Disco 2 D2 water leaks

That were mine leaked, when I looked at the sunroof, I could literaly move the front to rear and sise to side as the seal between the sunroof mount and the roof had gone, so it was an headline out , remove both sunroof's, clean and reseal, inside nad out pblanking the holes were the drains are in the frame, with a bit of plastic and sealer blow through the drains recover the headline and put it all back in

Hi,what I found on mine was the glass to frame seals were ok it was the frame to roof where 'one' of the water ingress problems were. If you do take the frames out make sure you clean ALL the old stuff off,same goes for the roof itself (I used Sikaflex on mine) & as @frostythor says the gutter drains need careful attention (mine looked ok but I still sealed them). The top windscreen rubber is also a source of ingress so I ran a bead under the rubber, then there's the roof bar gaskets, replace those whilst your there. If you've do all them, then before you refit the lining, sit in it whilst someone hoses it down with lots of water & check for leaks, that's when I discovered the gutter putty was leaking due to cracking ! Good luck.

I've been on holiday so apologies I didn't see this sooner

jamesDiscoTD5 said:

They're all old and the rubber seals deteriorate and/or flatten over time.

I just think that most people don't care enough about opening them so take the simplest/cheapest route of sealing them up.

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My seal has definitely flattened down, I could see light through a gap between it and the glass when I was hoovering the back seats, I've ordered another one and it was £30 but I read that it's a tricky job so that could be why people don't do it.
I'll give it a shot and let you know how it goes

Gingerbread said:

I have dripping at the sun visor area. Would this likely be the sunroof or the gutter? Or even the windscreen?

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On mine the water came out around the interior light fitting ect first when I braked for the first turn from my house then in the corner it would run across and come run out around the a pillar and left similar stains

Icantthinkofagoodusername said:

I've been on holiday so apologies I didn't see this sooner


My seal has definitely flattened down, I could see light through a gap between it and the glass when I was hoovering the back seats, I've ordered another one and it was £30 but I read that it's a tricky job so that could be why people don't do it.
I'll give it a shot and let you know how it goes


On mine the water came out around the interior light fitting ect first when I braked for the first turn from my house then in the corner it would run across and come run out around the a pillar and left similar stains

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I would have thought if the seal was leaking it should drop into the frame & then drain through the tubes, it's when they leak between the frame & roof itself it finds its way onto the headlining (amongst many other ways of course) !

Andy Warren said:

I would have thought if the seal was leaking it should drop into the frame & then drain through the tubes, it's when they leak between the frame & roof itself it finds its way onto the headlining (amongst many other ways of course) !

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Icantthinkofagoodusername said:

I tested the drains in the sunroof and the passenger drain is blocked, all the guides I found of people unblocking the drains have the headliner out and I really don't want to take it out because the cloth has separated from the board.
Is there any way to do it without taking the headliner out?

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The issue is my drain is blocked and when I poured water into the channel it backed up and came through the holes onto the headliner board
From some research the drains should only be for taking away any water that runs off the glass when the roof is opened so replacing the seal should stop rain filling the drain in the first place

I couldn't unblock the drain either due to some side steps that have been fitted

The drains end at the bottom of the A pillar (or thereabouts) so the side steps shouldn't be an issue unless mud/silt is blocking the bottom of the pillars.

I just got under and redrilled the holes bigger