Rover 800 Flooded Passenger Footwells? Sunroof Drainage Tubes on Rover 820 825 827 & coupe

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This is a video showing (just some of) the water we sucked up after my Rover 800 coupe sprung a leak resulting in the passenger side footwell being totally flooded. I had already removed the soaking wet carpet mats and had started to vacuum up some of the water before I decided I should video this! It will still take a few days to dry out completely as the foam backing on the carpets holds so much of the water! As soon as I had realised the footwell had flooded I had already guessed that this was being caused by the sunroof drainage tube overflowing due to it being blocked/slow flowing. How did I know this? That's easy - I had the same problem last year but that time it was on the Driver's side! The first time I had the problem, it took forever to locate where the water was actually coming from! After weeks of searching we realised it was a small drip from the front sunroof drainage tube where it comes inside the front wing just inside the footwell. The very small dripping was so hard to trace, but having found and cleaned the drivers side drainage tube, it was a problem no more. This time it was far easier to solve, as I already knew what would be the cause, so did not have to spend weeks checking the door/window/sunroof seals, or look behind the interior trim etc. I made this video just to show how quickly/much the car will flood if left unattended! I dealt with the leak as soon as I had realised the car had one, and yet I still managed to suck up about 10 litres of <b>...</b>

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1999, Rover, 800, 820, 825, 827, vitesse, sterling, coupe, electric, sunroof, drainage, tubes, flooded, drivers, passengers, footwell, footwells, leaks, doors, roof, seals

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