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[D]

Left car in the rain overnight, got in to drive away this morning and noticed a few drops of water dripping in from the passenger A pillar. At the point where the soft touch fabric meets that odd shaped plastic trim (upper end of the pillar).

What do you chaps reckon is the issue. Sunroof drain blocked?

Door seals look and feel intact. Headlining isnt soaked through. Just a small patch of dampness near the top end of the A pillar where a few drops of water seems to be leaking from.

Maybe I should recycle the old girl and get a new VXR8. 

[05omegav6]

Left car in the rain overnight, got in to drive away this morning and noticed a few drops of water dripping in from the passenger A pillar. At the point where the soft touch fabric meets that odd shaped plastic trim (upper end of the pillar).

What do you chaps reckon is the issue. Sunroof drain blocked?

Door seals look and feel intact. Headlining isnt soaked through. Just a small patch of dampness near the top end of the A pillar where a few drops of water seems to be leaking from.

Maybe I should recycle the old girl and get a new VXR8. 

Exactly might need to strip the a pillar top to bottom and possibly also the front wing for access to the drain to ensure it's completely clear and connected at the joints, if any. Rear drains probably in a similar state, drain either side of the boot iirc...

[D]

Oh bollicks. Might as well crush the old girl then. The old misfire is back as well. Although I think that may be the 135 coil pack being original.

Do you have a working 135 coil pack with you that I could try to cure the misfire issue. It could also be a LPG hardware issue, although my bet is the coil pack, which I think may be an original factory item. Oddly it only misfires when cold and then settles down completely once warm. Which is odd for a dodgy coil pack.

[05omegav6]

Coil pack, probably... will check

Condensation could cause a cold misfire, so possible some water has gotten past the seal at least it's the easy side...

As a temporary solution to the sunroof leak, it can simply be taped up and the fuse pulled. But worth running a straightened wire coat hanger down and up all four drains to ensure they're clear, but if they are clear and water still gets in, the repairs will be labour intensive. Not sure it's enough to justify crushing it though, unless you fancy a change... Car is otherwise tidy iirc

[JamesV6CDX]

If AL doesn't have a coil pack for you to try - I will - where are you located in SE London?

[robson]

Dont know much about this but why not fill the drains with silicone and as suggested take out fuse. better than scrap yard.

[05omegav6]

Dont know much about this but why not fill the drains with silicone and as suggested take out fuse. better than scrap yard.

No. No. And, er, no...

All that will achieve is filling the roof with water, which is sort of what's happenening with a blocked drain. To seal it requires taping around the circumference of the sunroof to cover the existing seal... this seal is actually a glorified draft excluder rather than a watertight seal, hence the need for the drains... 

[D]

Dont know much about this but why not fill the drains with silicone and as suggested take out fuse. better than scrap yard.

Sunroof isnt watertight, the water is kept out of the cabin via the drains, block it and you will have a downpour into the cabin.

[D]

If AL doesn't have a coil pack for you to try - I will - where are you located in SE London?

Sorry, I should change it, but I am in Surrey and often wander close to where Al is based, hence me asking him.

[D]

Coil pack, probably... will check

Condensation could cause a cold misfire, so possible some water has gotten past the seal at least it's the easy side...

As a temporary solution to the sunroof leak, it can simply be taped up and the fuse pulled. But worth running a straightened wire coat hanger down and up all four drains to ensure they're clear, but if they are clear and water still gets in, the repairs will be labour intensive. Not sure it's enough to justify crushing it though, unless you fancy a change... Car is otherwise tidy iirc

I remember someone suggesting bendy curtain hanging wire. Lets see what I can dig out.

[05omegav6]

I have three 135 coil packs, two are, er, grotty, tother is almost mint except for the #1 coil which is very slightly rusty, but already cracked

Welcome to try any of them though to test the theory

And codes from the pedal trick?

[D]

Havent checked codes. Issue is pre-existing codes from when the fuel pump relay issue was throwing up codes. I may need to invest in a code reader.

[05omegav6]

Havent checked codes. Issue is pre-existing codes from when the fuel pump relay issue was throwing up codes. I may need to invest in a code reader.

Thee and mee both

[Andy B]

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I remember someone suggesting bendy curtain hanging wire. Lets see what I can dig out.

They're better if you can find one ..... a straightened out coat hanger, as well as being a bit short, could puncture the plastic drain tube, a curtain wire won't. 

[05omegav6]

Homebase, Wilkinsons or B&Q probably, or a fabric shop