Leaking sunroof, conclusion...

1. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

   #1 28th December 2010, 16:46

   Well, im yet ot decied if its the sunroof, or the local river has taken a detour through my car.
   
   Anyway, iv sealed it up like fuck...it stopped, yayy...now the ice had buggered off its back, i assume it got in to little gaps, froze, expanded, made a leak again.
   
   So basically im going to polycarb it, remove the sun roof, put sealent around it and place a sheet of polycarb over the top.
   Now ive been advised to use poprivets, but i only have m8 and m10 bolts. Aslong as its a tight fit, with plenty of sealent, it will work fine yeah?
   
   I would weld it, but i only plan on keeping it another 5-6 months max! So not bothered atall aout what it looks like or how long it lasts lol...
2. user_43180 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 West Dorset Posts: 271 205 GRDT

   #2 28th December 2010, 17:38

   i'm sure it'll be fine with a load of sealant with the bolts if they're really tight too. i'd probably seal the bolts too if I did it
3. SidnySaxo Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 369 00 VTR Saxo

   #3 28th December 2010, 17:46

   Dont lads.. The handle on the sunroof dose wear it hapnd to me.. You have to really ring the handle around until it can go no further,the handle should be faceing the drivers side window and the sunroof is down to its very last all around...
4. SidnySaxo Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 369 00 VTR Saxo

   #4 28th December 2010, 17:47

   Sorry the passenger side window..
5. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

   #5 28th December 2010, 19:29

   Im stripped interior! I have no winder lol...
   
   Ill do it at the weekend and see what happens lol...
6. user_40189 Established Member Joined: Dec 2009 Hampshire Posts: 2152 Furi0

   #6 28th December 2010, 19:35

   If you dry the everybit around the glass off, open it right up.
   
   Buy some silicone and a gun. put 2 ton of it around the window then wind it back down, then but a touch more around the window you want the low module cilicone if you ask for it, you dont want one that goes hard you want it to be soft still
7. wezzasaxo1 Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 aylesbury Posts: 385 cammed vtr 16v sold now mk4 astra gsi turbo

   #7 29th December 2010, 11:52

   its prob not even the sunroof try sealing around the aireal mate ???
8. sexy-silver-saxo Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2009 north devon Posts: 433 210bhp golf gti, red 106 gti

   #8 29th December 2010, 12:00

   yeah alot of the time it is the airial.. but if you think it is the sunroof do what the other lad said... get the soft silicone because it can expand and shrink... so if it freezes over it wont crack through the silicone.
9. lookinsaxo Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Manchester Posts: 191 mk2 saxo VTS blue

   #9 29th December 2010, 20:46

   my sunroof only leaks because the drains are blocked my right one is ok but my left one is blocked :/ i cant unblock it? where do they go to at the bottom of the car ?
10. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

    #10 29th December 2010, 20:47

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by wezzasaxo1 its prob not even the sunroof try sealing around the aireal mate ???

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by sexy-silver-saxo yeah alot of the time it is the airial.. but if you think it is the sunroof do what the other lad said... get the soft silicone because it can expand and shrink... so if it freezes over it wont crack through the silicone.

    i dont have an arial, the font of my roof is smoothed.
    
    i can clearly see where its comming from.
11. user_31637 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Isle of Man Posts: 9844 92 Eunos

    #11 29th December 2010, 20:49

    where are the sunroof drains, i have just had this too....
12. VTSjames Established Member Joined: May 2010 Immingham, Lincolnshire Posts: 1406 mk1 VTS (track), Mondeo Titanium X Tdci

    #12 29th December 2010, 21:13

    i have blanked my sunroof using a sheet of 1mm aluminium and pop rivets with loads of sealant.. i put the sealant on and then pop riveted the plate from one end working my to the other, as i dis this the sealant was forced to go either side of the rivet and make a very tight seal... have sicve washed the car and constantly had a hose pipe on it and not one bit of water (touching wood as i speak)
    
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