How To: Repair a Leaky Sunroof

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[@djfritz]

what's a good and safe PSI setting for the compressor?

[@FireEater]

You might want to try weed whacker string it’s pliable enough to bend around corners but sturdy enough to push the clog through.

[@cooldrecooldre9330]

Thanks

[@belinus7180]

I was having a leak inside my 2007 RAV4. I was on the verge of taking it in and paying to have it looked at because my passenger seat was getting soaked every time it rained. Ran across this video, did the test as described, and sure enough the drain on that side had something in there that was restricting the flow as it too 30-60 seconds for water to start draining from the bottom and even then it was a trickle versus the driver said which was a near-instant gush. Hooked up an air blower and ran it for about 3 minutes and the flow greatly improved. The other night we received almost 2" of rain, and my seat was dry the next morning, no drips or anything. Thanks for saving me money.

[@Sashazur]

Another mechanic channel warned against using pressurized air - the problem is it could pop the drain off the sunroof frame where you couldn’t see it, but you would now have a totally disconnected drain hose which would be even worse than a clogged one.

[@MetalHeadSkully]

I have the exact same car and have the exact same issue right now, I’m about to try this

[@wadethompson7962]

Worked great! Unclogged the top with a poker and a couple feet of wire then poured hot soapy water down through drains in both corners. You can see and hear when it starts to drain. Thank you!

[@stevewelch9179]

My daughter just bought a very clean '08 C30. Since we had read that sunroof drains were an issue, they were one of the first things we tested, and sure enough the passenger side drained, but not outside. This video was very helpful, especially the extension idea - since the tube had pulled away at the dash connection. Thanks very much for the idea!

[@eley27]

Great! Thanks to this video I found the hole and it was completely clogged! Now no more leaking inside the interior!!

[@positivevibe7684]

How do I find the hole to try and unclog it? I see plastic seals but no openings?? 2014 lexus rx350.

[@joefischetti2383]

Thank you! Your tips worked and my drains are now cleared. No more leaks.

[@mega1breezy]

This video was good and very informative. I learned a lot about my problem. Thank you O' Reilly's.

[@hypopastel22]

thank you for your videos this one really helped👍👍👍 sunroof unclogged👍👍👍

[@ashleymacabrequeendunlap881]

Oh thank you, I'm gonna try this before taking my car to the shop. I really hope it's something this simple 🤞🤞🤞

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 taking car to the shop means, picking it up afterwards in p o o r e r condition . . .

[@positivevibe7684]

Thank you!!! When it rains, there is a leakage from my sunroof. . Sometimes, all kinds of lights come on. There should be a recall since a lot of people are having this problem. I opened my sunroof, cleaned around the inside sunroof, and all the lights went off. Lexus are pretty good vehicles. My vehicle is not that old, it's a 2014 rx350. She has many more miles to go. It's like the warranty runs out and she wants to do cartwheels. She needs to just calm down 🤣🤣🤣 I pray by me cleaning around it helped a little. It was dirty. 😨 My husb backed up the vehicle in the driveway, and oh my, the driver side floor was soaked...we had heavy rain. I told him that for the time being, don't back it in. There are not a lot of good, honest mechanics around now days but I would take my vehicle to the nearest O'Reilly if necessary. I pray I fixed the problem.🙏

[@tracybowser7125]

Thank you. You are a wonderful teacher. I use weed eater cord.

[@bensthename715]

Thank you for not telling me to push something through the drain holes, I would've been lost if you had. My Prius C doesn't have easily accessible drain holes. Thankfully I have an electric air blower that worked wonders, though! I managed to dislodge a large chunk of finely packed dirt and debris using just the blower! Now it drains perfectly!

[@Lakelandcowboy69]

going to try this on my 91 Cadillac Fleetwood. Interior was soaked last week. Had no idea there were drain holes up there. Thanks so much.

[@SealofPerfection]

I would not recommend using much air pressure at all the blow the drains out. If you totally sealed that rubber tip to the drain hole and the blockage happens to be a really tight one, it might not move....but SOMETHING is going to move, and usually it's the drain hose coming loose from the exit spout behind the dash or kick panel. And those aren't easy to get to. I'd start with running a long piece of trimmer cord down any drain first, and I never use compressed air. Ever.

