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Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:46 pm
by kiko.man
Hi guys, I just found out last night that my spare tire well was filled with about an inch of water.
Now I'm trying to source the leak, would anyone know where to start looking or how it could've went in there?
Thanks!
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:16 pm
by hamish_023
Get one person to wash car and one to find leak
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:20 pm
by kiko.man
I thought it would come down to that solution. Cheers for the response.
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:11 pm
by iisshhyy
or, just pour water all over your rear window and boot, open the boot and have a look. Hamish's way takes too long

Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:03 pm
by Deep Heat
iisshhyy wrote:or, just pour water all over your rear window and boot, open the boot and have a look. Hamish's way takes too long

Or shove someone in the boot with a torch while you hose the boot are and hope the find the leak before they suffocate.
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:29 pm
by iisshhyy
[quote Or shove someone in the boot with a torch while you hose the boot are and hope the find the leak before they suffocate.[/quote]
Could kill 2 birds with 1 stone here. 1) Find the leak 2) Revenge for all those birthday / Christmas / gifts brought back from holidays that family in law have given to you over the years

Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:59 pm
by Twest90
just got my car serviced and they said my boot was full too.. currently my solution is to leave the bung out.. haha
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:17 pm
by chris12
1. Put car in bath.
2. See where bubbles come from.
3. ???
4. Solution.
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:41 pm
by hamish_023
Twest90 wrote:just got my car serviced and they said my boot was full too.. currently my solution is to leave the bung out.. haha
Full boot. That's a freakin huge leak!
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:10 pm
by kiko.man
Twest90 wrote:just got my car serviced and they said my boot was full too.. currently my solution is to leave the bung out.. haha
that's quite a fair bit. Is this a common problem?
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:14 pm
by cruisn
Buy a wagon.
Problem solved.

Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:33 pm
by hamish_023
I would rather the leak...
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:55 pm
by mincedmeat
In the old commodores it is from the rear quater glass window. you have to reseal it.
Not sure about the libs but in the commodore you have to pull the rear seat out to get to it.
Sad Face that the liberty has the same prob
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:54 pm
by kiko.man
mincedmeat wrote:In the old commodores it is from the rear quater glass window. you have to reseal it.
Not sure about the libs but in the commodore you have to pull the rear seat out to get to it.
Sad Face that the liberty has the same prob
I'll see if I can find a leak around the quarter windows but what did you use to reseal the leak?
I've recently washed the rear half of the car to see where the leaks were coming from and the spare tire well was bone dry.
I'm going to wash the front half but I don't know how the water would travel all the way into the spare tire well from there.
Re: Water in spare tire well

Posted:
Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:46 pm
by mihai
Possibly sunroof leak? Not sure if the water channels go towards the front or rear of the car though.