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28th February 2021, 18:18 | #1 |
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Swimming pool :-(
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My ZT190 has been off the road over Winter (under a car cover). Checked on her (at my parents) toady and she has the swimming pool in wheel-well problem which others have had. 1. Obviously the car cover is not as good as I had hoped! 2. I have had problems with water coming in through rear light seals but hoped we had sorted that. Can anyone local to Leeds offer me some practical help to get this is sorted, once and for all? many thanks Andrew
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28th February 2021, 19:21 | #2 |
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If the light seals have been changed and its still letting in water then there is 2 possible reasons for it and things to sort it out
1. remove the lights seals and then use clear mastic round lights and the hole for the lights, fit the seal and then fit the lights. This will once and for all seal the rear lights up. 2. the water is coming in from the rear window seals. This can be sorted with a product called Captain Tolley’s Creeping Crack Cure (leak/crack sealer). Very simple to use and very affective at sealing the holes. No need to remove the chrome trim to use it.
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OR, replace the clips, which is where the problem is - i did mine without hassle. you dont need to remove the glass as has been said before. Tolleys is good too, if it doesnt work get the clips from Rimmers. do a wet test - water the window with a hose, (boot closed)let the most drain away then (open boot) put your fingers in the holes that run each side of the boot light, is it wet? |
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28th February 2021, 20:17 | #4 |
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Thought I'd got a slight leak in the boot when I found a little pool of water under the boot carpet on the lhs just about underneath boot hinge. I took out the side covering and the whole of the inside rear wing was soaked with condensation, literally running with it.
Unfortunately the way my car is parked the rhs catches full sun in the morning while the lhs is always in shade and cold, the air in the boot warms up and condensates on the cold metal. I've temporarily stuffed all that side with bubble wrap to see if some insulation is required on the metal, if successful I'll look at getting some better kind of insulation on the inside of the rear wing. Any suggestions always welcome. Martyn |
1st March 2021, 10:10 | #5 |
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I use these for in car condensation - 3 in the car at any one time and 3 drying out in the airing cupboard- work a treat.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1kg-Car-H...72.m2749.l2649
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My wife leaves her front windows in her Chevrolet Spark cracked open a bit and it does reduce the amount of condensation compared to when they are closed. It does lead to other problems tho', her car obviously is colder when you get in it and it could lead to insurance ramifications for obvious reasons. The only positive is it proves that not only Rovers suffer with condensation. I'm waiting to see what happens over the next few weeks to see if the bubble wrap improves things or not, today everything was dry but that may because the air is slightly drier, time will tell and I'll report back any findings. |
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