[diesel_mercedes] clogged drain holes in the top

 

So how do you clean out those roof drain holes, and where are they?

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On Tue, 1/15/19, Stan George ssgkag@frontier.com [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] What dumps water on the right-rear floorboard?
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 10:10 PM

     Steve wrote this a few
years ago.


OK, listen real careful. I'm on my 9th
Mercedes 123 bodystyle
and every single one
has had a leak of some kind when I first bought
them. So here's the ones I've found so
far in my experience:

1.
Sunroof. Most common. Usually clogged drain holes in the top
like
the other guys have mentioned. Prone
b/c of leaves, straw, etc
getting there and
people not cleaning them out. You can tell real
quick by watering down the sunroof (open or
closed) and if it's
clogged, the water
will back up and then drain unseen down the front
pillars and appear in your floorboards.

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: What dumps water on the right-rear floorboard?

 

I'll check the windshield too. I had it replaced a few years ago, with a MB seal, yet the window guys sucked. I had them take it back out again 1st, as ti was over toward one side too far. Thought it was OK the 2nd time, yet will check.

Rob

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On 1/16/19 10:53 AM, vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] wrote:


Most of the time it's from the windshield rubber or leaks in the firewall, under the battery tray etc., the water dribbles down under the carpets and runs back into the right rear foot well .

-Nate
      Rob  wrote :

Hey,

Now that it keeps raining in SoCal, I have a bunch of water pooling up
on the right-rear floorboard, yet nowhere else, and it's not coming from
the window.

What dumps water on the right-rear floorboard?

'85 300D w/sunroof.

I was wondering about the sunroof drain.

I pulled the carpet, and dried the area, yet now it's wet again.

Thanks

Rob

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] What dumps water on the right-rear floorboard?

 

I don't think it's a rust hole, and it is wet under the pad in the front
pass side, so most likely one of the drains.

Thanks

Rob

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On 1/15/19 9:10 PM, Stan George ssgkag@frontier.com [diesel_mercedes] wrote:
>      Steve wrote this a few years ago.
>
>
> OK, listen real careful. I'm on my 9th Mercedes 123 bodystyle
> and every single one has had a leak of some kind when I first bought
> them. So here's the ones I've found so far in my experience:
>
> 1. Sunroof. Most common. Usually clogged drain holes in the top like
> the other guys have mentioned. Prone b/c of leaves, straw, etc
> getting there and people not cleaning them out. You can tell real
> quick by watering down the sunroof (open or closed) and if it's
> clogged, the water will back up and then drain unseen down the front
> pillars and appear in your floorboards.
> 2. A/C drain plug. All cars have these, and if they get clogged with
> debris, then the water coming off your A/C evaporator will pool up
> and then leak inside. THIS INCLUDES IF YOU'RE USING THE DEFROST
> CYCLE in winter  b/c the A/C is still condensing the moisture in the
> air.  I just cleaned mine out by taking out the blower motor and
> spraying a hose inside. It should drain out the middle of the car
> just above the tranny. You can also go underneath the car and take
> an air hose and shoot it out. But be careful...mine was made of foam
> and so are most of the mid-80's Mercedes diesels.
> 3. Battery tray rot: Sometimes the battery acid will eat a hole just
> below the battery tray all the way through to the inside. Spray the
> battery tray and look inside.
> 4. Leaky windsheild: A little harder to diagnose since it's such a
> big surface area. Start with the others first and then elimate which
> ones don't leak.
>      Leaks will start in the front and then slosh to the back.
> That's also why almost every Benz I've bought is missing the rear
> floor mats. I've never had problems with the back drains.
>
> Steve
>

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Yep ;

I'm a Journeyman Mechanic but ended up in Auto Parts an interesting job .

-Nate

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Most of the time it's from the windshield rubber or leaks in the firewall, under the battery tray etc., the water dribbles down under the carpets and runs back into the right rear foot well .

-Nate
      Rob  wrote :

Hey,

Now that it keeps raining in SoCal, I have a bunch of water pooling up
on the right-rear floorboard, yet nowhere else, and it's not coming from
the window.

What dumps water on the right-rear floorboard?

'85 300D w/sunroof.

I was wondering about the sunroof drain.

I pulled the carpet, and dried the area, yet now it's wet again.

Thanks

Rob

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