Civic Leaky Boot

Barr

Hi All



I have a 00 Honda Civic saloon.


Recently the inside windows would have a layer of water on them so went to investigate further.


When I opened the boot there was a pool of water where the spare wheel is


The carpet inside the boot was also soaking.


The weather has been very bad recently and the water must be getting in somewhere.


What would be a likely culprit that is causing this ?



Where should I start to solve the issue.




Thanks
Barr

colm_mcm

Carpet of the boot or inside?

Barr

colm_mcm wrote: »

Carpet of the boot or inside?

Its the layer of carpet inside the boot. The piece that would be resting on the spare wheel. The right side of this was soaking.

Edit , just seen the mistake in the op , had it spelt wrong !

colm_mcm

First suspect would be the rear light unit in the side that had the wet carpet

JohnBoy26

Barr wrote: »

Hi All



I have a 00 Honda Civic saloon.


Recently the inside windows would have a layer of water on them so went to investigate further.


When I opened the boot there was a pool of water where the spare wheel is


The carpet inside the boot was also soaking.


The weather has been very bad recently and the water must be getting in somewhere.


What would be a likely culprit that is causing this ?



Where should I start to solve the issue.




Thanks
Barr

The gaskets at the back of the rear light clusters are usually the culprit on those old civics.

Your best bet would be to buy a tube of tiger seal or tec7 (not silicone), remove the rear light clusters and apply the sealant around the openings for the clusters and the bolts. Then reinstall the lights. Do one side at a time at the sealant can begin to set quickly enough(depending on the weather).

Barr

Thanks lads, sounds like a straight forward enough DIY job once the rain stops !

pudzey101

yeah happend in my dc2 before , hop into the boot and have someone spray the rear down with a hose , youll see where exactly the leakage is coming from then more than likely the light seals as said above i tiger sealed my own ones and was dry as a bone from there after you can buy new gaskets for the lights but there pricey enough from what i remember and tiger seal does a better job in my opinion

Black_Knight

Happened to my 00 civic too. Drivers side also. I suspected the rear light and ended up sealing it up to no avail. Eventually pulled out the carpet and shone a torch from under the wheel arch up into the boot. Spotted a sliver of light penetrating through the wheel arch. In wet weather water would spray up of the wheel and into the crack/boot.

Gutter sealant did the trick for me.

greasepalm

remove carpet and bring indoors to dry if possible,any rubber grommets in the floor to tease a section out to drain boot,clean up rusty jack if rusted by water.