Another sunroof leak thread

[andcunning]

Ok, so my sunroof leaks. All four drains are clear and letting out water. The rubber gasket isn’t torn or crumbling save for a few little knicks. I still get a leaking sunroof. I find water on the ground after it rains.

Today I went though a carwash and found that the blowers blew the sunroof down in the back and water got in.

I’m wondering if the play that I saw today in the carwash may have something to do with the leak. Anybody else experience this? Any fixes?

 

[White Stripe]

All sunroofs leak a little bit on all model of vehicles typically. That is why they have drip trays. That said you can improve the seal a great deal I think. Ive been working on mine this week. If it turns out good I will post up the details. Some have also used inner tubing as a fix. I dont know what they did though exactly. But I've heard it works well.

 

[Bigtoepfer]

where on the floor is your leak? What year model do you have?

I ask because are you sure its not the window that is leaking? I had clear drains but was getting wet a pillars and passenger front floor. Turns out the windshield seal was leaking, fixed that and no more leaks, Until my son cracked the pan of the sun roof then I was getting puddles in the headliner that would drip down the rear passenger B and C pillars. So now my sunroof has flex seal tape on it until I either replace it or weld it shut.

I have a 94 though so its a soft fabric headliner.

 

[lexustruck]

Until my son cracked the pan of the sun roof

What is that? The pan?

 

[andcunning]

where on the floor is your leak? What year model do you have?

I ask because are you sure its not the window that is leaking? I had clear drains but was getting wet a pillars and passenger front floor. Turns out the windshield seal was leaking, fixed that and no more leaks, Until my son cracked the pan of the sun roof then I was getting puddles in the headliner that would drip down the rear passenger B and C pillars. So now my sunroof has flex seal tape on it until I either replace it or weld it shut.

I have a 94 though so its a soft fabric headliner.

It’s def the sunroof. It leaks in the front foot areas. I know the windshield has been ok with no leaks because for 6 months, I never opened the sunroof, and never had an issue. Then, I got some PDR work on the roof of the car, and the guy went in via the sunroof to avoid dropping the liner. After that I started getting leaks.

 

[andcunning]

All sunroofs leak a little bit on all model of vehicles typically. That is why they have drip trays. That said you can improve the seal a great deal I think. Ive been working on mine this week. If it turns out good I will post up the details. Some have also used inner tubing as a fix. I dont know what they did though exactly. But I've heard it works well.

What are you doing? I think my kanji’s overflows in heavy rain with the seal in its current state.

 

[jonheld]

Ok, so my sunroof leaks. All four drains are clear and letting out water. The rubber gasket isn’t torn or crumbling save for a few little knicks. I still get a leaking sunroof. I find water on the ground after it rains.

Today I went though a carwash and found that the blowers blew the sunroof down in the back and water got in.

I’m wondering if the play that I saw today in the carwash may have something to do with the leak. Anybody else experience this? Any fixes?

There are many sunroof leak threads on this forum if you search a bit. Below is a fix that I did on a couple of 80s.

Post in thread 'Sunroof front and rear drains clear but...'

Nov 20, 2018

I've cleared the drains on the front and rear corners of my sunroof. But I'm still getting wet seat belts. Any ideas or advice?

I just did this on my neighbor's 96LC and I did it on my 97LX. It's a 2 step process of expanding the seal around the glass and leveling out the glass once reinstalled to make it sits flush with the roof line so water doesn't pool in the corners.

With the glass panel removed and placed upside down on a work surface, work cotton kitchen string (the stuff you use to tie up poultry) into the small space in the existing seal around the circumference of the...

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[Bigtoepfer]

What is that? The pan?

The part where all the water congregates before going into the drains.

Mine is cracked in this area.