[@willsrestorations]

That's because this video is useless and defective you should never use anything over 20 psi when blowing air into that drain, and if you want to clear them easily use white vinegar and water solution and pour it down and that will loosen anything up then grab some plastic tubing approximately quarter inch by 5 ft and send that down the hole moving it back and forth lightly and then flush with hot tap water and they'll be spotless

[@cheyannelong7069]

Would hooking a strong suctioned vacuum work with getting the clog out

[@SealofPerfection]

@@cheyannelong7069 it can sometimes

[@robertdunnett5022]

Thanks so much. Very helpful. 👍🏻

[@c.s.pennington5600]

Good information, THANKS!

[@dwightmyles3503]

Testing it now

[@ayodyasuitesnyaliayodya7311]

Thank you for your help

[@ayodyasuitesnyaliayodya7311]

Thank you so much

[@DanTheManIOM]

driver side tube was obstructed by some flexible sealant, looks like it was there from new. Anyway, also blew air backward and think it will be good. Might blow rears tomorrow, but I could not find where in the frame there were since when it is open, it's going to want to cover them up. thank you !

[@haac4825]

Thanks. Helpful.

[@kishanbalkaran566]

Great video I have the problem so I will work on that

[@stevenshelley9345]

Great video very informative thanks enjoy your day

[@radmilnikolov1607]

Thank you !

[@naveenthemachine]

What are the drains made of? Rubber or plastic? Because I don’t want to accidentally damage the drain using compressed air

[@geoffmosher]

Typically cheap thin plastic. Plus the older the vehicle the more degraded the plastic and the greater your odds of damaging them. Better to use thin flimsy wire the first couple inches and unblock them that way first, then use air but NOT with a full seal, maybe an inch, half inch away at first.

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@geoffmosher🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 some also recommend an old odometer spiral . . .

[@ryansrides9714]

Thank you

[@kishanbalkaran566]

Thanks

[@sqlforeveryep215]

very informative.

[@noahautumn7611]

Smart Thanks

[@barryswrx]

How does water get in there in the first place, since the sunroof has a seal?

[@ll0lllo493]

Thankya!

[@deniceeverham9467]

We just had an unidentified space object crash into our Sun roof. No one was hurt but I didn’t realize that all there is about you head is glass and it just shattered. We recently doubled roll rolled our car. Our strong roof saved us. I question the safety of these Sun roofs ? Think g of trading my car in . For a one that has a roof .

[@wasantansutat8279]

It’s work for my car ❤❤

[@AMCIcon]

I will need to try that. 2 days ago I got a puddle of water on the passenger side and the seat completely wet And diving home in the rain, I just notice that the leak is coming from the sunroof. I also notices that on the driver side is the sunroof the water runs off the sunroof but on the passenger side the seal is absolute water like crazy. Can it work a tire compressor?

[@jonathanwright7991]

I see this comment is about 6 months old, but to answer your question a tire compressor doesn't have enough pressure to blow it out. It's got a constant low amount of pressure to fill the tire but that's it. You would need to get a can of compressed air if I'm not mistaken, like something that can blow to keyboard. Unless you want to drop dime on an actual air compressor. I search a few more videos and found other similar fixes. There's always a way. Always.

[@crazywisdomearth8059]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@frankv9068]

Great tip! Than You

[@jsimo1431]

never knew. thank you!

[@oreillyautoparts]

Happy to help!

[@judefernando1698]

Thanks heaps

[@DT-of5qq]

I’ve a brand new moon roof on my LandCruiser but guess what, after driving in the rain, water gets trapped inside that “rubber band” that surrounds the glass moon roof. After a few months, the rust becomes visible from the inside. And there’s nothing the agent can do except to replace it, again. Frustrating! Btw, nothing wrong with the 2 drain tubes, rain water still flows smoothly through them.

[@jbarrer2196]

I cleaned the drains, but it still leaks on the driver side from the headliner near teh a-pillar. I removed some parts and pulled down a corner of the headliner near the driver side leak. The drain hose is in good shape, but water is leaking from the plastics parts around the drain hole. how do i seal the leak?

