I have sealed round my lights with silicon sealant (there were big gaps) and it has stopped most of the water getting in, but if left for 12 hours in heavy rain the is a table spoon or 2 of water in the boot.

Does anyone know where it enters the boot once it has got past the lights ? so i can seal there too.

Thanks

 

Perhaps water is able to get underneath exterior trunk weather stripping? Just a guess. I'm certain others who will chime in shortly will have a better answer.

 

Remove and re-seal the trunk weatherstripping. If you want more peace of mind, replace it. Worked for our 2005 S-Type back in 2009. Not a drop of water in the trunk since....

 

i have done that, the seemed to be a small gap on the bottom left most rearward of the boot floor and i sealed that too but the is till a tiny bit of water getting in. (before that it would be a couple of inches deep after a few hours in the rain)

 

Where can I get the proper weather stripping? My mother in law's S-type leaks and nobody has ever been able to figure it out, but with reading some of the posts here, I'm sure it's either the weather stripping or around the lights, etc. She just recently (in the past year) started to have the problem, and I would guess it's because she moved her parking spot at the condo development from a covered to a non-covered spot.

 

New trunk seals are probably a dealer-only item and therefore a relatively costly proposition. We were fortunate because our S-Type's trunk developed its leak while the car was still under the factory warranty back in early 2009, so the trunk seals were replaced by our Jaguar dealership at no cost to us....

Look carefully for gaps and cracks in your existing seals. While you may not be able to completely eliminate all water leakage past them, you may be able to greatly minimize it by re-seating the seals using RTV adhesive or something similar....

 

Thanks, I'll take a look at it in the next few days.

 

i have read on here removing the seal, rotating it 90 degrees and refitting it can help cure a damp boot.

 

I had the same problem with my UK model Ford Mondeo.
There was a known problem re leaks around the lights so I accepted the common wisdom, thought it was easy to solve so I too did the seal around the lights etc but still the problem existed.

Eventually I discovered that a weld between the rear lights area and the rear window had a hairline gap in it. the water was migrating to the back lights where I could see the water emerging.

I found it by starting from basics. I put absorbant kitchen paper around the area and the carefully poured water over the back window and into the channel under the window until I eventually found the damp patches on the paper.

Good luck. I have a rusty space saver wheel due to repeatedly finding a GALLON water around it so I know how you feel.

 

well removed the big rubber seal from round the boot opening, no cracks or damage but quite a but of grime under it (13 years worth by the looks of it), cleaned it all and refitted it, will have to wait for it to rain now.

 

well it rained last night and so far the boot is bone dry, fingers crossed it stays that way

 

Police666 what do you reccomend I do?
I've been getting a really small amount of water sitting in the spare wheel well and the boot carpet feels very slightly damp.

Shall I pull of the boot seal rubber? You mention rotating it 90 but how is that possible? Surely it sits and pushes on only one way.

Also whst type of silicone is ok to use?

 

I thought that but once off it appears it is not shaped.

The lip it pushes onto was full of black gunk on mine, i cleaned it off and and applied a little epoxy resin all along the top of the "lip" (you will see it once you remove the seal) rotated the seal 90* and refitted it, it went back on perfectly and i have a totally dry boot.

When it rained i had upwards of a gallon of water in the boot, the was so much i drilled another drain hole in the left hand side to drain it out until i could fix the leak. (my car was parked on a slope to the left)

I also sealed the top corner of the lights (only visible when boot is open) with epoxy resin as the only time i would be replacing the lenses would be if they were broken.

I tried using silicon bathroom sealant but this was messy and never set and when it rained it washed it away.

Since the boot has been dry all the strange little electrical gremlins have gone, it could have been the water or it could have been the battery as i replaced that also. but it has made owning the car a pleasure again.

 

where cann i get epoxy resin ?

Thanks mate

darren

 

any diy or auto shop, i got mine from the local pound shop for £1, home bargains also sell it for i think £2

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ep...w=1024&bih=681

The only problem with using epoxy resin is it sets in about 5 mins, so you have to be quick, i test fitted the seal and got it all in place before applying epoxy resin then removed a small section of the seal and epoxyd it down continuing around the seal about a foot at a time

once epoxeyd down it is PERMANENT and you would need to destroy the seal to remove it.

But it did stop all water ingress.

 

I've been having issues with water in the trunk usually a good centimeter or so. I've sealed around the lights initially, that seemed to have solved a little bit of the issue, but I noticed water still collecting. I finally decided to do a water test on a dry day using a high pressure sprayer with the fan nozzle spraying. I opened the trunk and there was no water. I waited several minutes and found a small line of water collecting with the trunk open. I looked closer and found that it is the weatherstripping. Apparently it for some reason the water actually travels up and over inside of the weatherstripping because of suction siphon effect. I dried the weatherstripping area applied a bead of silicon gel (type you use for the bathrooms) and resealed. Hopefully this works. The weatherstripping is getting old and cracking in several places. So I may be looking to replace it in the near future. I checked the light areas in the back and there doesn't seem to be an issue around the lights.