 107 Thanked 93 Times in 64 Posts	Am in the process of putting everything back together in my Tourer. I had a dickens of a job locating someone here who sold the 16 mm-5/8 joiner. After driving around what seemed like half my city, I managed to find someone with them. Mine are a lovely shade of wedgewood blue though! My Tourer had a wet passengers rear footwell when I bought the car. I used a fair few towels over a few weeks to soak up the excess, but a year later, when a W.o.F test came up, and I failed on my airbag light I thought I had better look further. Found 4 mls of water still in the rear passengers footwell. My front two drains were sitting ok, no blockages. Now will be pulling the rear of the car apart to do the rears. If nothing obvious shows, I will do my scuttle panel clips as well. Then, I will attack the Club, carpets are dry in that car, but will do the mod so as to make sure nothing leaks in the future. Many thanks for the 'How To' instructions and pictures. Certainly made the job a lot easier. Graeme __________________ 2005 Mercedes E55 AMG 2005 Mercedes E350 2004 Mercedes E500 2004 BMW 530d 2002 MG ZT 190 manual Anthracite (NZ new) built 18-07-2002

8th January 2016, 17:12	#216
Jules This is my second home ZT 260 SE Twilight and 10 other 75 ZT's :O Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Conwy NORTH WALES Posts: 11,094 Thanks: 512 Thanked 1,116 Times in 763 Posts	For retro fitting Towbar kit . Why 1000's of these cars had separate wires run direct from battery for phone kits etc when this wire could easily be used and makes a tidier job !! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Newbies do now!! 1. Plenum drains..all 3 or 4 year dependent 2. Cooling fan..All speeds functioning 3. Bonnet cable divider block

15th June 2016, 09:15	#219
Arctic Give to Learn Freelander 2 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: West Midlands Posts: 18,719 Thanks: 1,155 Thanked 6,407 Times in 3,874 Posts	Torrential rain once again here in the midlands, lots of flooding hopefully those with sunroofs have been able to carry out the modification, if not I would do it asap same goe's for the plenum tubes. __________________ Arctic Givology Learn to Give Everything is Achievable ad altiora tendo. Check out our Nano meet dates http://www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk/ http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/index.php?thepage=howto " You do the work , we supply the expertise "

8th January 2016, 16:46	#215
Chance Newbie Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Solihull Posts: 29 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for this excellent photo spread, it gave me confidence to tackle the dreaded drain tube mod. Just one question, I noticed that once the glovebox is removed and the fusebox/loom is exposed that there is a loose cable (orange with, I think, a grey trace) that has an exposed 'bullet' type connector. This cable is also apparent in the above photos (nos. 8 and 10). Is this cable supposed to connect somewhere? Any knowledgeable replies would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 😃

5th February 2016, 11:49	#217
zamriia Newbie MG ZT Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Chukai Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hi , unfortunate just saw this tread today..after my mg zt fill with water...so sad such silly engineering solution taken by rover...

30th June 2016, 20:36	#220
KEN BATTY Avid contributor 75 contemporay Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Stalybridge Posts: 174 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	sunroof drain passenger side Hi Artic, I have followed your pictures found broken joint near fuse box sorted this out,however now find further leak from higher up and seems directly under window post water falling down inside cab onto your feet being 72 and obese i cannot see the pipe higher up scared to mess with panel with airbag water also coming through headlining and wondering if the leak is behind the rounded panel down side of windscreen any comments will be greatly received thanks ken