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Water Leakage!

  • 04-01-2010 3:38pm
    #1
    Nozebleed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,727 ✭✭✭


    I was driving a friend of mine to the city centre on saturday gone and about 5 minutes into the journey he say's to me "whats that sound"!! i didn't know what he was on about...never noticed any new sounds..anyway he said he could hear water swishing around..like some there's a hole somewhere in the floor!! i thought fcuk...no way..i thougth maybe it was just the sound of tyre;s driving on the slush and it was slightly louder than normal. Anyway i got home that evening and i decided to give the car a hoover and check out the floor etc..i have the nct in a few weeks so just to be safe i'll have a look...so i get the hoover open the boot and i take out the carpet and the spare tyre cover and then!!!!! i lift the spare wheel! and holy ****...there was 3 inch's of water..the wheel was practically floating in the boot. i couldn't believe it...this was obviously building up for a while(3 months or so) and im wondering would that have any effect on the spare tyre? should i have the trye're fitted?


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  • #2
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 40,351 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    The tyre should be ok but check it thoroughly.
    As for the water, where did it come from and why didn't it escape?
    Look for any drain holes in the spare wheel area that may be blocked.
    Do you have a sunroof? Of so then check the drain channels. If not (or if they are fine) check the boot seals using vaseline (smear vaseling all along seal, close boot and the open & look for parts of the bootlid without a line of vaseline.


  • #3
    v300
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭v300


    Nozebleed wrote: »
    Im wondering would that have any effect on the spare tyre? should i have the trye're fitted?

    If it the rim is rusty then you might need to re-paint it.

    The tyre should be ok, but get it checked by a trusted local mechanic,
    not a tyre centre as they will try to sell you a tyre, that's their job. :D

    The leak may have come in by the rear light lenses but it will need to be checked out.
    On an older car that I didn't care for, I drilled a hole to drain the water.
    But the correct thing is to find the leak and fix it.


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