[@NSRVlog591]

Same problem

[@brewdaddydub5379]

Could be the weather stripping on the roof

[@unlikelyninja8345]

This seems like the drain is too small for the amount of water entering the space. Which means that the seal between the glass and metal on your roof is allowing too much water to get in. See if you can get that gasket piece replaced. Does it pass the water cup test?

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@brewdaddydub5379 Sure mate ! In many models the stripping is sticked together in MANY parts (wtf ) and they can loosen over time (vibrations !). I´ve seen a video on yt, they had to take apart half the dashboard on each side (front) to get to the place of action - not very customer friendly !

[@deeno4919]

No more sunroof cars for me

[@samborez8089]

Using compressed air to blow a blockage out is asking for trouble. Why? If the dirt/blockage is too big to easily go through the drain tube,trying to force it through with compressed air may blow the drain tube off the tube at the corner of the sunroof,allowing the water to soak the headliner and on to the floorboards of the car. Follow this video's advice at your own risk. Blowing air through the bottom of the tube IF you can find it may work,BUT is also somewhat risky. Best way to try to remove a blockage is to use a reducer nozzle on a shopvac. If you don't have a reducer nozzle for your vac,simply use a small funnel,putting the small end in the drain hole and shoving the vac hose into the big end. This should suck any foreign stuff out with no danger of blowing the drain tube off.

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 exactly mate ! Thats why old repairing manuals always recommend cleaning it (tenderly :P) with an old (and l o n g ) odo-/ speedometer spiral !

[@bartwynn1091]

Do not use compressed air on some cars like Chevrolet and Saturns the tube is not sealed to the frame it's just sitting on it you use compressed air you can blow the tube off of the frame and then it'll drain all over the dashboard and get your carpet soaking wet use a thin long cable to shove down the tube and there are four of them not just two in the front ice install centers I know this for a fact my name is Bart Wynn my family owned Wynns Auto and Hampton Roads Sunroofs

[@evertortega7296]

A question, I put compressed air into it and the water did leak out, but when it rained, the roof on the passenger side was wet again, could it be the seal?

[@Dascrunk13]

My poker gets completely stuck by something hard in the whole. It’s not coming unstuck

[@positivevibe7684]

How do I open and clean the drains rx350 2014? I just wiped around the inside of the sunroof. All the crazy warning lights went off.

[@ChryslerChryslersrt]

Such a good video

[@davidhonkstvorisit4811]

Instructions unclear created dancing rocks

[@connorstiles1001]

I just bought a 1985 Cadillac De Ville and the previous owner decided to completely seal the sun roof closed because it was leaking. but yet it's still leaking and now I don't even know if they'll be able to even remove the seal to fix it.

[@frederickruderman2997]

Do you have a recommendation, for a repair shop who can fix a leaking sunroof, near Milford, PA ? Thank you

[@elcomandante9299]

Would this cause leaks to top front n rear passenger windows?

[@petefishes]

Have a leak . I’ll try your way and let you know . Thanks for the tip .

[@Monarchfox]

? Did you fix yours? I have to deal with mine

[@petefishes]

@@Monarchfox yes , I actually used some 30 lb test fishing line . Found the little drain holes 🕳. And used the string to get holes 🕳 clear .

[@yennygarzon4350]

I can’t see those holes in a Nisan X-trail TI 2019 model

[@mindfull7145]

How to attach the drain tube to the sunroof hole?

[@enriquetorres6913]

There's water dripping from the behind wheel of the front passenger side should I be concerned?

[@marusholilac]

Still looking for a video that tells me HOW THE WATER GETS IN AND HOW TO FIX THAT. I don't need another video about clearing the drain tubes, because I have never opened my sunroof.

[@beverlydowling3692]

Good can you recommend a place for service in the Phila pa area

[@socratese5]

does water normally enter the drain, even when the sunroof is closed?

[@wcisnijstart]

drain should help even if there are leaks to prevent them from entering vehicle

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

If the seal is o. k., only VERY negligible quantities will leak thru . . .

