How Do I Stop Water Leaking in Trunk
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The point of this story is that a smoke machine placed in the trunk of your S Type may well be a more reliable method of pinpointing the ingress location of water getting into the trunk of your vehicle.
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S-Type Owner (06-25-2020)
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I have a Rover 75. Beautiful car, and a contemporary of the S-type. I even think they were launched together at the same exhibition in the last century!!
Anyway, both cars have a lot in common, design wise. The Rover also suffers from terrible problems with water in the boot. You would think the British would have developed a handle on these issues with the dreadful weather they have, but alas, no. They take it with a stiff upper lip, a bit of water in the boot?? NEVER killed anyone!
In the Rover I took a sliver out of one of the kids swimming pool noodles. That is water rejecting closed cell foam, which means every air bubble in there is closed, and will not let water in. It thus floats, and it is also a marvelous seal, if stuffed into crevices and compressed in the cavity.
So I took a 15mm by 15mm sliver of appropriate length, and with a screw driver stuffed it into the gap between the rear light cluster, and the body, the whole way from top of the light to the bottom, facing the boot aperture on each side of the car.. With the boot lid closed, you don't see it. With it open, you can notice a 5mm strip protruding, but choose the right colour, and it is not noticeable.
No water runs off the car, into the channel next to the lid, and off the foam, down on the bumper and off the car.
I have never had any problems after that,
Takes 15 minutes, costs nothing, --- provided the kids don't catch you!!
Anyway, both cars have a lot in common, design wise. The Rover also suffers from terrible problems with water in the boot. You would think the British would have developed a handle on these issues with the dreadful weather they have, but alas, no. They take it with a stiff upper lip, a bit of water in the boot?? NEVER killed anyone!
In the Rover I took a sliver out of one of the kids swimming pool noodles. That is water rejecting closed cell foam, which means every air bubble in there is closed, and will not let water in. It thus floats, and it is also a marvelous seal, if stuffed into crevices and compressed in the cavity.
So I took a 15mm by 15mm sliver of appropriate length, and with a screw driver stuffed it into the gap between the rear light cluster, and the body, the whole way from top of the light to the bottom, facing the boot aperture on each side of the car.. With the boot lid closed, you don't see it. With it open, you can notice a 5mm strip protruding, but choose the right colour, and it is not noticeable.
No water runs off the car, into the channel next to the lid, and off the foam, down on the bumper and off the car.
I have never had any problems after that,
Takes 15 minutes, costs nothing, --- provided the kids don't catch you!!
Last edited by SRT; 06-25-2020 at 01:24 PM.
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