I've got an 88 745, I didn't notice until recently that the leading edge of the sunrood doesn't come up flush with the roof when shut. I hadn't seen this because of the deflector blocking my view. Guess how I disxccovered there was a problem?

Anyway..... Aparently, on top of that a drain tube is blocked or something because my drivers side foot well is flooding. Any sugestions or tips on clearing the tube or getting the sunroof to close flush?

Thanks

Richard

Hi

I have same problem with sunroof not flush - no solution found yet.

Water leak in footwell:

I removed the footwell-sidepanel. There is a black plastic cover

about 4x5 inch. This cover on my car was not flush too and the water

leaks in there. It's a little difficult to remove, but possible.

I am planning to glue a 5x6 inch rubber piece over it.

This hole is according to some posts a ventilation inlet on Non-A/C cars.

I think the black plastic cover is slightly oversize and therefore don't fit. (After plastic injection molding the hot plastic part shrinks, which depends on the material but also on the molding-process parameters.)

Good luck

Try sticking a net curtain rod down it. Flexible enough to deform to the curves but strong enough to sort out your drain tubes indigestion problem. Do it while your wife is at work though or she'll do her nut.

Richard: try 'bumping', for about half-a-second, the sunroof rocker switch; hit it light-and-quick for the opening action, and then the same for the closing function: I have found that this USUALLY will bring the leading edge up flush. Of course, it means getting into and out of the car a few times, but it beats the sh*t out of flooding the car. Prob.#2: it sounds like your A/C drain might be blocked (hard for me to know without seeing).Have you checked to see if the passenger side well is wet, too? I did a reply to a post here a few days ago on this very topic: use the right-hand vertical scroll bar to look for a posting from 'Winston', and the thread that follows with my name; it was within this past week: deatiled suggestions. Lemme know. --PD.

Hi PD.

Well, It rained and I was able to catch the problem in action. I'ts dripping through the body behind the driver side kick panel. I had removed that panel to work on removing the alarm systems. Luckily, although now I'm disgusted, I removed the wet carpet to prevent a mold problem (had to give up a 242Ti because of mold allergy) Anyway... I was able to remove a 2X5 inch of floor with my fingers. Hopfully this won't be too awkward to fix.

I tried the bumping and I get the leading edge of the roof to meet up fine but it still won't come flush with the roof. That extra little starts of the rear opening position. I'll practice a little more and see what happens. If anything, I'll cover it with plexiglas or something and leave it open all winter like I did with a couple other cars.

Thanks for the advice, I'll keep trying. Maybe I'll take the deflector off and see if I can find any blockages up front.

Richard