So last week, after an abnormally always-sunny summer here in washington, the heavens let lose and we had a massive downpoor for a few days. (also my first time having the car in the rain since i bought it)
It was during this time that i noticed that my wheel well area in the trunk, where the jack and such sit, somewhat damp. i peeled back the trunk liner a little bit and noticed a hole in the bototm, and a small piece of metal with some arms/clings on it. It was body colored, so i thought it was odd that it was removed from the hole, and figured the water was from it being sprayed up into the car while driving, so i took some silicone sealant and put it back in.
A couple days later, i looked in the trunk and found an inch or so of standing water!! EEK.
I promptly dried it up with some paper towels, and removed the trunk liner on that side, so i could observe where the water was coming from.
I felt the hose that sits in the little jack well, when the car originally had standing water in it, and it felt dry.
There was a couple drops of wetness on the battery side as well, but no standing water (From what i could tell.. i didn't rmove the battery so i couldn't see, but i reached down with my hand. and a paper towel and found only a couple small drops. )
Couldn't see any noticeable dampness anywhere, other then around the side-light marker assembly. but not enough to warrant a whole inch of water coming in.
I also found a small nickel to quarter sized bit of a rust, above and to the left, (near the far back left corner of the car, in the trunk, almost at the top. Dunno where it came from.
Anyway, the next coupel days i watched it, it rainedp retty hard again overnight, but i only had a small amount of dampness this time.
So today (home for the weekend) my dad and i went with a hose and let a large amount of water flow over the following:
sunroof
back window (getting lots of water flow over the trunk seal)
side-light marker assembly
driver side window drains (the ones that run parrallel to the roof of the car)
driver side rear window gasket
antennae gasket (has cracks in it, new one ordered, but nowhere near enough clearance to allow alot of water in..
There was NO evidence of any water entering the jack well, during our hose tests. We even tried runnning water on the same spots on the passenger side of the car, to see if somehow water was running from a leak over there.
anyone know where the hell my leak is at?
It was during this time that i noticed that my wheel well area in the trunk, where the jack and such sit, somewhat damp. i peeled back the trunk liner a little bit and noticed a hole in the bototm, and a small piece of metal with some arms/clings on it. It was body colored, so i thought it was odd that it was removed from the hole, and figured the water was from it being sprayed up into the car while driving, so i took some silicone sealant and put it back in.
A couple days later, i looked in the trunk and found an inch or so of standing water!! EEK.
I promptly dried it up with some paper towels, and removed the trunk liner on that side, so i could observe where the water was coming from.
I felt the hose that sits in the little jack well, when the car originally had standing water in it, and it felt dry.
There was a couple drops of wetness on the battery side as well, but no standing water (From what i could tell.. i didn't rmove the battery so i couldn't see, but i reached down with my hand. and a paper towel and found only a couple small drops. )
Couldn't see any noticeable dampness anywhere, other then around the side-light marker assembly. but not enough to warrant a whole inch of water coming in.
I also found a small nickel to quarter sized bit of a rust, above and to the left, (near the far back left corner of the car, in the trunk, almost at the top. Dunno where it came from.
Anyway, the next coupel days i watched it, it rainedp retty hard again overnight, but i only had a small amount of dampness this time.
So today (home for the weekend) my dad and i went with a hose and let a large amount of water flow over the following:
sunroof
back window (getting lots of water flow over the trunk seal)
side-light marker assembly
driver side window drains (the ones that run parrallel to the roof of the car)
driver side rear window gasket
antennae gasket (has cracks in it, new one ordered, but nowhere near enough clearance to allow alot of water in..
There was NO evidence of any water entering the jack well, during our hose tests. We even tried runnning water on the same spots on the passenger side of the car, to see if somehow water was running from a leak over there.
anyone know where the hell my leak is at?
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