leaking like a seive

robbo · Post by **robbo** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:43 pm

So the exa's been leaking in the boot somewhere, and i have siliconed up every little crack, taken off the boot rubber and cleaned everywhere but it still leaks alot. the car is also leaking from somewhere inside the cabin, causing the carpet to be wet beneath the front seats/passenger footwell. This is driving me crazy trying to find these leaks, has anyone else had a similar problem and where did the leaks turn out to be?

Post by **etking** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:04 pm

tail lights?

robbo · Post by **robbo** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:32 pm

that was my first thought, however I resealed them, and the moisture seems to be getting in higher than the tail light seals would allow, and also going almost the entire way around the boot

Ztealth · Post by **Ztealth** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:44 pm

Water leaks can be nearly as bad as oil leaks...its takes sweet f all to allow a leak to occur...and hence finding it without any kind of logical process can be tricky.

My advice...remove all accessible trims/bits in the back of the car. Get in the car with a good light. Get someone to hose the car. Wait...wait...wait...until you see it coming in. And if you can't see it coming in, wait some more. It will come in. Keep in mind there may be more than one source of the leak.

Hope this helps.

*EDIT*

Reading your post again...you mention the front footwell. Been a long time since seeing the contours of the floor but I'd say if it's in the front footwells then it's leaking in from the front of the car...not from the back.

baz · Post by **baz** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:35 pm

Seal around your door, & the shape of the pillar will be like a river for it to run down..

robbo · Post by **robbo** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:29 am

Thanks Baz I'll strip out the rear and get a mate to hose the car on the weekend, there are definately multiple leaks both in the boot and around the doors. Replacing the door seals would probably be a good start wouldn't it?