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Leaking Boot Advice
Well, decent weather has finally coincided with a day off from work so I took the opportunity to have a look at a niggley leak in my boot. It appears that I should have looked sooner as I appear to have a slight mould issue! The driver's side boot lining has quite a covering on the back of it
I now have this drying out, but is this really worth trying to clean? There appears to be a couple of leaks. One is the usual side trim but the other one I am not so sure about. It is leaking up around the rear screen somewhere. I presumed it was from the clips holding the screen in, but the feel dry to me. There is water up underneath the rear parcel shelf which is then running down and dripping into where the CD changer is. Luckily this is no longer being used so I have just removed it. I dont have a sunroof, so is there anywhere else that this water can be coming from? Thanks for any help..... Rob
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Sounds like the windscreen clips are at fault
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Buy some clear Silicone sealer and use it on any areas of the rear screen rubber which do not appear to be tight against the glass.
My leak was from the small section of the side windows which is fitted in the rear quarter panel (has the small Rover 75 badge on it on some models) application of Silicone cured it. Last edited by wuzerk; 24th February 2011 at 12:52.. |
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It offers minimal (if any) weather protection
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I have heard good things about this product for leaks.....
http://www.captaintolley.com/ Will this do the trick, or do I need to do something more drastic?
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around the tail lights worth a look?
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I thought mine was coming in around (one of) the rear lights. On closer inspection it turned out it was the boot seal, someone has previously fitted it incorrectly and bent the locating groove / channel, i straightened this out and everything has been dry now.
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It looks most likely that it is leaking from around the rear screen clips. The rear lights are all ok and it certainly wouldnt be able get up to the parcel shelf from the lights so I wont disturb them until I have to.
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this is item 8 which has a clip that is only sealed with a bit of foam I had a similar leak to the OP but on the other side of the boot, I've managed to reduce the leak by replacing/reparing a couple of the rear screen trim mounting clips and attempting to seal them in with silicone. Two problems with full replacement is that a couple of the parts are NLA and it looks darn near impossible to get them out without removing the rear screen. The water gets in under the rear screen trim, lies in the gap between the screen and the lower seal trim, then finds it's way through the mounting clips below the rear screen and finally into the void under the parcel shelf and drips though any gap. What I find annoying is that it's only the retaining clips at the bottom of the screen that pass through the body, the ones at the corner of the screen are stuck on and all the upper ones clip onto a small mounting welded onto the body. What I intend doing when we get another dry day is to seal the lower part of the rear screen trim to the rear screen with silicone and hopefully if I stop the water ingress there I'll stop the leak. In an ideal world I'd probably replace all the rear screen trims and clips etc at a cost well in excess of £150 but most of the parts are NLA or on back order. Regards Jim |
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