water leak 2000 s-type
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water leak 2000 s-type
well with my new toy i had to make sure I had a complete spare tire kit. To my surprise I found water in the spare tire well. So the chase was on. At first it looked like the water was coming in from around the right vent so I removed the vent after partiality removing the bumper cleaned it all up and glued the vent in. Drove the car to work the next day in the rain and found more water in the right quarter panel. Now I'm getting serious I pulled out both quarter trim panels spare tire cover got the garden hose out and started blasting the under side of the car. Working my way up the car I found water pouring in the right wheel arch. Yah I found the source of my water. Being an autobody repair technician I injected expanding foam from the dogleg all the way to the rear of the wheel arch and also injected seam sealer between the quarter panel and outer wheel house. When I was drying the car out I could see light coming in from the out side. I also noticed that there is only one spot weld n the top of the arch and no metal bond in the remaining wheel arch. I guess something the factory forgot. All good now that my little s type is water tight.
All is good with my dry jaguar
Richard
All is good with my dry jaguar
Richard
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