Hi everyone
I’ve got a strange water leak on my mk2 Rocco around the boot glass seal, it’s dripping off the bottom inside edge of the glass seal and dripping over/out of the plastic cover in the boot.
The only thing I can think of is the rubbers shrunk back in the cold and waters finding a way around???
What would help fix this? I’m thinking maybe trying to inject a waterproof grease under the rubber seal lip where the glass is?
I’ve sealed the spoiler and the gas struts so I know it’s not coming through there, any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
James
Odd water leak
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Re: Odd water leak
Hi James, ideally you need to replace the entire rubber seal, but if you bring this to autoglass or similar they will inject a bead of this stuff which works well: https://www.frost.co.uk/black-windscreen-sealer/
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Re: Odd water leak
would this not glue the screen in and make future removal very hard?chopperoli wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:41 am Hi James, ideally you need to replace the entire rubber seal, but if you bring this to autoglass or similar they will inject a bead of this stuff which works well: https://www.frost.co.uk/black-windscreen-sealer/
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Re: Odd water leak
thanks chopperoli funny as ive ordered some of that stuff
going to try full removal, clean and refit first before i go rambo on it with sealant
hopefully this is an easy fix
driving me nuts
going to try full removal, clean and refit first before i go rambo on it with sealant
hopefully this is an easy fix
driving me nuts
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Re: Odd water leak
im lucky that it seams to be leaking between the glass and the rubber rather than the rubber to the body of the boot lidessextom wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:19 amwould this not glue the screen in and make future removal very hard?chopperoli wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:41 am Hi James, ideally you need to replace the entire rubber seal, but if you bring this to autoglass or similar they will inject a bead of this stuff which works well: https://www.frost.co.uk/black-windscreen-sealer/
hopefully wont effect future removal
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Re: Odd water leak
The sealant should remain flexible so it’s easy to remove once it has formed a skin in a day or two.
I had a small leak in the corner of my new windscreen and the chap who fitted it came back and used some of the sealant in the corner and it stopped the leak, 4 years later and it’s still water tight.
I had a small leak in the corner of my new windscreen and the chap who fitted it came back and used some of the sealant in the corner and it stopped the leak, 4 years later and it’s still water tight.
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