Hi All,
I had previously posted asking if anyone knew how to clean the rear sunroof drains.
You have to pop off the headlining at the rear, near the top of the boot opening (be careful not to bend the headlining too much or it will crease). Then you can get to see the pipe and the connections.Red on the left, passenger side and green on the driver side. Remove the pipes from the ball joint, which should just pop off and you can then get to them and clean them.
I used a flexible pipe cleaner (get it on Amazon) that you can thread down the pipes. There was definitely a blockage in the green one on the drivers side, and after putting down lots of hot water and gently pushing the cleaning rod, I felt something go and there was a plop of water and sludge on the ground. Then water running freely through the pipe! Success!
Be warned, there will be water and also your headlining may get dirty. Really poor design from VW and they don't do this on a sunroof service, so really its up to you. Water ingress has already fried some of my electrics.
Hope this helps people.
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I had previously posted asking if anyone knew how to clean the rear sunroof drains.
You have to pop off the headlining at the rear, near the top of the boot opening (be careful not to bend the headlining too much or it will crease). Then you can get to see the pipe and the connections.Red on the left, passenger side and green on the driver side. Remove the pipes from the ball joint, which should just pop off and you can then get to them and clean them.
I used a flexible pipe cleaner (get it on Amazon) that you can thread down the pipes. There was definitely a blockage in the green one on the drivers side, and after putting down lots of hot water and gently pushing the cleaning rod, I felt something go and there was a plop of water and sludge on the ground. Then water running freely through the pipe! Success!
Be warned, there will be water and also your headlining may get dirty. Really poor design from VW and they don't do this on a sunroof service, so really its up to you. Water ingress has already fried some of my electrics.
Hope this helps people.
