Need advice in Leakage

[Ethene]

Hi bros, am driving a '95 civic ek4m. It had been raining heavily past few days and it's only then i found out that rain water will leak into my car boot and through my driver door.

 

Driver door - Not very significant but a few drops of water will be seen dripping down occasionally. Ive visually checked the door rubber lining and it doesn't seems to have any tear or deformaty.

 

Car boot - Water will leak into the boot throught the 2 sides. After checking i suspect that water is leaking through the 'handle' part that holds the car boot cover. I'm not sure if its the rubber lining as well.

 

 

Need advice in solving this problem. Be it D.I.Y or any recommended workshop that can fix this. The only worry is that even if i go fix this at the workshop, i cannot check if the problem is solved because the leakage will only happen when there's heavy rain or when i parked the car under the rain for long hours.

 

Thanks !!!

[WTF]

After repair you can go for a car wash mah....you'll know immediately if the repair works....

[Ethene]

You know any workshop that specialise in doing stuff regarding this? Thanks !

[Yeobh]

After repair get the mech to spray water onto the boot to simulate heavy rain fall.

[WTF]

Sorry I don't know any such workshop.

 

When my friend's previous ride had the same problem at the boot, the AD quoted him quite ex. Then he decided to change his ride since it was already 4.5 yrs old anyway.

[Watwheels]

The rubber lining by now should have harden and lost its characteristics(after 14 years). Changing them should solve the problem.

 

Visually you can't see it, dun kid yourself.

Edited November 5, 2009 by Watwheels

[Ethene]

Thanks, youve any workshop to recommend?

[Watwheels]

Thanks, youve any workshop to recommend?

I dun have any particular workshop to recommend cos usually I ask a few to get some quotes before deciding. Anyway replacing the rubber lining dun require much skill. Maybe you can source from parts distributor, for Honda I think it's Tanly Motor. If they are able to source the lining, maybe you can DIY. Not very difficult cos I remove my car's door lining and put it back in place before.

 

As for Tanly motor, you can search for the contact online, maybe using greenbook.

[Kopi_peng]

How wet does your boot get?

 

You shd check the whole boot as my old car used to have holes covered by sticker in the boot. Once a sticker was gone and then water came and flood the spare tire well.

 

Since yours is a old car, maybe some of the stickers/plugs came off too.

[Civic6656]

Have your car been rear ended before? It normally happens to those repairs not done properly. :angry:

FYI, water also can leak through your rear lights. Check if the rubber seals on your rear lights are worn or harderned.

During dry season, you can try pouring water above your rear lights continuously flowing while checking from inside if water seeps through that area (with boot opened of course).

Edited November 6, 2009 by Civic6656

[Ethene]

How wet does your boot get?

 

You shd check the whole boot as my old car used to have holes covered by sticker in the boot. Once a sticker was gone and then water came and flood the spare tire well.

 

Since yours is a old car, maybe some of the stickers/plugs came off too.

 

 

Mine no spare tires and the 2 side of the boot will be wet. After self investigation, water seems to be coming from the 'hindges' that hold the boot cover. Very difficult to find the source also...

 

btw how do you check for the holes youve mentioned?

[Help1]

Leakage no worries....kotex or tampon sure way to absorb x no of times and will not leak even after flipping here n there at night...LOL

 

if lobang not big and simple solution can probably resolve the issue, thenDIY....go HomeFix and buy those anti-mould silicon gel (used to seal washbasin, shower screen etc)

[Samnet]

change car