[@richardmillet6177]

I have a leaking sunroof but the sunroof doesn’t open will silicone work

[@sandraleigh4023]

I just had someone clean out the drainage system and charged $135, they said because they went all the way through the entire drain, and coming in at the bottom as well. It seemed excessive. The last time someone did it, they charged me $35. Anyone have an ideas about what they could have done that would cost so much more???? THANK YOU!

[@jefffrayer8238]

You are much better off to use a shop vac to suck out any debri from drain or carefully feed .095 trimmer line down the line to clear any clogs without damaging the drain tubing. Once water drains through you could carefully use some compressed air to totally clear drains. Just don't put air nozzle tight to drain opening and risk blowing hose off from fittings possibly requiring removal of head liner to fix.

[@sandraleigh4023]

@@jefffrayer8238 I know it SOUNDS easy, videos make it LOOK easy, but I couldn't find the spot where I could get a wire in. Part of it may be I'm 70 and 5'2" so it wasn't the most stable view!! Oh well. Thank you for your help - I do appreciate it!!

[@brianmartin7964]

what about cars that the sun roof only pops up a little bit, does not roll back like the one in the video.

[@cathleenbodiker9292]

What if you do this and you still have a leak?

[@huntyrranderson3331]

Could a bad weather strip cause an air leak while driving?

[@elcomandante9299]

It sounds like it can.

[@questionreality6003]

use how to adjust sunroof vids: it's 4 screws that even new at factory aren't adjusted to seal out leaks. simple fast (and is why (your) roof leaks

[@nsmcastillo326]

Didn't work for my car, it still leaks when I pour water into the drain. It doesn't go down the clean drain.

[@goldbar5062]

hi I live north london e30 BMW I need a fitter for the seal do you have anyone near Cheers!

[@gudgen2004]

I did that on mine with the air and it did not clear the clog it feels like maybe a hard clogged but it will not run water through at all not even a drop

[@alecdurkac9059]

What if the compressed air didn't work

[@laser_2221]

Try feeding weed whacker line down the drain tube

[@jjamaya01]

The problem I’m having is the rubber seal at the back of the sunroof leaks and idk what to do for fix it

[@charizard_baller69]

Try replacing the seal. Plastic is bound to go bad

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@charizard_baller69 Did you know that for instance VW / AUDI demand almost 140 (!!) bucks for this seal (some elder models) ? So yes - refurbishing it IS cheaper !!

[@tizzman3612]

So my sunroof is supposed to leak into that area? I thought I had a problem

[@purplelemon3987]

Ooh lil pump brr brr gucci gang

[@mbanuelo]

Puts a bandaid on the issue. 😂😂

[@chrisjay2901]

Do u know how many drain holes are on a Cadillac DTS 2011...

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

. . . surely 125 and something - after a severe pumpgun shooting

[@AcumenDeepblue]

Mark

[@tigerider1663]

Are sunroofs designed to leak some? I mean they have drains right. This Honda looks like the same I have in my Mitsubishi Lancer.

[@chihunchoo]

Does anybody know where I can get a rubber nipple for Cadillac CTS 09 ? I had a leak problem and tried to put the rubber nipple back in but I put it on the wrong say so when I tried to take it back out it fell in the part where I couldn’t get it !!! So does anyone know where I can get a replica from that’s exactly like it ??

[@LydiaMMeadows]

my sunroof doesnt open at all so.

[@Nazirite_SouL]

what if the sunroof doesn’t open

[@thurm101]

What about putting some weed eater line in the hole.

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

[@southernfury01]

Unless the drain tubes have came loose which is the majority of gm issues. Then the headache begins

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

Did you know: GM stands for "GRAND MALHEUR"

[@southerntastey]

Wow, Nissan really was going to charge me $200 to do this

[@kdreed9319]

❣

[@BlackYellow07]

So no help

[@sauldean6430]

Never buy a car with a sunroof, problem solved.

[@Aaron-CARZ]

Yeah okay repair leaking sunroof? There is no repair in this video.

[@sl4983]

I expect respectful treatment when I patronize your store while exercising my right to breathe unimpeded. Thank you.

[@quinettathompson5126]

Thanks

[@primroseplants]

THANK YOU!!

[@mickeysibertjr5501]

Thank You