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Old 15th May 2019, 20:53   #4
hogweed
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Originally Posted by DaylightRovery View Post
By rear lamps do you mean lights?
Yes the light clusters can leak past the foam gaskets. Sadly there are several points of water ingress on these motors – bottom corners of the rear screen, the chrome side strip fixings, and the boot ventilator thingies in each rear wing.


Getting into the boot with a torch and having somebody hose the outside of the car can be instructive
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