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Water in A-Pillar?

Old Oct 9, 2006 | 11:18 AM
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Water in A-Pillar?

Hi all.

After some recent heavy rain, I noticed that my drivers floor mat was wet. When I started to drive the truck, I noticed some drips coming off of the grab handle on the drivers side.

I'm honestly not sure where to look for the source of the leak. Suggestions or experience would be appreciated.

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-drew
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 11:20 AM
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Around windshield perhaps. And welcome to Yotatech.
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 11:21 AM
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im not a mechanic (not yet) but i would look at the roof rack and see if there is water coming through the holes from that
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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Sunroof drainage holes are probably plugged up.
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by marko3xl3
Sunroof drainage holes are probably plugged up.
yeah, what he said. most likely.
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 09:53 AM
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The sunroof drain sounds plausible. I can see the inlet to the body around the sunroof, but where is the outlet?
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 10:28 AM
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near the rear tires for the rear drains, and down the a-pilalrs for the front

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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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try hot/pressureized water, or Draino to see if it would clean it up.
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by DeathCougar
try hot/pressureized water, or Draino to see if it would clean it up.
I'd skip the Draino unless you plan on repainting and replacing the rubber hose

Hot/pressurized water or a softer piece of wire would be my suggestion.

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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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well, maybe something less corrosive than draino then lol. I figured you dump it in your sink, why not your 4Runner? lol. What about Coca Cola? That stuff will eat through gunk
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