Any last resorts?

[sean2390]

Hey all,

Both my rear doors have been leaking now for a while and I've followed DRJ's guide for sealing the doors. I've done this three times with both doors now and used numerous new door clips. And yet it still leaks from around the edges. Is there any other solutions? BTW I have been using plumbers gold.

[kiddy1]

I stuck a couple of new rivets on to give a super tight seal, I haven't had any issued since.

Good luck

[joe_vrs_tdi]

Yer drill the old rivets out scrap and clean all the old stuff off then pop rivet back on along with a few more rivets on the bottom half like kiddy said.

[sean2390]

tempted to weld the feckin edges lol

[booke23]

tempted to weld the feckin edges lol

LOL..........Those carriers are galvanised by the look of them......weld them up and they'll rust like an Austin Princess.

[DanGum]

I got techie to do mine using the official skoda sealing kit and never had any leaks since

[sean2390]

Yeah, I got a quote from Skoda and they wanted £350 to seal the back doors O.o

[VWD]

I had my fronts done under warranty .Bloke I talked to said that if the carriers are rivited, they used silicone . ( Proper Skoda main dealer tech).

[sean2390]

Aye well plumbers gold is kinda like silicone but it can set when wet.

[Guest BigJase88]

Well it sounds rubbish

I use roof and gutter sealant

[Trev.]

Drill out the rivets, tapp a 8mm thread and use bolts with a washer, then use gutter sealant (Doesnt try as such so stays flexible unlike others).

Done this to all 4 doors and dont have a problem, only tapped the holes since my doors got deadlocked by a autospark

[booke23]

Just use a nice thick bead of Plumbers gold and smooth it out with a wet finger, so the seam is completely encased with the stuff.

I didn't bother with drilling out rivets etc, and I have had bone dry doors ever since I did it last year.

Gutter sealant is the same idea but personally I think it's cheap and nasty stuff to work with......and is more suited to roofing, but a lot of people have had success with it.

Edited 19 February, 2013 by booke23

[sean2390]

Aye well I took the card off and found where its coming through. Took the sealant off and did a new layer under the carrier and around the edges smoothed with my fingers (damn messy). Hopefully this has finally nailed it.

[sean2390]

And nope. still leaking......badly. Time to drill out the rivets!