DIY E53: Sunroof Tube Kink Fix

[2555 john]

Originally Posted by oldskewel

Good on the LOL.

It will also help you get good advice from the braintrust's extensive knowledge of water leaks if you can be more specific in exactly what carpet areas are wet. "front and back"??? "leftgate" = liftgate, or left side?

Ok....Driver and passenger front are wet, more so on passenger side....Passenger side back seat area is very wet...Drivers side passenger back seat area is wet, not as bad as passenger side....Lift gate area is dry..

[crystalworks]

Your rear sunroof drains are likely okay then. Going to either be front drains are kinked, clogged, or disconnected. Or someone tore the vapor barrier in the doors (probably all of them) while doing window regulator. Going to be one or both of those situations.

[Bmwe5320023.0]

Originally Posted by kevinkay

I am not so sure the tube belongs under the 2 top metal clips, (I think the photos of the OP showed them pushed under the clips and zip tied)?? Both my sides (as looks like the OP photos does) had black tape that was holding the tubes lower than the clips because there is a rectangular plastic bottom under the torque screw (look at the underneath photo of the pillar cover) that needs clearance from the tube. My passenger side tube was a bit too close and got squeezed (from the factory- my first time taking the pillar cover off).

Just my 2 cents......

Yep, after this fix my tube got squished and completely destroyed. Will either need to patch it up or replace it, but definitely it needs to go around the plastic of the A pillar.