Vauxhall Astra sunshine roof leaking

Car: Vauxhall Astra
Variant: Astra Estate
Model Year: 2003
Categories: Leaks & Noises
Rubber looks fine but water is not running away and cant find the drain holes . Its coming onto front seat
Posted: Feb 20, 2021 (3 years ago)
Is it a factory fitted tilt/slide sunroof or just a glass panel in a metal surround unit that has been fitted later ?
Posted Feb 20, 2021 (3 years ago)
Factory fitted
Posted Feb 20, 2021 (3 years ago)
Some cars can have 4 drains on sun roofs , one at each corner . Front ones are usually accessible and can often be cleared with a stiff wire and then drain away behind wheel arch cover .
Posted Feb 20, 2021 (3 years ago)
My Renault Clio 1.2 had a very similar problem last year, after light and heavy rainfall. Water dripped off the sun visors and onto the front seats. Thinking the sun roof was leaking, I put opaque silicone all around the rubber seal. Water was still dripping in. Applied silicone around the roof ariel base. Still the same. So I applied another wider coat of silicone around the sun roof, but water still came in. Cleaning the windscreen one day, I noticed that the plastic moulding around the windscreen was lifted just a fraction at the top driver's corner. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I pressed some silicone in the gap between the seal and metalwork and hey presto, problem solved. I have had no trouble since.
Posted Dec 12, 2021 (2 years ago)
Good you got your Renault Clio leak fixed but it is irrelevant to the members problem on her different car , Vauxhall Astra where the " water is not running away and cant find the drain holes ."
Posted Dec 12, 2021 (2 years ago)

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