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11th December 2020, 13:32 | #1 |
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So I went down to the car on my break to check a thing or two for hopefully changing my fuel pump tomorrow. I then went in the boot and lifted the carpet up as I tend to do every time I open it...only to find the left hand side of the boot with a miniature swimming pool developing. I think it is coming through the chrome strip on the outside of the car based on the water marks. I noticed a couple of black plastic pieces that I assume must be holding the strip in place. Could anyone advise how these are removed please? And unfortunately I found one of these plastic pieces absolutely caked in a small mountain of what looked like vaseline but turned out to be solid and some sort of sealer. Lord knows how ill get past that |
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AndrewJames I found the same issue when I checked the boot of mine last night. The mat was wet in places, but far from saturated, and took a couple of hours to dry out.
The spare wheel well was also wet along with the nearside boot area lining. Hardly a flood, but it took a few minutes to wring the water out with a towel. . rab60bit Thanks for the info as to where the water is coming from, and the remedy. I'll check it out at first light. |
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@Annfield-East I'm sorry that you're in a similar boat!! |
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Just checked mine, the rear two hexagonal nuts were so slack that they could be removed by hand. But it seems that the water was penetrating through the two forward fittings as neither had the fasteners as described by rab60bit. There was a pool of water on a flat area at the rear of the wheel arch but above boot floor level, and that could only have come from the two forward holes.
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It's such a pain now being in winter. Dark by 4pm and freezing too! Less time for tinkering. |
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See the attachment, the water was accumulating on the flat area on the left, which was acting as a reservoir in effect, as when I thought I had removed all of the boot floor level water, that area still contained enough to need a towel to soak it up. The rear of the forward two fittings which are leaking is directly above it, though out of sight. Last edited by Annfield-East; 12th December 2020 at 18:03.. Reason: Minor typo. |
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