The speedo cable could scratch the paint and the primer. That's never a good deal even if the drains are aluminum. I would use the weed wacker string first.

 

My wife just had $2k of water damage on a 2009 VW. Sunroof drain tube disconnected under the headliner. I will never get a sunroof again. Not worth the trouble.

 

I'm trying the weed wacker string on the front drain but it won't 'go'.

Any other suggestions?

 

Viagra?

 

Do like you always do, spit on it and force it in.

How far are you getting it in there? I usually put some water in just to loosen up whatever is plugging it up.

 

Thanks, Sean! Got it done, so feeling a little better now.

 

If only Randy had an "Explosive *****" like these guys... Watch it. You'll be amazed!

 

In the case of one of passenger side front drain of my '88 I could not get the weed wacker line seemed to hit a hard stop, so I thought that the drain was plugged. However, it turned out that the line was hitting something in the front fender after it exited the drain - charcoal canister or washer bottle - and the drain was in fact clear. It drained readily when I tested it with water and I found the drain end was clear when I exposed it by removing the wheel liner.

 

Only you Andrew could find that.


"fuzzy duck.......ducky fuzz" ......"#$uk he does".....
(old college drinking game)

 

I suspect tha tin the UK where it is pissitively possing it down all the time this is less of a problem compared to places where it rains less fequently but dust is more a problem. The dust probably forms a cement on the occasions it does rain.

I had this problem in a brushless car wash- never used it again after that. Over here when it rains anyone with any sense keeps off the roads as it is chaotic- all the oil embedded in the road surface immediately rises to the surface and the coefficient of grip drops to soemthing close to zero. It does not rain much but when it does it all tends to come at once.

I presume the stuff Sean uses is what you use in a "strimmer" to cut lawn edges?

Regards

Fred

 

you may need to attack it from below. If you push too hard, you'll pop off the rubber drain hose from the drain tube in the a -pillar. It is a pita to get to on the drivers side or passenger side - you need to take a lot of things apart.

 

"Weed Wacker" doesn't seem to exist here in the UK. Will this do

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-2mm-X-15...item2ec194ab05

Think its the same thing.

 

Same thing, your good to go

 

Since I've got a car here that showed up with out fenders, I am able to get a picture of the front drain end. Blurry but you get the idea.

 

Where is the drain in that pic?