Leak over drivers door.

nd

So the car has started to leak over the drivers side door. After taking a few bits off the drip seems to be coming down here



Here is a further back pic to show where that area is.



It's above the door seal as you can see. Any theories as to where it originates( it doesn't have a sunroof)?

Thanks.

woody33

Windscreen seal maybe?

nd

I think you might be right. I wonder what's the best solution. Would insurance windscreen cover, cover leakage?

Special Circumstances

nd wrote: »

I think you might be right. I wonder what's the best solution. Would insurance windscreen cover, cover leakage?

If you think your car will be less leaky after BodgeIt&Run come to drop kick a new windscreen on your car then you've never had a windscreen replaced. (Lucky you)

I'd say try find the source yourself and invest in some tiger seal.

JohnBoy26

Get someone to hose the outside of the car while you look for the leak inside. It could be the windscreen, is it aftermarket?

nd

Special Circumstances wrote: »

If you think your car will be less leaky after BodgeIt&Run come to drop kick a new windscreen on your car then you've never had a windscreen replaced. (Lucky you)

I'd say try find the source yourself and invest in some tiger seal.

Thanks. I've got some tiger seal at the local motor factors to try tomorrow.

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Get someone to hose the outside of the car while you look for the leak inside. It could be the windscreen, is it aftermarket?

Not as far as i know. It has "Toyota Pilkington" stamped on it, as does the rear windscreen.

CJhaughey

Avensis sometimes leak from the roof channels is there a roofrail on yours or is it a saloon?
If its an estate remove the rails and the plastic channel moulding, and tigerseal the entire length of the roof.
You can sometimes see the cracks in mastic where they have moved.
Captain Tolleys Creeping Crack Cure will work as well but not sure how dry it would have to be.

nd

Thanks. I put some tiger seal right at the edge of the rood channel and along the top and down the side of the windscreen(it's a 02 corolla hatchback). It seems to have solved it. I think it might have been getting in at the circled area but not 100% sure



I've had a leak in the boot for months which I havn't been able to figure out where it's getting in. I'm now wondering might it be that area at the back.

That Captain Tolleys stuff seems very handy, you don't really even have to find where the leak is apparently.

Toyotafanboi

you should have ran a wet finger over the top of the tiger seal to take the gloopy look off of it, that's a tidy corolla so it'd be nice to keep it looking well.

personally i'm not a fan of using silicone as a water leak repair, best to find the cause and rectify it, not just pump half the car with silicone and hope for the best. that said, if it fixed your problem and you're happy, then how bad.

the boot leak is a pain in the hole. still grappling with mine. fortunately, i've pierced a small hole in the rubber bung in the bottom of the wheel well so now at least it isn't pooling in there and smelling like feet anymore :pac:.

nd

I did. But it was kinda sticking to my finger so I said I'd let it set and maybe tomorrow add another bit and try smooth it out.

Well it was leaking in somewhere so the tiger seal seemed like the only option. I tried pulling back a fair bit of the roof lining but it's still very hard to see exactly where the water was coming in! And it's sealed from the outside so no water will be building up inside.

I've figured out what is happening with my boot. The water is not getting over the seal, it is going under it and up over the metal lip(capillary action?).
I took a short video of it in the dark.With the bottom of the boot seal pulled off the water doesn't go into the boot, but when I push it back on it seeps back in.

You can see the water flowing at about 18 seconds

Again I think tiger seal/silicone is the only possible solution(under the rubber seal)!