Sorry to drag this up again.

 

Does anyone recall the part number of the Skoda sealant for fixing the leak from under the door card.  I think it comes in a tube like window frame sealant.

 

I have tried silicon and it didn't work.

 

Steve

Skoda tried silicone on mine! I've used a roof and gutter sealant now. Or try plumbers gold or similar. Something that works even when applied to wet areas.

Plumbers gold worked on mine.

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Also don't assume just because the water is in the back that's where it is coming from. When the front doors leak the water appears in the back first as the carpet is much thinner.

Don't pay over the odds for the skoda part - a good quality roof sealant etc will do the job just as well if not better - but as tech 1e says check the front as well - in fact for what it takes you may as well do all 4 at the same time

Try CT1 it is a sealant that you can even use underwater! (But hopefully its not that bad!) Anyway, Skoda dealer sealed my doors 7 years ago with the genuine stuff, it lasted 6 months then I did it myself with CT1 and it has never leaked since!

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Many thanks to all that replied.

 

SN

CT1 is good stuff, not used it for these doors, just used to be in the building trade and thought it was quite good then.

Thanks to all who replied.

 

Opted for the CT1 and it appears to have been successful.

 

ATB

 

SN

hi,

 

i used some 6mm butyl sealant strip to fix the doors on my wife's 2004 seat leon, another one with well known leaky doors!

 

seems to have lasted 12 months so far, fingers crossed my 2005 fabia hasn't started leaking yet

 

cheers matt

re: DIY door seal repair

 

Hi all

Bought a Fabia 1.4 a couple of weeks a go and found both the rear doors to be leaking.

After looking through Briskoda, and also the great videos on YouTube, I decided to give it a go rather than take it into the Skoda dealer. My car is 12 years old, so no chance of a warranty repair!

Followed the youtube video and Briskoda instructions.

Got the door window winder off, and also the other plastic bits so that I could access the 3 screws OK.

No problem, just used a screwdriver with a rag to protect the plastic bits and some patience.

 

Prised the door card off the using a plastic kitchen spatula to ease it off. Broke about 3 of the door clips on each door. There are 7 in total on each door.

Because I figured that some would get broken I had already been to the dealer to buy some replacements in advance at 79p each- but despite giving them all the necessary details, and receiving their reassurance that they would fit, they gave me the wrong ones!

So, I bought some off the internet with next day delivery instead.

Are Skoda Parts Departments really this useless?

 

I undid the bolts that hold the centre internal door panel in place and eased it open slightly so I could let the water drain out and also so I could squeeze in some Plumbers Gold where the useless, and waterlogged, neoprene seal sits. Then tightened the bolts up again to squeeze it shut.

Then I used the Plumbers Gold to seal all around the outside of the centre panel, along the line of the visible neoprene seal. I went halfway up the door on each side of the seal, and put plenty around the area where the water had been trickling out.

I used the Wonder Wipes to clean up, as the Plumbers Gold is super sticky.

 

As luck would have it, it started heavy raining just after I finished putting the door parts all back together.

Plumbers Gold is supposed to set even when underwater, so we shall see.

 

Went for a fairly long drive in the rain. Rear footwells are absolutely dry, with no signs of new water ingress at all.

Still a small amount of condensation coming up about 1 inch on the inside of the rear door window seals, but that may be the water vapour evaporating from inside the door as it dries out.

 

What it cost me to do:

£3.45 for 10 door card clips from eBay ([email protected])

£8.68 for Everbuild Wonder wipes from Amazon (Tools 24/7)= only used 3 wipes, but these are really excellent for getting stuff off your hands.

£7.22 for Everbuild 'Plumbers Gold' from Amazon

 

I am not very mechanically minded, and so I did this very slowly. Took me about 1 hour to do each door. Allowing time for a mug of tea halfway.

 

If I can do it, then absolutely anyone can.

Loving driving my Fabia!!