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MG MGF Technical - Water in boot

I occasionally get water in the rear boot of my 1997 vvc. Sometimes a pool gathers. Its at the rear centre of the felt/carpet. Many of you may get this dampness without realising it as the heat from the engine bay clears it after a fewdays. Anyone else come across his problem ????????
GJ

Yep, It turned out to be the gasket around the rear light fitting. I had it replaced at the dealers and it seemed to fix the problem..
Shane

Yep! I had the same problem, luckily it was under warranty so they replaced all the seals in the boot.

Carl

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Carl Fairhurst

GJ,

There are loads of threads on this in the archives.

Bruce
Bruce Caldwell

GJ - it is almost certainly the rear lamp gaskets leaking. They are incredibly easy to replace yourself (the lamps are only held on by a couple of nuts). Interestingly, the new gaskets are a full 2+ mm thicker than the original type - so obviously a very common problem.

Check out the MGOC site that details this problem: http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgoc&p=emg/000901.htm
Rob Bell

Yes,I should have lookked the archives first. My tip is that a leaking boot fits into one of two scenarios. 1)With the car parked on the flat, a leak is likely to come from the light or lock area
2)If it happens with the car parked facing slightly downhill it will be caused via the engine/boot bulkhead. The normal drainage channel water gravity toward the light cluster doesn't then work and water backs up the other (wrong) way.
GJ

Suggest you remove the felt/carpet inside the boot and pack likely apertures with tissues. Pray for a rainy day, you won't have long to wait, and then check which tissue/s are wet.

Bruce
Bruce Caldwell

Leaking seals around rear light clusters are a common problem on many cars, especially as the seals age. A cheap stop-gap measure is simply to undo the cluster, coat the seal on both sides with a smear of vasiline (or similar), and refit. Works wonders. :-)

Tony
Tony

This thread was discussed between 04/06/2002 and 09/06/2002

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