Water Leak. Help!

[hubble]

Just found some water leaking into my jacking well. I've pulled back the inner boot lining and found it running down my inside rear wheel arch.

Any ideas where this could be coming from??

Thanks

[fowler]

what are you rear arches like ????i have seen the seams leak in water
its possible a water drain is blocked. and causin it to run into the boot.
use search function for water drain unblocking

[hubble]

Hi fowler I can see the water running down on top of the arch from inside the boot.
Sorry if I didnt make myself clear

[patkenny]

When I had this problem the water was coming in through the aerial seal . When I searched on here the seal around the rear lights came up as a possibility and also blocked sun roof drains IIRC .

[fowler]

right it seems to me that you might have blocked drain hole which is causing to leak into the boot
which side of the car N/S or O/S of the boot

[hubble]

Ok I've managed to get a little further into the boot area. Shit weather isnt helping either. It looks as if it's coming down from around the rear window area.

Fowler it's the N/S boot area. I'll try and take some pics

[hubble]

Apologies for the pictures, best I could do Wires don;t help either but as you can see in the pics the water is coming out from under the seam and then running down the arch.

[fowler]

well from all the information it could possoible be the rear window seal do the kettle test mate to see if it runs inwhen water is poured oton the rear screen

[hubble]

I've just done a water test and there are two places where water is evident. The first is from the electrical aerial section. And the second is from the rear quarter section. As you mentioned Fowler, I wondering if it could be the window seal.

[SK360]

I was told by someone that if you have pop out windows, when opening them, it can cause light surface marking/scratching will eventually leads to rusting/corriding and then A hole forms, from which water then comes into the car, hopefully this isn't the case, as you have looked at the arch etc from inside of boot which would show A hole letting in water but might be worth checking at the same time, behind door cards etc.

[hubble]

I was told by someone that if you have pop out windows, when opening them, it can cause light surface marking/scratching will eventually leads to rusting/corriding and then A hole forms, from which water then comes into the car, hopefully this isn't the case, as you have looked at the arch etc from inside of boot which would show A hole letting in water but might be worth checking at the same time, behind door cards etc.

Thanks.

There is evidence of surface rubbing of the quarter windows over the years.

[hubble]

Further investigative evidence is leading me to what Mat mentioned earlier. Take a look at these grommets....
What you could say is Knacked being the polite word.
These grommets are from the rear quarter plastic panel near the rear window.




Once these were removed out came the hose and behold water in the boot area...there was also water behind the rear window seal too, so I'm going to order two new rear seals and grommets to. Hopefully this help solve the leak. Will keep you updated.

[fowler]

glad you found the problem could of been a frustrating one best of luck
regards
Ben

[hubble]

glad you found the problem could of been a frustrating one best of luck
regards
Ben

Cheers

[siddiqi1]

Huuble,

im a little confused. in your most recent post of pics; is that view from the outisde, or is that the view with the window open adn the door card removed?

saboor

[hubble]

Hi Saboor

Yes view is from the outside. with the quarter window open. Its the Exterior trim panel showing complete with perished grommets

[siddiqi1]

im not quite sure if i undertsand you; but ok.Ill open the window tmrw and have a look from underneath as per your picture. im bewildred though where the door card clips as they were have appeared from!

im sorry for tedious q's, but i just cant seem to get it

[1an]

Hubble as you have pop out rear windows the seals wear through over the years,

try changing the seals for the bmw items as that should solve that problem of around the rear 1/4 window.

[hubble]

Hubble as you have pop out rear windows the seals wear through over the years,

try changing the seals for the bmw items as that should solve that problem of around the rear 1/4 window.

Thanks Ian. I've ordered two this morning. Not cheap though £22 per side

[siddiqi1]

why is that surprsisng you to date! what is cheap about these cars?

[hubble]

why is that surprsisng you to date! what is cheap about these cars?

It's only rubber Saboor! come on. And the list goes on and on

[siddiqi1]

i agree, but we have put ourselves in thy position my friend! quality comes at a price! god i sound like an old git!

[hubble]

i agree, but we have put ourselves in thy position my friend! quality comes at a price! god i sound like an old git!

Yeah to emptying my pockets at every opportunity.

[siddiqi1]

Yeah to emptying my pockets at every opportunity.

amen to that!