water leak interior light??

1. dan-vts1 Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 mansfield Posts: 170 saxo vts

   #1 15th June 2009, 20:55

   when the rain comes heavy slight bits of water come from front of interior light. does it come from aeriasl or sun roof rubber leaking? what needs doing to sort thanks dan
2. user_31231 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 Derby Posts: 1153 VW Passat 1.9tdi 150

   #2 15th June 2009, 21:07

   well it most likely your ariel because moving it back and forward for cleaning could have broke the seal around the outside i would take the light out and see if you seal it from the inside.

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3. machevelli7777 Established Member Joined: Jan 2007 Little Wymondley Posts: 1063 VTR MK1 (SOLD)

   #3 15th June 2009, 21:13

   I had this mate, i just checked the rubber seal around the sunroof making sure it hasnt moved over. Solved mine
4. Phsyco_Paff Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 South East Posts: 2015 Phase 2 vts

   #4 15th June 2009, 21:15

   got a bit wet on the way home from work 2day will be checking arieal and sunroof seal for leakes thanx guys
5. dan-vts1 Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 mansfield Posts: 170 saxo vts

   #5 15th June 2009, 22:14

   on the back side of aerial is small gap should i take off and put back on or get a new 1? cheers
6. RichyBoiVTR Regular Poster Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 324 mk2 8valve

   #6 15th June 2009, 22:33

   i had this problem too my interior light was full of water one very wet day.. i sorted it out with some silicone on the inside of the aerial base never leaked since...
7. dan-vts1 Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 mansfield Posts: 170 saxo vts

   #7 15th June 2009, 23:37

   do you take aerial off from inside or on out side cheers
8. maddison_vts Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 Torbay Posts: 1565 2000 phase 2 Saxo VTS Turbo 2000 Nissan 200sx S14a

   #8 15th June 2009, 23:44

   you take it off from the inside chap. take the interior light out (it just pops out) and have a look up and it will all seem fairly straight forward once you've seen it!

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9. maddison_vts Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 Torbay Posts: 1565 2000 phase 2 Saxo VTS Turbo 2000 Nissan 200sx S14a

   #9 15th June 2009, 23:44

   re-post sorry
10. maddison_vts Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 Torbay Posts: 1565 2000 phase 2 Saxo VTS Turbo 2000 Nissan 200sx S14a

    #10 15th June 2009, 23:44

    re-post again sorry. laptop f*cked up!
11. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

    #11 15th June 2009, 23:45

    usually taking it off, applying some silicone and sticking it back on helps
    
    mine used to be awful until i did that!
12. ClaireHall Established Member Joined: May 2009 West lothian Posts: 1314 Evo VIII FQ300 & 106 gti

    #12 15th June 2009, 23:56

    Its prob ariel mines doesnt it
13. Barry123 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2005 Aycliffe Posts: 32205 Saxo VTS

    #13 16th June 2009, 00:13

    I gave trying to fix it in the end... they're notorious for leaking... deaerial ftw!
14. Ferg Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2007 Maidstone, Kent Posts: 4928 Clio 197 Cup

    #14 16th June 2009, 00:22

    Sayer only did it for the increased MPG ... Less drag yO.
15. user_26153 Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Blackpool, UK (occasionaly Isle Of Wight) Posts: 1121 Citroen Saxo VTR 2001 Eunos Roadster

    #15 16th June 2009, 04:51

    Ahh I have this problem, will give silicone a try. Comes as a shock when you turn a corner and a little droplet of water goes past my head
16. TheGoldNurburg L-plater Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 70 Mk2 1.4 Furio

    #16 18th June 2009, 02:00

    Jst Put A Teeny Weeny Bit Of Clear Silicon Round The Arial Base Cannot Notice it At All,Solved my Problem In Like 3mins
17. dannyboy2005 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 BEDFORD, GUILDFORD, WAYBRIDGE Posts: 4172 Punt -y0

    #17 7th July 2009, 23:15

    Time to bring this up again. Its better then starting a new thread.
    
