Boot letting water in.

[shawshankkid 1]

Hi all, My boot is letting water in. Anybody else had a problem with it or got a idea where its coming in ?. It lets water in when its raining parked up. And its starting to make the boot stink. Included a pic to show where......Cheers in advance Chris.

[Riley 0]

at a guess id say its probably the rear lights?

 

you could get someone to hose the car down while you sit in the back with the seats down and check for it.

 

you could remove the light and use a little smear of clear silicone on the rubber seal,be carefull tightening them back up too.

 

neil.

[shawshankkid 1]

Cheers neil. I will put the back seats down and got investigate the next time it rains (which wont be long i'm sure!)

[Jim 2]

Also check your VW badge and your Corrado badge - they both have little yellow clips which hold into the bodywork. If they are damaged and not seated correctly, I think water can come in through those. Clips for the badges are available from VW - worth replacing them just to make sure they are fitting tightly to the bodywork? :)

 

But Neil says - it does look likely that the lights are the cause judging by where the water is pooling..

[shawshankkid 1]

A little water is coming in through the corrado badge jim...it has all 4 new clips in so just popped a bit of vasaline around the top of the badge to stop it leaking in. cheers

[Riley 0]

jobs a good 'un. :)

 

me being a bit anal and all... :lol:

 

id probably remove the badge and put a little silicone on each of the clips.

edit:then knowing my luck it would start leaking in the light...

 

neil.

[shawshankkid 1]

Yeah it sounds like you have had ya fair share of bad luck pal....thanks for your help....OH Ps "anal" giving not taking i hope !..... blimey. :lol:

[Riley 0]

no,im not gay :wink: :lol:

[woody 0]

Also just as a check has your rear windscreen washer pipe snapped off. As this caused quite a lot of water within my boot when i first got my G60

[shawshankkid 1]

Jim was right........it was the Corrado badge letting the water in (alot too i might add) making the carpet very wet........ went in through the back seats with a torch when it was chucking it down. put some silicon on the gromets and vasaline over the top and all is sorted, Many Thanks for all the replies gang.

 

Chris.