nunnsworld
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Ok... where to begin. Its alot but the boot is 100% water tight.
The wiper leak.
After I siliconed the outside ring thinking that was the leak, when I done my next water test I found it made 0% progress at stopping the leak and I was not at all correct about the water coming from the rubber. It was 100% coming through the hole in the rear window for the motor but not from anywhere I could see.
So as you can see from my new photos and alot of trail and error I ended silconing the entire hole up and some of the bottom rear window as it was the only way I could get my finger to make it water tight.
I stopped the water coming in through the motor hole BUT during another water test it was still coming in somewhere else aswel!! The only place now I could think of was the actual rear window seal.
So decided to silcon the rear window seal outside all the way along.
I left the hose gushing over my rear window and sat inside the boot for a good 15 minutes and with 100% success I didnt see a single drop of water.
Now the boot lock was safe from anymore water drops i brought some wd40 contact cleaner from screwfix and with a kitchen sink bristle brush I cleaned up the connections refitted the connection and screwed the lock back in and again another success the boot lock was in full working order again!
The side leaks.
Oringally I thought water was coming in from poor seals around the lights on both sides after silconing them with 0% effectiveness water was still coming in at the same rate. More trial and error i got my kitchen sink bristle brush and decided to remove the yellow sealent over the welding at the top of the boot. That's when I saw some huge cracks in the welding!!! (Again seen in the photos) some more silicon to seal them up on both sides and now the side leaks are sealed too!
I hope this helps anyone in the future from going through the pain, disappointment, time and effort I had to go to as I tried alot of ways I've not even mentioned here to seal those leaks. Never give up
The wiper leak.
After I siliconed the outside ring thinking that was the leak, when I done my next water test I found it made 0% progress at stopping the leak and I was not at all correct about the water coming from the rubber. It was 100% coming through the hole in the rear window for the motor but not from anywhere I could see.
So as you can see from my new photos and alot of trail and error I ended silconing the entire hole up and some of the bottom rear window as it was the only way I could get my finger to make it water tight.
I stopped the water coming in through the motor hole BUT during another water test it was still coming in somewhere else aswel!! The only place now I could think of was the actual rear window seal.
So decided to silcon the rear window seal outside all the way along.
I left the hose gushing over my rear window and sat inside the boot for a good 15 minutes and with 100% success I didnt see a single drop of water.
Now the boot lock was safe from anymore water drops i brought some wd40 contact cleaner from screwfix and with a kitchen sink bristle brush I cleaned up the connections refitted the connection and screwed the lock back in and again another success the boot lock was in full working order again!
The side leaks.
Oringally I thought water was coming in from poor seals around the lights on both sides after silconing them with 0% effectiveness water was still coming in at the same rate. More trial and error i got my kitchen sink bristle brush and decided to remove the yellow sealent over the welding at the top of the boot. That's when I saw some huge cracks in the welding!!! (Again seen in the photos) some more silicon to seal them up on both sides and now the side leaks are sealed too!
I hope this helps anyone in the future from going through the pain, disappointment, time and effort I had to go to as I tried alot of ways I've not even mentioned here to seal those leaks. Never give up
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