Tourer water in the boot

macafee2 · 2nd October 2020, 10:50

loads of threads about water in the boot but not seen one with this problem for a Tourer.

The water is getting between the tailgate and roof, running down the hinge, the side that is now facing forwards. The water then runs over the rubber seal and drips into the boot. When I lift the tail gate I can see water on the face of the hinge.

Along the back of the roof between roof and tailgate should be a plastic trim, mines is not fitted. What does this plastic trip do? I cant see this being the problem so what is the fix?

macafee2

KWIL · 2nd October 2020, 14:13

I still have the strip fitted but mine has reduced the size slightly so no longer a good fit. But I do not have a leakage problem. I replaced the seal a number of years ago and had to take great care to get it nicely in place all the way around. There is no doubt that the seals loose their resilience with time and therefore do not press as hard, hence I would put forward, why yours leak.

2nd October 2020, 10:50	#1
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,912 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	Tourer water in the boot loads of threads about water in the boot but not seen one with this problem for a Tourer. The water is getting between the tailgate and roof, running down the hinge, the side that is now facing forwards. The water then runs over the rubber seal and drips into the boot. When I lift the tail gate I can see water on the face of the hinge. Along the back of the roof between roof and tailgate should be a plastic trim, mines is not fitted. What does this plastic trip do? I cant see this being the problem so what is the fix? macafee2

2nd October 2020, 14:13	#2
KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,952 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	I still have the strip fitted but mine has reduced the size slightly so no longer a good fit. But I do not have a leakage problem. I replaced the seal a number of years ago and had to take great care to get it nicely in place all the way around. There is no doubt that the seals loose their resilience with time and therefore do not press as hard, hence I would put forward, why yours leak.