What is this hose?
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phillyd2
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Oh Crap, really? Thanks!
Snooperstyle
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Just a note/warning to all on here about this. I recently just had my wife's car flood with over 8 gallons of water, and we had to do a $2500 repair to fix it because the car's transmission control unit was on the floor. I fandangled the insurance company int covering it under the comprehensive, but it still was a huge pain, and we had no car for two weeks, and still had to pay the deductible.
Anyways, these tubes inside of vehicles are NOTORIOUS for coming loose over time, either on the bottom, like in the OP's pics, or up top where it connects to the sunroof drain channel. The car manufacturers don't seem to connect them with any type of compression fitting, and instead just rely on the tube being forced into its rubber fitting, like what you see in the pics above. These things frequently come undone when dealers and other car service companies use compressed air to clean out the sunroof drains. They poke an air hose in the from the roof when the moon roof is open, and then they end up blowing the tube out from the rubber fitting. Or even worse, they use a wire fish, which easily can disconnect the hose from the rubber fitting. When it happens, they can't see what they damaged because the fitting is usually under the headliner.
People don't realize that sunroofs have a constant stream of water going through their drains, even when they are closed. It may not be much, but when your car sits in a parking lot for a week during heavy rains, it can result in tons of water on your floorboard if your drain tubes are not working properly or even if they have a simple clog!
It is easy to test the tubes periodically by using a small plastic tube, a funnel, and a little bit of water. This is something I do frequently now, as we have a oak tree over our parking area which is the real culprit!
Don't know if 4runners have history of this problem, but I just felt like noting this here in case anybody was planning on messing around with these tubes...be very careful!! (sorry for this major hijacking)
Anyways, these tubes inside of vehicles are NOTORIOUS for coming loose over time, either on the bottom, like in the OP's pics, or up top where it connects to the sunroof drain channel. The car manufacturers don't seem to connect them with any type of compression fitting, and instead just rely on the tube being forced into its rubber fitting, like what you see in the pics above. These things frequently come undone when dealers and other car service companies use compressed air to clean out the sunroof drains. They poke an air hose in the from the roof when the moon roof is open, and then they end up blowing the tube out from the rubber fitting. Or even worse, they use a wire fish, which easily can disconnect the hose from the rubber fitting. When it happens, they can't see what they damaged because the fitting is usually under the headliner.
People don't realize that sunroofs have a constant stream of water going through their drains, even when they are closed. It may not be much, but when your car sits in a parking lot for a week during heavy rains, it can result in tons of water on your floorboard if your drain tubes are not working properly or even if they have a simple clog!
It is easy to test the tubes periodically by using a small plastic tube, a funnel, and a little bit of water. This is something I do frequently now, as we have a oak tree over our parking area which is the real culprit!
Don't know if 4runners have history of this problem, but I just felt like noting this here in case anybody was planning on messing around with these tubes...be very careful!! (sorry for this major hijacking)
phillyd2
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