thatgarrett

Thanks for the advice. I ended up solving this a while ago when the post was originally made, but for future reference, here is what worked for me: I blew compressed air in but it didn’t clear all of it, the leak was back a little but later and not much changed. I ended up getting a wire coat hanger, untwisted it, and snaked it down the front A pillar piper and twisted it around and got a ton of sand, mud, and dirt to come out. No leaks after that or problems, well, until an inattentive driver T-boned me. Now I’m over on the Impreza side of things, with no sunroof to leak

I did the same thing with the black plastic thing on fitting a later STI bag to a wooden momo wheel, glad I'm not the only crazy one that tried that

I am glad that you do not have damage, as that is encouraging! It has rained pretty heavily here recently, but no signs of water entering the wagon since the last time I got a car wash. I am not sure if that cleaned the drain tubes out or what, but no matter my orientation I haven't got water in since then! Just for safety I'm keeping the desiccant in there until the end of the rain season just to be sure (I have seen several other wagons around that i have noticed that have multiple desiccant buckets secured in the cargo area, so I guess I am not the only one with that idea)

I read about it over on the Outback forum, apparently you can make a solution of simple green, pour it down the drain hoses from the top and follow with some hot water to flush it out. I haven't gotten around to trying it, but I have figured out that a carwash is not sufficient to do so! I thought that I had cleared all of the hoses but based off the dripping pattern when it rains, I almost want to say that it is the rear passenger hose (though the water accumulates in the back drivers side, but that may just be the incline causing that....). I might try to check the exterior drain flaps on the back pipes before anything else though. Its not much water and it just goes on the rear mat. I have one of those marine desiccant buckets that absorb water when you winter boats to keep mold/rust from becoming a problem if it is pooling elsewhere. I am rather impressed with the durability of the headliner in Subarus, got plenty wet and even washed it and no sign of wrinkling or coming detached

I do have the dual sunroof, after a torrential downpour last week with my car parked facing downhill I noticed some moisture in the front driver headliner. I guess the flow might simply be restricted in one or more of the drainage tubes, not nearly as bad as before I cleaned them out a few months ago but slightly annoying nonetheless. I will try the simple green followed by hot water method and clean the rear vents at the bottom of the drains to see if that cleans them up. Hopefully I won't have to pull trim and manually clean them again...

Hello, I have done some searching around and not found this particular problem yet. I have a mild water leak in the rear of my wagon. It would appear that after heavy rain I will get about 1/3 cup of water puddling at the rear driver's side corner of the hatch area on the rubber mat. I notice that the water appears to come from the crack between the hard plastic and carpet material where the tail light on the body goes. Would this be a leaking tail light gasket if the water is coming from that high up? It does not appear to be getting to the metal of the car body on the floor under the tail light or under the spare tire? One candidate I have for that leak might be an aftermarket AM antenna (why the previous owner didn't use the stock one is beyond me) that they wired up on the roof by running a thin wire under the rubber gasket that seals the hatch (so between the rubber and the body). If it were this though, wouldn't it be pooling on both sides then? Also, how fast should I try and address this leak? I already cleaned all the drain tubes and reattached them, taking care of a major leak in the front of the car so I don't think that this would be that....