02 Lincoln LS - Sun Roof Leaking

[Theus2378]

I think my sunroof drain tubes are clogged as water us running inside of my 02 Lincoln LS V8. Can someone tell me how i can get to this/where this is located to i can clean them?

Or would there be another reason why the car would be leaking other than the fact that everything on this car breaks? I have added a photo and highlighted the area "yellow" where the water runs down for clarity. I appreciate anyone's assistance.

 

[G-RELL]

very common problem and fix... several write ups on how to solve (use google to search)

 

[Theus2378]

Thanks. I have searched Google but hadn't found it. I will keep looking.

 

[joegr]

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en..._occt=any&safe=images&as_filetype=&as_rights=

It's not that anything is clogged, it's that one of the four drain tubes has pulled loose.

 

[1LoudLS]

It's not that anything is clogged, it's that one of the four drain tubes has pulled loose.

if I was a betting man, I would put my money on the tubs being disconnected, but a clog could be a possibility, this last time I had leaking water, I was so mad because I though my latest version of the fix was bullet proof and I had figured it failed, but it turns out the drivers side tube did have a clog in it that needed to be blown out. shortly after the same thing happened to my wife's escape. looks like in our case, before we bough our house, we both had to park under a bunch of trees and they were always dropping sh!t on top of the cars, all this crap just built up in the drains when it rained...

this is real easy to test, grab a glass of water, open the sun roof and pour the water into the catch tray, if the water doesn't drain, then you have a rare clogged drain, if the water drains right down the drain hole, then you got disconnected tubes (99% chance this is it)

 

[roncoinc]

if I was a betting man, I would put my money on the tubs being disconnected, but a clog could be a possibility, this last time I had leaking water, I was so mad because I though my latest version of the fix was bullet proof and I had figured it failed, but it turns out the drivers side tube did have a clog in it that needed to be blown out. shortly after the same thing happened to my wife's escape. looks like in our case, before we bough our house, we both had to park under a bunch of trees and they were always dropping sh!t on top of the cars, all this crap just built up in the drains when it rained...

this is real easy to test, grab a glass of water, open the sun roof and pour the water into the catch tray, if the water doesn't drain, then you have a rare clogged drain, if the water drains right down the drain hole, then you got disconnected tubes (99% chance this is it)

That right there is some good info .

easy simple way to test.

That didnt take a lot of effort to post and help did it ??

 

[1LoudLS]

That didnt take a lot of effort to post and help did it ??

well while this topic has come up many times, I have not had to repeat this to the point i'm tired of it yet...

probably have one to two more times before that happens.

 

[roncoinc]

well while this topic has come up many times, I have not had to repeat this to the point i'm tired of it yet...

probably have one to two more times before that happens.

I have to find the leak or clog on a H3 this weekend.
will start with the water in the hole first.

stealership tried compressed air and blew line apart they said,charged more to fix,still leaks.

 

[LS_Owner]

This has happened to me as well. I used a steamer to clean out the drain tube and placed a zip tie around the drain tube to prevent this from happening again. That zip tie info was courtesy of the good folks on this forum.

 

[FDR]

My tube didn't comfortably reach the drain nipple, so I used 2" of vac hose and a male-to-male nipple. I think it was 5/8" ID tube. Zip ties (or was it hose clamps?) just in case.

 

[1LoudLS]

on a hot summer day, I was able to stretch one of the tubes enough for it to fit back, using a hose clamp to hold it (I though about a zip tie, but didn't think I could get it tight enough to hold) the first one I did however was when it was cold, there was no way it was stretching, so it had to get extended with extra tubing.