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Bill September-1st-2002 10:59 AM

Water in trunk
 
I am assuming your car has a sunroof also?? If so, that's where the water's coming from. For the time being, I popped one of the drain grommets out so the water can drain out.

Maz94Protege September-1st-2002 11:42 AM

Water in the trunk would not be caused by the sunroof. all the 1st gens have this problem that i know if. it right by the JACK mounts and JACK in the trunk. There is a small leak on the gasket for the trunk lid, and somwhere else...im tryin to find the other spot where the water comes in at.

I only see water in my trunk when it POORS down raining and/or when i was my car with alot of water. Other than that...its pretty dry.


Its not like the trunk floods...if it does u got a problem with ur car.


Thats to my knowledge

islandpro September-2nd-2002 10:30 AM

Water in trunk whats that. havent seen that yet. and my car use to drive threw rain 8 months out of the year.

Davard September-2nd-2002 11:09 PM


Originally posted by islandpro
Water in trunk whats that. havent seen that yet. and my car use to drive threw rain 8 months out of the year.
Yeah, but you also didn't get much sun, or weather extremes to dry out the gasket, which is what causes the problems.

Now that you are in an area with a winter... and a summer, those things should start leaking soon.

islandpro September-4th-2002 11:19 AM


Originally posted by Davard


Yeah, but you also didn't get much sun, or weather extremes to dry out the gasket, which is what causes the problems.

Now that you are in an area with a winter... and a summer, those things should start leaking soon.

good thing im moving back in two years. ;)

SLPRprotege September-4th-2002 12:17 PM

Hey Wil...post those pics that I sent you when I fixed my leaky trunk.

Zetec September-4th-2002 01:35 PM


Originally posted by SLPRprotege
Hey Wil...post those pics that I sent you when I fixed my leaky trunk.
Pictures ??? Someone said PICTURES ???

Pictures always help !!!

Please post pictures....

My Contour and my Protege have water in their trunks... I guess I should buy some goldfish...


I have pictures of the trunk in my Contour... some friends at other forum was trying to help my find the problem...


Water in Trunk


Ciao

phk September-9th-2002 04:56 PM

hrm..
 
ive never had water in the truck tho my rear reflector does fill with water somehow very retarted so i just drilled holes at the bottom of it i dunno if this could be problem or not cus if water gets in that and one of your bolts from the reflector 2 the inside are broken well water will get in

i have however gotten washer fluid in the trunk the thing started 2 leak then that whole side were the waser tank is in the truck rusted rite out from the inside out had a nice hole lol was funnie

Maz94Protege September-10th-2002 01:13 PM


Originally posted by Gro Harlem
naw...apparently the main culprit is the seals from the taillights...you have to either replace the gasket, or tighten the nuts securing the taillight.

one way to tell is to have someone spray the hose all over the trunk, while your laying down in the trunk looking for leaks.....;0

Note: YOU MAY GET WET!!!!!!


lol
:D

jjjmfcarp September-11th-2002 10:06 PM

i had water problems also in trunk figured it out thoguh
 
i was constantly looking i sealed somthing else off then another thing ,,,so finally with asistanse my friend blasted my trunk and rear window and what do ya know my rear window gasket seal rotted out so the easy solution to getting it fixed was to break your window lol just a suggestion

Bizob September-16th-2002 10:38 PM

I sealed my taillights with silicone and it stopped leaking... In tightening the bolts I stripped some of them right out of the plastic, which sucked big time.... Silicone works, but does'nt look great... Even if you do a perfectly clean job (which I did, of course!) The silicone gets dirty cuz it's sticky... Whatever, it's better than rust or a wet sound system!

jjjmfcarp September-16th-2002 11:01 PM

hey man love your car i have seen it on groharlems sight before
 
yeah i bought new gasket for the tail lites also don,t leak anymore but .What i meant to say was i had a water leak coming from the back window sorry

airborne! February-23rd-2004 07:08 PM

*bump* ugg...same prob..water in trunk..hopefully it is either the trunk seals or the taillight seals. I'll post when I find out

itzkcatz February-23rd-2004 08:18 PM

Its prob the tailight seals, I had a puddle in my car awhile back and had to replace mine. I also replaced the 2 rear door seals


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