[V8] Sunroof woes

[Scott Simmons]

Thanks a bunch.  You answered all my concerns.  I buttoned the damn 
thing back up (what a pain it is fighting gravity and trying to get that 
one screw in without it falling back down into your face) for the winter 
and I'll mess with it in the spring, I guess.  Realized all too late I 
left the Allen key out... guess that's what a glove box is for.

Regarding the sunroof panel, I assume that it's supposed to be down when 
the roof is closed, but the springs pull it open when you tilt the 
sunroof open.  Mine wants to stay tilted all the time, I'll get a 
picture of it tomorrow, to make it look not very clean.  The 
carpet/headboard padding has come unglued, so it partially closes, but 
after I reglue it, it will be as if I can see into the roof panel behind 
the sunroof.  Again, pictures will make my complicated language clear. 

~Scott Simmons

Kneale Brownson wrote:

>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.
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