[V8] Sunroof woes

[Kneale Brownson]

Can't help you with the electricals.  If you get the metal panel so it's
level with the roof, you have it in the optimum position.  The seals around
the sunroof are not water seals.  They're more like wind noise seals.  The
sunroof system takes care of water seeping past those seals by way of the
drains in each corner of the opening.  They're tubes that run down to the
underside of the car.  Or, actually, the front ones go to the bottom of the
door hinge area.  The rears exit behind the rear wheelwell.   The only
reason you'd get moisture inside the car from the sunroof opening is if a
drain is plugged.  Audi suggests passing the innards from a speedometer
cable through the tubes to make sure they're open.  Probably better would
be a larger size weedwhip cord.  I've heard of folks blowing compressed air
through the tubes.  I'd think you'd want to do that from the top if
possible rather than from underneath.



At 04:16 PM 12/6/2006 -0600, Scott Simmons wrote:

>What I want to do now is get the sunroof sufficiently closed as not to 
>leak water/snow for the winter and possibly fix the wiring.