Puddle in the car
So I was cleaning out the back of my 81 N/A 2+2, and I moved the panel that hides the spare, to see if there was anything that had fallen back there. Much to my surprise there was a puddle with maybe an inch and a half deep where the spare is. I mopped it up best I could, but I can't figure out how the water got in there. The weatherstripping in the back looks good, and I couldn't see any place where it really would have gotten in. How common is this problem? Are leak-prone areas that I should look for?
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It's either from the hatch weather stripping, or wheel well. There's a rubber plug at the bottom, you can yank it and keep the water from building up.
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The rear quarter window can leak as well and pool up back there... It is a common problem and one of the first places I check for rust....
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Thanks guys! So I checked the weatherstripping around the hatch and window again, and they looked fine. However, I checked the rear quarter windows, and they did look like there had been some water leakage there. I'm going to try to build up the weatherstripping with some gasket builder.
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and its not in the back back area right? the area behind the spare, with my car it had a good amount of water build up in there when i first got, it freaked me out too when i blindly reached my hand in there for the first time. It was because the metal around the side light was warped from a collision, which caused it to not seal, making a lot of water leak in, luckily i caught it before it started to rust,
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Originally Posted by jaromgi
(Post 306482)
Thanks guys! So I checked the weatherstripping around the hatch and window again, and they looked fine. However, I checked the rear quarter windows, and they did look like there had been some water leakage there. I'm going to try to build up the weatherstripping with some gasket builder.
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Also check the weather stripping on the rear tail lights. That's where mine is leaking. Those are a lot cheaper than the hatch weather stripping.
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