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Water In Boot Door
Topic Started: Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:24 am (617 Views)
pth72
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Hi does anyone have problems when opening the boot,
loads of water seems to collect in the chambers and can't find
any fault at all with the seals, I want to put a sub and a amp in the
boot but can't because of constant water pouring into the boot,
and over the carpet, has anyone solved this problem?
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RobertE
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There is a drain hole underneath the lining which is probably blocked. You can access it with a thin screwdriver from outside, or lift out the boot lining - but careful, they can crack (old plastic) ;)
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julian
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Water in the boot is usually caused by degridation of the rear window sealer. Most 190's suffer from this and there are topics on the subject somewhere. But basically extracting and refitting the rear window with new sealant will solve the problem.
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Rich27
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Mine used to do this as well, It was the boot wasnt shutting properly on the boot seal, A quick ajustment of the nuts on the boot hinge should help.
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Samnav2
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Mine did this for years. Tried resealing the spoiler, realigning boot lid, tightening lock to give more pressure on seal and replaced seal in lock. No improvement at all. A solution was placed on this site which recommended removing a rubber plug in the inside of the boot lid. This is found on the nearside at lowest point on boot lid. Removed plug and problem solved. Any water that gets in just runs out to the outside of the car.
Colin
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Neil
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There is also a tiny rubber bung in the trailing edge of the bootlid, on the LH side i think.
You can remove it to aid drainage, worked for me.

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Great minds! :lol:
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