clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

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Postby SammyCRX80 » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:03 am

Nice work and pics. Lucky you for having a garage to work in; last time I took off the sail panels it started pouring hard! :lol:
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Postby CRXxx » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:19 pm

one of my pipes is kinked, i managed to get the top under the sail pannel removed but didn't know how to get to the bottom, now i see i have to remove the interior i will have a go once weather is better.
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Postby SammyCRX80 » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:08 pm

If it's just kinked then you can get to it from either the boot or from the other side (just need to remove the storage bins and there's slightly better access that way)
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Postby Stav- » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:12 pm

I just cleared my other drain today. I took off the plastic sill and shoved a pipe cleaner up the hole under the car. It worked a treat! :D

Look what came out :
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This stuff must have been there for years, it smelt really bad :(
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Postby SammyCRX80 » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:45 pm

:? Dude, where was this hole that you cleared with the pipe cleaner? If you mean you took those plastic sills on either side off, then shoved the cleaner up the pipe with a rubber bung thing (near the rear wheel arches) then that's actually the same drain as you had already cleaned. The sail panel tubes come out near the back of each arch and the lower (rear window) drain tubes come out near the centre of the car (I think around the fuel tank area but I'm not certain)
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Postby Stav- » Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:34 am

I know but i could only get the one side cleared before, i was just finishing the job. :D
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Postby Geo » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:28 am

SammyCRX80 wrote::? Dude, where was this hole that you cleared with the pipe cleaner? If you mean you took those plastic sills on either side off, then shoved the cleaner up the pipe with a rubber bung thing (near the rear wheel arches) then that's actually the same drain as you had already cleaned. The sail panel tubes come out near the back of each arch and the lower (rear window) drain tubes come out near the centre of the car (I think around the fuel tank area but I'm not certain)


They exit over the top of the gas tank and the water runs off the front side of it.
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Postby CRXxx » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:39 pm

so is the bottom hole for the sail pannels under the sideskirts???
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Postby SammyCRX80 » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:05 pm

so is the bottom hole for the sail pannels under the sideskirts???


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Postby pumba » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:25 pm

I must get on and do this to mine, as i have a couple of small puddles forming in the boot, the water is running from somewhere, down where the rear suspension turret s are to settle at the bottom of the boot. From reading the above posts, what did you guy's seal the clips with? Silicone grease or Silicone sealer( like bath stuff) ?
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Postby SammyCRX80 » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:38 pm

You mean the sail panel clips? I used loctite silicone sealant, £5 a tube from Halfords. It needs to hold it in place, provide a watertight seal and yet have the ability to flex a very small amount, so I'm not sure that bathroom sealant is ideal to be honest
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Postby pumba » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:05 pm

Thanks bud, i did meant the clips, i wasnt planning on using bath sealent, just trying to differentiate between what people were actually using.
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby Mesa » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:50 pm

A seasonal bump to remind people that this time of year is a great time to check your drains. I've just done mine, both rears were blocked! It only takes half an hour or so, less than a clean of the car and more important.

Especially if you park under/around a tree losing its leaves.
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby boyband6666 » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:53 am

Just done mine today (start of a new car season right?)

Anyway lots of gunk. and decomposing leaves - will again echo the comments about if you park around that sort of thing then expect them to be there. Overall not as bad as a first thought though - the way we did it was undo the sail panels (came off easily, like they'd been done before), and then stuck the pressure washer over the hole, blew it all straight out!

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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby Kanibaals » Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:27 pm

Clearing helps only temporary as leaves will block them after some time. It's needed to cut off the drain valves under the car, actually they are not needed at all. The valve doesn't let any hard particles out of drain hose. Honda engineers overdid it :shock: .

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