1986 Vauxhall Nova Antibes

As you can see my sunroof looks more basic than yours no screen and wind handle

Tilt only 👍 i don't recall my mums one being able to be wound back, first car with a wind back sunroof was the Orion in my signature 😁

Will ask her and my sister, see if they remember 👍

Mine is tilt only just now, haven't investigated any further into why it only drops on one side. Bound to be something obvious 🙂

Guess the blue was only available for a couple of years then...makes it even rarer I suppose!

Most sunroof issues with that type I've managed to solve by a very thorough clean of everything, making sure the hinges are adjusted right (if applicable, not all can be adjusted) and giving the rubber a good coating of silicone lubricant. It's strongly hydrophobic so even if the seal is a bit marginal it will tend to discourage water from finding a way in.

Had one a good few years back (can't remember precisely which car on sadly) which used to leak like a sieve if you went near it with a hosepipe and I spent many weekends trying to resolve it. Eventually I realised that despite that, it never leaked a drop in normal use, so after that left it well alone and was just careful when washing the car.

Funny that in that I've never had any major issues with sunroofs that weren't resolved by a good clean. Only major leaker was in one Saab and that was purely down to neglect by a former keeper meaning there was a tree growing in one of the drain tubes. Ten minutes with some old curtain wire had that cleared out and it never caused me the slightest issue ever again.

One which caused the most irritation by a mile was the one in my first Skoda. Not because it leaked, but because any condensation on it used to drip right in my lap whenever I turned left of braked in the winter...

I do think ones which are used occasionally are probably more prone to trouble though...mine always tend to be open if it's even thinking about being vaguely sunny so don't tend to have the chance to jam up due to misuse.

the pop-up sunrooves were dealer fit

I looked everywhere for drainage holes I couldn't see them

I have a dealer fitted tilt sun roof in my Astra, damn thing leaks like a sieve, seals are shot as are the hinges, no spare parts I can find anywhere, not can I find a different sun roof that will fit. Siliconed it shut twice and both times a few days later I've opened it without thinking

Ricky looking through your posts it looks like you had some issues with your heater i was wandering do your cental air vents blow hot air mine only blows cool air and i only get hot air from vents on windscreen

thats a vauxhall thing of that period, astras are like it too.

p.s the heater blower are identical on mk2 astra and mk2 cavalier (that is to say the turbine/motor and the plastic housing) but the actual motor/turbine and resistor pack are identical on nova astra, cavalier