Any ideas where I can get a new seal? Been on Service Box and a new glass (which I assume has the seal attached) is £389.22 inc VAT

Any suggestions for a repair would be appreciated too. Not keen on using a second hand glass with seal as there is no guarantee it would last and I I can't be arsed doing this job again in the winter.

Already thought about blanking the sunroof but would rather keep it for the summer if I can stop it leaking.

Thanks all

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

Yep, they are all clear and the aerial base is fine too. With the headlining out you can see the water begin overflow and drip down from the frame.

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

There's a spongey kind of seal that runs around the glass of the sunroof. I've ran water down each drain and the water runs freely, but in heavy rain more water gets past the seal than the drains can handle.

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

Thanks mate, will give that a shot. I had cleaned the sunroof seal previously so assumed I had disturbed the seal and stopped it holding most of the water out.

You can see the water is appearing from the plastic where it is bonded to the metal frame:



Will try sealing it and hopefully that does it

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

Don't use it in the rain...works with my 205

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'90 1.6 205 GTi, '98 306 GTi-6

Yeah I would be walking everywhere in that case then, probably getting wetter too!

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

I believe that even when you've got a good seal working correctly it isn't a complete, guaranteed, 100% water tight seal due to the sunroof not always closing completely precisely etc. This is the case on the 106 anyway, hence the basin to collect water and the tubes to carry it away.

If your seal is good and intact and you pour water over the sunroof when closed properly and not that much is coming through, and the drainage tubes carry water away from the basin effectively, I'd say that he problem is that the basin isn't perfectly sealed and is letting water come through it as well as out of the drain tubes. In any case if water is coming out there then it is worth blocking that bit up regardless of whether or not that is the main leak!

Please let me know if this is effective as I've recently acquired a 306 with a leaky sunroof or aerial base and have been driving around with it taped up until I have time to sort it over the christmas period. I managed to fix the terrible mechanical one on my old 106 which also needed a new seal but I've never looked at a 306 one.

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61k miles Ph.1 Diablo '6 Project Thread

You'll want to be very carefull pulling that back off mate or it'll pull the laquer off with it if It's like the stuff I've got.

My sunroof on my old car used to be odd, close it from tilted and it would leak but if you closed it from the sliding position it wouldn't, at least not noticeably anyway. Something easy worth trying.

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Ryan

At least mine is a bit more subtle!

I'll let you know what it is mate. It's looking like the frame just now though.

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

I'll use some heat for assistance...provided by a tank of petrol and a match no doubt.

If you're gonna bodge it, bodge it right

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

. My gti6 had a leak from the sunroof frame itself. Without removing the entire sunroof it looks like the frame is made in a few pieces and sealed on the joins with some kind of mastic sealant that never fully sets. It is hard to get silicone to bond round here so maybe best to apply some similar sealant over existing beads.

I guess that foam seal you mention is the one that seals the frame to the roof.

Water is designed to leak past the glass into the channel and down the drains. It should only ever pour over the channel if a drain is restricted.