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My Malibu has a leak somewhere the floorboard in back of drivers side is soaked, I read it could be the drain from the sunroof or ac plug how can I find out where it is coming from?

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Some black ink dissolved in a bucket of water ,i would plump for the sunroof they empty down the centre door pilar i think ,only ever seen one of these cars though here in spain so i couldnt really say but a lot of europeon cars run down the centre door pilar

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