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My Leaking Boot; Can You Explain This ?
Topic Started: Tue May 19, 2009 9:53 am (675 Views)
MadMike
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My car has a leaking boot, not very bad, but I do want to sort it out, dont want rust to get started.

Where I live the road has a steep camber,so when I park outside my house the cars leans down sharply on the drivers side.

I have just spent a week in Wales, up in the Cambrian mountains. There was a huge amount of rain........but my boot remained dry, not a drop of water in there at all.

My car was parked in a private car park.........and it was flat.....dead level.

So it would seem that the car leaning down on the drivers side is causing the problem....but why ?
It would seem to rule out the boot lock seal and the boot seal .

Any ideas, why should the car leaning cause this problem.
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The Gorilla
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Hi,

I have a complete 190 shell here
which is in on an incline sloping
down on to the drivers side.

When it rains heavy, water can
not drain out the upper boot
'recess'' correctly due to the
incline and car angle, so the water
starts backing up into the corner
where it runs under the rear
windscreen rubber at the bottom
and then trickles through/under and
drips down onto the rear wheel
arch and runs across the Boot floor.

The Drivers side is the same in really
heavy rain.

My guess would be that its part
design fault and part the fact that
the rubbers and seals perish over
time.

Regards,

The Gorilla.
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Rich27
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Yes, the rubbers inside the rear pillers can fail,
Open the rear doors and use a + screwdriver to take the cover off and have a look.

I dont think that they are much, I need some as Mine is definatly leaking as well.

If I get the part No and price I will post here.
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MadMike
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The Gorilla
Tue May 19, 2009 10:29 am

where it runs under the rear
windscreen rubber at the bottom


Gorilla, thanks.

If thats the cause then there would be no point in my renewing the whole boot seal then.

Mike.
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MadMike
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Rich, thanks. I guess you mean the vent cover things.
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Rich27
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MadMike
Tue May 19, 2009 10:35 am
Rich, thanks. I guess you mean the vent cover things.
Yeah thats them.
If the rubber under there fails water drips straight into the boot.
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MadMike
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Great, I will start there. Easyier and cheaper than the whole boot seal thing.
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