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Why does the skylight rain will leak sealing ring need to be replaced on time

Now more and more cars join the panoramic sunroof, more and more the number of cars with skylight, the size of the skylight is becoming more and more big, suddenly and violently leak problem more and more, the brand of skylight, water problems, as a car owner how should we view panoramic sunroof, what are the skills and the use of the skylight? Let's talk about sunroof.

Classification of sunroof

Although all the skylights that replace iron sheets can be used for lighting, ventilation or sightseeing for passengers, the skylights used by each car are not the same. Generally speaking, the design of skylights varies according to the cost. Other mid - to high-end vehicles will have double skylights.

Interior skylight

Hidden Windows are the most common. The open sunroof will be hidden in the mezzanine of the roof, taking up some space on the roof and affecting the head space of passengers. Most of the hidden skylights can be fully opened, but due to the influence of mechanical structure and roof shape, not all the hidden skylights can be completely included in the roof, that is to say, the opening is not as large as the skylights seen from the outside. Due to the complex design of the interior skylight, its cost is generally higher.

Exterior sliding skylight

Outside sliding type skylight found in small, low-end cars, do not need to separate for skylight design hidden, to open the can by slides back up, on the whole glass will slide toward the outside of the roof, the chief drawback of this design is the window is not fully open, although does not affect the window ventilation, but it will increase the wind resistance of vehicle, but also will affect the passenger experience. However, due to the simple design and structure, the cost is much cheaper than the hidden skylight.

Pure manual skylight

In some cheap mini family cars, we can also see the manual skylight, which is very simple in structure. There is a lock switch at the back edge of the window, which can only open a crack. Can play the most basic function of skylight - by negative pressure ventilation.

The function of car sunroof

Skylight in the morning: release harmful gases

After the car passes a period of time airtight, the air inside carriage is filled with more benzene, formaldehyde and other harmful chemical substances. The first thing that gets on the car after overnight, open skylight namely, use its advantageous negative pressure to change air principle, rapid platoon is clean inside car harmful gas.

Skylight in traffic jam: prevent exhaust from entering the car

When stuck in traffic, all vehicles are at a standstill, and car exhaust will inevitably spread into the surrounding air. Then open the skylight and close the side Windows. The exhaust will be discharged quickly, and the air outside the car will be filtered out by the air conditioner before entering the car.

Sunroof after exposure: rapidly reduce the interior temperature

In the hot summer, the car after the sun exposure, the interior temperature becomes higher than the car outside, then into the car will be very uncomfortable. Experiments have proved that an effective way to rapidly reduce the temperature of the car is to open the skylight while opening the air conditioner, and close the skylight after the hot air is discharged and the cooling effect of the air conditioner starts to appear.

High speed driving skylight: reduce wind noise

When driving at high speed, if the side window is opened, the owner will often be bothered by annoying noise and flapping wind, which will also affect the safety of driving. If open skylight at this time, close side window, can prevent this kind of circumstance to happen effectively.

Drive in cold weather: get rid of the fog quickly

Using skylights is a fast way to remove fog. Especially in the summer and autumn, more rain, high humidity. Only need to open the roof skylight to rear warped ventilation position, can easily eliminate the fog in front windshield, ensure the safety of driving.

Why does skylight leak in rainy days?

Some owners find that even though the sunroof is closed tightly, water still seeps out in rainy days. This is due to the neglect of the maintenance of the skylight, seal ring aging reasons.

Now all kinds of economical cars have configuration sunroof, work quality will be uneven. In addition to the low usage rate of car owners, many car owners lack care for the skylights, or even do not maintain, and are prone to aging and other conditions. You know, anything that you don't use for a long time can cause problems. So how do we do that? Do it yourself to carry on the maintenance of the skylight the most basic content is very simple: can open the skylight completely, wipe the dust on the slippery track with a clean soft cloth first; Reapply the lubricant which is not easy to absorb dust to lubricate the sliding track part of the skylight and the transmission pipe.

In addition, special attention should be paid to the dustproof work of the skylight sealing ring. In spring and autumn, you can clean the seal ring with a wet sponge every other season. The vehicle is in long before park, want to use talcum powder thoroughly clean skylight, in order to avoid time too long cause glue strip to produce chemical change in air and natural ageing. When washing a car at ordinary times, want to check the glueup of skylight incidentally and there is no dirt inside recesses such as dust, leaf or twig. When using high-pressure water gun to wash the car, do not directly aim the water directly at the seal ring around the skylight spray, otherwise easy to cause the seal ring in the high-pressure water column under the spray pressure deformation, days in the car will be easy to water.

Does skylight need to stick film?

Some car owners said, usually want to open the window cover, let the car space vision bright point, but afraid of uv and too. So help sunroof also stick film line not? Skylight does not need to stick film commonly, the glass of most skylight already had better heat insulation action. If the skylights are less efficient, the skylights have screens that block sunlight

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