Zundapp57 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Found water in my 1995 subaru legacy passenger side footwell, pulled carpet door sills and kick panel. Found drain hose for sunroof short and draining into foam in bottom of A pillar. Did it come off a connection to another hose? Hard to find any illustrations on the hose routing. Thanks for any information. Had my Ls legacy sedan for 5 years,great litle car awesome in the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Check out these links: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/sunroof-drain-leak-153716.html http://caverpilot.com/cars/how-to-remove-replace-sunroof-in-1991-subaru-legacy-and-stop-leaking-roof-or-headliner/ http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/just-purchased-98-lgt-wagon-coolant-positive-hydrocarbons-151027p2.html I have a leaking moonroof as well. As soon as it warms up I'll tackle it. Good luck and I hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zundapp57 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Thanks for the links monkeyposeur. Looks like I'll be pulling the headliner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooln30 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I had this same issue and I just removed the sun visors and the a piller plastic trim and found the tubes had popped off the moonroofs vent holes. You don't have to remove the whole head liner. I used some weatherstrip adhesive to glue them inplace so the wouldn't come off again. There's actually four drains, one on each corner. The fronts drain behind the front fenders and the rears drain by the quarter panels. Make sure you use compressed air to blow through the rubber drain hoses but don't blow through the moonroof just blow through the hoses themselves otherwise you'll blow the hoses off. When I did mine tons of leaves and other crap blew out each hose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stasis Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 http://caverpilot.com/cars/how-to-remove-replace-sunroof-in-1991-subaru-legacy-and-stop-leaking-roof-or-headliner/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 spooln, check out the above link regarding carerpilot's DIY. His hoses were fine, but he needed to increase the size of the water dam which necessitated removing the whole moonroof assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zundapp57 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Just pulled down the head liner on pasenger side-still connected. found the hose too short about a 1/2" shrunk where it's suposed to exit the A pillar gromet. Used A 1/2" polly push on connecter union(used for industrial air line)and added a short piece of 1/2" poly hose to exit the A pillar . Thanks fellas for all your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Awesome! Keep up posted if it fixes the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooln30 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I just stated what was wrong with mine and how to fix it. My friend and his son both have second gens as well and they both had hoses that popped off just like mine. Seem to be the most common repair but not saying others would have something else wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 That's good to know! I haven't attempted to fix my problem yet. That would be great if it was just a hose problem and I didn't have to tear everything apart. I'm less reluctant to look into it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooln30 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I just checked out that link and his problem wasn't that he had to increase the size of the "water dam". His problem was the org sealer between the track and metal frame was deteriorated so he had to reseal those two parts again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecBamf41 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 if you remove your headliner completely you can watch water in them in the car wash and keep an eye on them everyday. very nice. BNR18g on 93oct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sludgeroo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 If you pull headliner have someone run water only over the window, moulding areas. Check for leaking from pinch weld seperations or adhesion failure of the auto glass urethane. Then go back to the sunroof. If this vehicle has rack rails. Check there as well. A common rule of thumb in auto glass that should help you is these 2 things, check and penetrable orifices in the roof, and mind you water will never travel up. Blow out sunroof drain lines with air, and if they are still clogged mix up a lil simple green and water and soak the drain lines. GL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I just checked out that link and his problem wasn't that he had to increase the size of the "water dam". His problem was the org sealer between the track and metal frame was deteriorated so he had to reseal those two parts again. Guess I should have gone back and read the link before I started running my mouth. It's been a while, lol. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooln30 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 LOL, I didn't think you were running your mouth at all. This is what these forums are for, people helping people figure things out. That link was a little confusing to me as well so no big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subieadam Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Moonroof?? what is that?? Aaaaaaaaaa the luxuries lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Moonroof vs sunfroof: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/sunroof-vs-moonroof-22617.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subieadam Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I was making a joke lol, I know what it is.. My car just doesn't have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zundapp57 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Just an update, rain ,sleet and snow here (perfect subie weather). I have a dry passenger foot well. Thanks again to all for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooln30 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 So it was just a drain hose issue? Good to hear in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zundapp57 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yes, just too short exiting the bottom of the A pillar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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