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londonman

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  1. All clear on my vehicle but will double check. Thing is that the water is very very clean which suggests not road spray.
  2. Griff ...one more question please. What is the routing of the drain tubes on either side of the front sunroof. Would they be visible if I removed the small A pillar trim (the one with the tweeter in) ? TIA
  3. Thanks for the suggestion, Griff. I am pretty sure that they are clear. If they were blocked then presumably water would run down the inside of the car A pillars. Thing is (a) the sunroofs are sealed up with duck tape (b) the inside of the ar by the A pillars is bone dry...as is the bulkhead. I also pulled off the small piece of trim at the top of the A pillar where the tweeter is mounted) and had a look inside there (assuming that this is how the water would run down if the sunroof was the problem) and that is also bone dry. As a supplement I pulled out the passenger carpet as much as was able and that too has a saturated sponge layer and again no visible signs of water either down the front bulkhead or the left A pillar. I have pulled the carpet in the rear away from the back seats to see if any water is coming in there....basically trying to expose as much of the floor pan as possible to try and determine at least from what direction the water is coming from. I am beginning to wonder if perhaps I'd not dehumidified as much as I had thought and that the water that is there IS a legacy from sunroof leakage in the past. Dehumidifier now running full blast. We shall see. What is baffling me is that the water has to come in from somewhere but I cannot see any evidence of this. B pillars? How does the trim come off the B pillars? Still a great car!
  4. Thanks for the suggestion, Griff. I am pretty sure that they are clear. If they were blocked then presumably water would run down the inside of the car A pillars. Thing is (a) the sunroofs are sealed up with duck tape (b) the inside of the ar by the A pillars is bone dry...as is the bulkhead. I also pulled off the small piece of trim at the top of the A pillar where the tweeter is mounted) and had a look inside there (assuming that this is how the water would run down if the sunroof was the problem) and that is also bone dry. As a supplement I pulled out the passenger carpet as much as was able and that too has a saturated sponge layer and again no visible signs of water either down the front bulkhead or the left A pillar. I have pulled the carpet in the rear away from the back seats to see if any water is coming in there....basically trying to expose as much of the floor pan as possible to try and determine at least from what direction the water is coming from. I am beginning to wonder if perhaps I'd not dehumidified as much as I had thought and that the water that is there IS a legacy from sunroof leakage in the past. Dehumidifier now running full blast. We shall see. What is baffling me is that the water has to come in from somewhere but I cannot see any evidence of this. B pillars? How does the trim come off the B pillars? Still a great car!
  5. If I may piggyback onto this thread, my Discovery 2 has a very soggy drivers footwell. I have taped up both sunroofs with duck tape long before our latest bout of rain and I had dried it out pretty well. So think the water must be getting in from elsewhere. I've pulled the carpet away from the bulkhead as much as I can and the bulkhead appears dry. I've removed the plastic covers from the rh side of the footwell and that also appears dry. Someone suggested the roofbars might be leaking but if that were the case I would have expected to see water in the areas that I have investigated. If it were the windscreen leaking then I'd expect to see water on the bulkhead (admittedly I've not been able to pull the carpet back as far as the centre console and so I guess it could be behind there). Is there an easy way to remove the two plastic plugs that hold the plastic trim on...the one with the diagnostic socket on? I've tried getting my fingernails underneath two edges and pulling hard without success. In the meantime I will carry on searching the forum for clues. TIA
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