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Soo, we've got a leak!

rubysgirl · 2013-02-07 18:03:04

Hi all, I drive a Toyota Corolla Terra 5 dr. Tis a grand car. Except there is a mini swimming pool in my driver footwell... So, working from the drips splashing into my new pool, I found the water running down the cover to the right of my accelerator. Following those drips up, I can see the water is dripping from some…

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#32 29-05-2013 11:59PM

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slimjimmc wrote: »

Forgive my confusion, but what rubber runs along the roof of the car from the windscreen to the back window?

Either way, I'd be concerned as to why there's a crack, hairline or not, in the roof structure. That alone should warrant further investigation.

Me thinks the hair line crack is more a lack of seam sealer between the two welded panels rather than an actual crack in the structure. This is just my guess of course

slimjimmc wrote: »

Forgive my confusion, but what rubber runs along the roof of the car from the windscreen to the back window?

As for this part of your question, some cars have two strips that run along each side of the roof from the back screen to the front screen to conceal where the roof of the car is welded to the side structures, this area in some cases would also act as a drain for the rain water coming off the roof. The strips that conceal these areas are in most cases made from plastic rather than rubber.

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