    After todays epic down pout the car leaked a few drips. Would it be better to take the areal base off, squirt down some silicone from the roof and put the areal base back on and tighten her up? It would form like a gasket?
    
    And dose this 100% solve this.
    
    And why dose the water leak from the light and not from the over head lining?
18. Shak Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2008 Bournemouth Posts: 176 saxo vts 106 xsi

    #18 8th July 2009, 17:34

    got this on both my cars. it was tracing down the thread. the pug i took the aeriel and base off, silicone around the hole from the outside. put it back together. haven't got round to doin the sax yet, just hoping it's not the sunroof.
19. Kayboo Newbie Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 13

    #19 9th July 2009, 00:58

    Haha, I had this too! But just like other's a bit clear silicone done the trick
20. rudeboiross Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2008 Camberley/Sandhurst Posts: 367 1.1 SX

    #20 9th July 2009, 01:04

    I just bought a new aerial base of the bay for a couple of quid! Under the base theres two little plastic things which go into two holes in the roof.
    Most likely these have broken and the seal has become lose! Just buy a new base
21. dan-vts1 Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 mansfield Posts: 170 saxo vts

    #21 22nd July 2009, 00:07

    never got round to doing it but touch wood it hasnt happened again lol and had some serious rain too.
22. hudzyyy Frequent Poster Joined: May 2009 northallerton, north east Posts: 526 astra sri

    #22 22nd July 2009, 17:37

    mine is leaking alot it has a hole under the arial dont think its meant to be there anyway i tryed to fill it in and snapped my arial off lol so be carefull
23. PozytroniX Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2008 Barnstaple Posts: 159 1998 Citreon Saxo VTR 1.6

    #23 22nd July 2009, 19:55

    mine recently done this and it was where the handle that operates the sunroof was loose and wasnt fully closing the sunroof so the internal light filled up with water.
24. dan-vts1 Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 mansfield Posts: 170 saxo vts

    #24 22nd July 2009, 23:31

    oh right will check it out next time have a lot of rain and take light etc out and look but been lucky or it has sorted it self lol and not done since first posted
25. UltraSBM L-plater Joined: Sep 2009 Stafford Posts: 41 99 Saxo 1.1, 06 Focus Zetec, 04 Honda CBR600RR

    #25 3rd October 2009, 10:28

    I'm imagining mine will be the aerial then, as my cheapo shitty Saxo doesn't even have a sunroof lol.
    B&Q here I come!
26. benfurio Newbie Joined: Oct 2009 Exmouth, Devon!!! Posts: 7 saxo 1.4 furio

    #26 3rd October 2009, 11:02

    mine used to leak something terrible!! sometimes my passenger footwell would b a small swiming pool where the water had traveled down the a post! after lots of ivestigation an removing the sunroof and head lining i found 1 of my sunroof drains were blocked. i inblocked it an made sure i sealed everything with silicone as i put it back together, i also bought a new ariel base to b safe! not a drop since, solved it evetually!!
27. Mango_Wes Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Southend-On-Sea Posts: 1897 1.1 Forte VTR rep Mango 1.6 Gold VTS

    #27 4th October 2009, 10:23

    Mine was dripping from the sunroof knob thing.. The thing you pull out and twist, so I undid the torx screw that took out the windy part, and was splashed with even more water.. Then i took some sealant and just wacked it in every gap up there I could see tbh. all around the area base and stuff and around the sunroof like part the windy thing latchys onto all around the top of that. Then i then put a bit in the plastic windy bit and then refitted it and put the screw back in Never leaked since
28. UltraSBM L-plater Joined: Sep 2009 Stafford Posts: 41 99 Saxo 1.1, 06 Focus Zetec, 04 Honda CBR600RR

    #28 4th October 2009, 22:12

    Whee! Clear silicone sealant from B+Q, ripped light out, caked aerial in silicone, smothered aerial around the base on the roof, and now it doesn't leak
    I also sealed the hole on my bust lock (thieves...scum...)