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Cayenne 2004 blocked sunroof drain tube


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The drivers side front drain tube does not drain but the left side does.
Resulitng in water overflowing onto the headliner running down the inside the A-Pillar upper and lower onto the carpet.
I have tried unblocking the tube with a small stainless coil and can get 110cm down the tube but no further.
On the left free draining tube I can still only get the coil down to 110cm also so I imagine there is some connection or bend at that point.

Does anyone know what happens beyond that point wher the blockage might be?
I am thinking that the tube may be bent or trapped somewhere.

I have in the past removed the wheel arch liners to check the the bulkhead drain plugs have been removed allowing them to drain freely.
I didn't notice another drain tube that might be the sunrroof tube exit.

Someone did suggest to me that the sunroof drain tube ends inside the bulkhead and isn't visible?
 

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I tried to use a thin metal coil to unplug mine as well to no avail, what ended up helping me was getting my air compressor and with a small rubber hose attached to the end of it, put it into the drain tube a few inches, and shoot it a couple of times. It blew out alot of dirt and debris which was the reason why mine was clogged.


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9 minutes ago, Peter Carr said:

The drivers side front drain tube does not drain but the left side does.
Resulitng in water overflowing onto the headliner running down the inside the A-Pillar upper and lower onto the carpet.
I have tried unblocking the tube with a small stainless coil and can get 110cm down the tube but no further.
On the left free draining tube I can still only get the coil down to 110cm also so I imagine there is some connection or bend at that point.

Does anyone know what happens beyond that point wher the blockage might be?
I am thinking that the tube may be bent or trapped somewhere.

I have in the past removed the wheel arch liners to check the the bulkhead drain plugs have been removed allowing them to drain freely.
I didn't notice another drain tube that might be the sunrroof tube exit.

Someone did suggest to me that the sunroof drain tube ends inside the bulkhead and isn't visible?
 

 

I would highly recommend against poking anything down one of these drains, as it is far to easy to either hole the tubing or break it loose at a connection point.  Use compressed air.

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