Adrian ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Seriously, just remember that with any sliding sunroof, the seals aren't really seals. They're just draught excluders. The water SHOULD be taken from the tray out to the A and C pillars by the drain tubes, which are probably blocked.
I don't know about other makes, but as I mentioned in an earlier post, Dow Corning manufactured silicone bathroom sealant is the same as that supplied as an engineering sealant. The only difference is in the packaging and possibly the colour, but the bathroom version is considerably cheaper. Mike.
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Sadly, Renault in their majextic wisdom neglected to install drain tubes on this sunroof.
No, really, there are none. I've had it right out and it doesn't have any, nor anywhere to attach 'em. It's why Clio sunroofs leak.
is it the cassette wind back type or just the normal opening & close one ? if its the opening/close type we have in the past smeared vasaline around the rubber seal to help the sealing process.
Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Ah. In that case, it appears you have two choices.
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It's the sort where the glass slides outside the roof. I've tried vaseline.
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She takes a towel to the car when it's been raining.
It's not the same though, Dow make loads of different silicone sealants & the bathroom ones are normally acid cure & contain fungicide.
You may be right, but I prefer to believe what I was told by a Dow Corning rep, and having used the bathroom variety in my job as an engineer, It seems to perform equally as well as the 'Instant Gasket' type. Maybe both types contain fungicide. I can't see it would matter in engineering applications. Mike.
Plastic to plastic?
The metal ones usually do. The plastic ones, such as on Zetecs, need nothing.
The acid cure aspect can though, it rapidly makes stuff go rusty compared with non-acid varieties. It'a a bit like arguien all cyanoacrylate make good threadlock.
You say that, but I can't say I've noticed any acid effect. Rust etc, and I regularly use it for sealing steel and ally water cooled components.
It'a a bit like arguien all cyanoacrylate make
Sorry. I don't see the analogy. Mike.
There's a very large range of silicone sealants, they're all silicone sealant, but they're not all the same. There's a large range of cyanoacrylate threadlocks around but stud & bearing fit isn't the same as screwlock. Bathroom sealant will almost certainly seal thermostats, the acetoxy version will also rust panels & wrecks lamda sensors.
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Metal to metal, in this case.
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I read that as dreadlocks - and thought - "Nope, cyano'd make smashing dreads".
I do know that, as I use several different types of Loctite in my job. The difference is that each Loctite product is designed to do a specific job, whereas silicone sealants are more of a general purpose product.
There are different types of bathroom sealants. I'm not referring to any that are not silicone based.
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I am only going by personal experience. The silicone sealant I buy at my local hardware shop, doesn't appear to be any more corrosive than 'Instant Gasket' from Halfords. I do have to take the tools apart at infrequent intervals for repair, maintenance etc, and neither type seems any more corrosive than the other, or inferior in any other way. Having said that, I've no doubt that in specific applications, use of the right type of silicone sealant could be critical. Mike.
Mike G ( snipped-for-privacy@lycos.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
I have. NEVER use bathroom sealant as a seam sealer on steel panels.
I'm talking only about silicone based sealants. There are other types of bathroom sealants which I wouldn't even consider using. Mike.
Ah. Does need one then.
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