So yeah i head to to my friends house and as i shift into 2nd i feel a drip, i look up, dont see anything, then later when i parked i realized it was coming from the rear view mirror mount on the ceiling (not the glass) but the ceiling. I smelt it and it seems like water.
My assumptions: Please comment on what you think is an incorrect assumption!
-Water thats getting inside the roof is collecting at the rear view mirror mount since its the lowest point.
-Not dripping countinously, only after the ice melted, maybe its condensate ? (although its too much)
-No stains on ceiling so i guess there isnt a roof full of water like happens on other cars, only a little bit gets in, otherwise there would be stains and it would drip continuously right ?
-My sunroof ceal is all cracked up, i think thats how its going through, i will buy one if anyone has a good seal (240sx hatchback 1990).
-Could it be collecting around my windshield since i seen some stains on top near it and its a point lower than the rear view mirror mount. If it is collecting there, what should i do ?
Please read those and help me out, dont want a clean looking S13 to rust to death… Im thinking if i can leave it until march break…
My guess would be your windshield is leaking at the top. Water is getting in under the weather stripping and its leaking.
If you had your windshield replaced then the shop who put it in didnt do a good job but if its the original windshield then it may be rust thats causing the problem.
I have the same problem except instead of the rear view mirror. Its drips out of the center light on the roof.
-what will happen is the light will collect water in it some how and then ill turn it on and the light balb will short out and it will make that ‘Zzztttt’ sound. But then the next day, the light will work again…
-Also, when i pull up the carpet in the trunk of the 240sx, under the spare tire, Water likes collecting there. anyone know of these problems?
Water in the light is a leaky sunroof, water in the spare tire well usually means you have a hole behind the quarter pannels at the bottom next to the exuast, or on the passenger side. Water from the mirror maybe condensation or a leaky windshield.
so basically i have to reseal the sunroof, get the windshield taken out and re-put in, and repair under the rear quarter panels near exhaust/lights to fix the problems?