It rained hard last week. I went out to go to work and discovered a substantial puddle of water in the driver's floorboard. I noticed that the catch tray under the sunroof was full of water so I assumed it wasn't draining correctly. Read on the forum about the sunroof drains and figured that was the problem. It was raining today too, so on the way home I kept hearing water slosh around up there when I'd turn. I figured that was confirmation about the clogged drains so I start to clean them out.
I located the tube and grommet on the driver's side, reached up in there and pulled it loose. Sure enough, muddy water everywhere. I get out of the floor to dry off my arm and the floorboard and reach up again to pull the grommet out. It's gone. Can't find it anywhere. It's not on the floor, not attached to the hose, I can't see it on top of any harnesses. I pulled the inner fender liner to see if it perhaps went through the firewall but I don't think you can get there from here. I decided to rig it by using a piece of rubber hose slightly smaller than the ID of the drain tube, sticking it up the tube, the other end out the hole, then clamping it down with a zip tie. The rubber line I used was long, so I ran it all the way down to the bottom of the inner fender liner and cut it off. Hopefully that'll hold until I can order some new grommets.
Long story short, has this ever happened to anyone else and if so, where did you find the grommet?
I located the tube and grommet on the driver's side, reached up in there and pulled it loose. Sure enough, muddy water everywhere. I get out of the floor to dry off my arm and the floorboard and reach up again to pull the grommet out. It's gone. Can't find it anywhere. It's not on the floor, not attached to the hose, I can't see it on top of any harnesses. I pulled the inner fender liner to see if it perhaps went through the firewall but I don't think you can get there from here. I decided to rig it by using a piece of rubber hose slightly smaller than the ID of the drain tube, sticking it up the tube, the other end out the hole, then clamping it down with a zip tie. The rubber line I used was long, so I ran it all the way down to the bottom of the inner fender liner and cut it off. Hopefully that'll hold until I can order some new grommets.
Long story short, has this ever happened to anyone else and if so, where did you find the grommet?
