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(Message started by: hellblue on Oct 23^rd, 2006, 9:55pm)

Title: Water drips
Post by hellblue on Oct 23^rd, 2006, 9:55pm

Ive found that when it rains & i open my bootlid water drips from iether side (inside corners)of the rear light strip across the bottom of bootlid,if it dont go down my neck it drips into boot making it damp !! Im betting that im not the only one so if it ever stops raining i may take a look or has anyone got an answer??

Title: Re: Water drips
Post by RichardMS on Oct 23^rd, 2006, 11:43pm

Yes, Don't open the boot in the rain :D

Title: Re: Water drips
Post by Spannerdemon on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:21am

No way round it really. They are all the same. Just make sure that every week during the winter, when you get the chance, check for water ingress. You dont want RUST starting in nasty little places.

I use a piece of old carpet which I've cut to fit over the boot liner (use this for a template). That way, it can be chucked out and replaced regularly, leaving the boot liner clean and dry.

Richard has the ONLY real answer to keeping the rain out completely. Sad but true! ;D

Title: Re: Water drips
Post by Snoopy on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:37am

I remember a long, long time ago someone on the site used silicone sealant inside the rear light cluster ( the one on the boot lid) to stop the ingress of water behind it which is where it apparently comes from. worth looking into again if you have the time but it IS a a well know fault.

Title: Re: Water drips
Post by hellblue on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:46pm

Yes i thought silicone might be an answer as it does seem to be from behind the light,when we get a dry day i shall have a look

Title: Re: Water drips
Post by Octavian_P on Oct 24^th, 2006, 11:22pm

A small tip also, the boot lid has 4 small drain holes. My scorp had a factory defect, the holes wheren't properly cut, so i drilled them myself, the only problem was that i really had a lot of water staying in there and i got some rust on that zone. Now with the holes done, not so much water staies in there.....

Title: Re: Water drips
Post by mr._floppy on Oct 25^th, 2006, 9:58am

It's just the design of the lid, when it's fully raised water drips off the two corners and onto your boot carpet..
The secret is to not open it fully I suppose. :-/

Title: Re: Water drips
Post by hellblue on Oct 29^th, 2006, 6:04pm

Ok today was dry so thought i would take a look,i removed the light strip & found two problems ~along the top of the light is a rubber seal,then another one at each end down the sides (3 in total)but between the top one & the side ones is a 2-3mm gap ! this is then made worse by the second problem~the boot lid SKIN is finished along the top edge of the light & the lip is a good 15mm( the lights top rubber,seals to this) but not for about 18mm at each end as the lip is only about 3mm so the water can get into the gap between the rubbers on the light !!I cleaned both the light & boot & put a dob of black silicone on both light & boot corners,refit light job done.I know it wont stop water on the boot lid dripping in but it was the water that was in the bottom of the light unit that was the cause of the problem! ;D