850 rear sunroof drains?

johnnyfd · Post by **johnnyfd** » 27 Jun 2018, 00:45

A helpful poster informed me in my previous inquiry that the 850 does have rear sunroof drains as well as the front ones. I also viewed photos from a removed sunroof assembly and tray which I believe came out of an 850 all wheel drive. The rear sunroof drains were visible and noted in the photos. Assuming my 850 wagon has these rear sunroof drains, does anyone know a good way to access them for cleaning or even view them without removing the sunroof assembly or the headliner? If it is ultimately impossible to access them for cleaning without taking something apart would this be possible with removing only the sunroof glass and its gasket frame? I have used fairly strong weed wacker line to clear the front two drains .

Post by **rspi** » 27 Jun 2018, 07:38

This should have useful information.

johnnyfd · Post by **johnnyfd** » 28 Jun 2018, 00:09

Thanks Robert. As a matter of fact I just watched that video last night and just read your reply now. It was very helpful as are all of your videos and I really appreciate the way you show so much video information about these cars yet I am still in the position of wondering whether or not I can access the rear drains without taking everything apart. Maybe a better question for you is whether the rear drains are likely to be clogged considering my front drains had only minimal debris near them and they might not have had any in them but I reamed them anyways just in case since I had water entering my cabin by the light fixtures above the center console. I did take your advice a while ago which I believe was in a different video when you suggested people with leaks use caulking to seal the Inside Edge of the gasket which surrounds the glass. After doing this about 80% of the water entering stopped but it still happens to a lesser degree under certain conditions. I have considered taking a sunroof glass with its gasket which looks very healthy from a car in a junkyard , but as anybody should I would like to try simpler potential Solutions first. I know the metal which is part of the glass gasket is Rusted pretty well on my car and that's why I tried the solution you suggested with the caulking.

Post by **rspi** » 28 Jun 2018, 16:42

I pull them out of junkyards all the time.