Thanks for the advice I previously received on replacing the 3rd brake light it was invaluable.

I am still trying to find the leak in the boot of my superb estate and was wondering if anyone else has had experience of this. It is coming in on the offside under the plastic in the corner.

So far I have removed and replaced the boot seal in a different position

Replaced the 3rd brake light.

I have had the rear lights off and can not see an issue

I did find the rear off side mounting for the roof rail loose and damp underneath and have tinghtened this up, but it still seems to be leaking.

It is very frustrating to have to continually sponge out water from the spare wheel area.

Will try and take a picture tomorrow of where the water is appearing.

Andy Robinson

Have you sniffed the water? Could be rear washer but shouldn’t be loads if it’s that tbh.

Another test is strip bits off inside, get someone outside to spray water and look for leaks inside.

Although removing headliner would be a pain, see if you can lower it a bit to see if water is coming in from the aerial

Thanks Danold

I have had the rear washer out and it does not apear to be leaking into the boot lid.

Have done the hose pipe test as well. I think I will need to remove more of the trim and see.

It is just non stop rain here in Suffolk at the moment.

Pop the quarter panel trim off on both sides and check the quarters while hosing the tail light.

I would suspect the passenger side rear tail light is leaking. I’ve had to silicone the entire light back in to fix leaks. New gaskets made no difference.

Will just make changing a bulb eventually a bit of a chore but at least tue car will be dry in the meantime

Check this

https://youtu.be/8GSfty0tcAs?si=SHUshW5cW0wxfqfL

I have taken off the trim on the offside on the inside of the boot.

A further hosing down showed no leaks from the roof rails or off side light rear light it was all dry.

What we were finding is water was running behind the bumper and seemed to be getting into the tunnel that the tow bar is secured through, I am thinking this might be the culpret, so I will need to take the rear bumper off and have a further check. The water is appearing below the sealant between the rear of the wheel well and the floor.. It just seems to be leaking through there.

Anyone go any manuals that show how to get the bumper off please,

2 hours ago, Andy7475 said:

I have taken off the trim on the offside on the inside of the boot.

A further hosing down showed no leaks from the roof rails or off side light rear light it was all dry.

What we were finding is water was running behind the bumper and seemed to be getting into the tunnel that the tow bar is secured through, I am thinking this might be the culpret, so I will need to take the rear bumper off and have a further check. The water is appearing below the sealant between the rear of the wheel well and the floor.. It just seems to be leaking through there.

Anyone go any manuals that show how to get the bumper off please,

Yes. Will find the page.

I’ll send you a direct message.

I have the picture of where the water is coming in under the black sealant attached

I was wondering wht people thought of scraping out the leaking sealant and then resealing it with an appropriate sealing materieal such as tiger seal . The leak is right in the corner.

Edited 12 February12 Feb by Andy7475
Highlighting the leaking area

You have that spot in one of the videos, check for solution

I have had someone in the boot and hosed down the back of the car with a hosepipe. It is not the boot seal as it is dry on the inside. Looking in the various holes at the top of the boot lip on the inside there is no water visible when we have used a torch and looked inside. It seems to be getting in further down behind the bumper.

Have checked the inside of the tailgate and that is completely dry also.

I think the next step is to take the bumper off, but wondered if replacing the sealing material on the inside I could avoid this.

32 minutes ago, Andy7475 said:

I have had someone in the boot and hosed down the back of the car with a hosepipe. It is not the boot seal as it is dry on the inside. Looking in the various holes at the top of the boot lip on the inside there is no water visible when we have used a torch and looked inside. It seems to be getting in further down behind the bumper.

Have checked the inside of the tailgate and that is completely dry also.

I think the next step is to take the bumper off, but wondered if replacing the sealing material on the inside I could avoid this.

It’s not going to make it any worse so long as you clean it up well and get a good seal. So might as well Give it a go. I haven’t looked at the manual but I don’t think removing the bumper will be a massive task.

Looks pretty straight forward. Lights off, 12 screws and 4 catches. Just another pair of hands needed to remve bumper

Thanks for your feedback, lets see if it stops raining this week.

Yeah bumper off and seal from both sides should do a great job, just be extra careful of parking sensor cables

Dare I say 3 person job?

Having removed the bumper and resealed all the joints it was disappointing to find the boot still leaking.

Finally i bought a roll of 50mm wide PVC tape and sealed around the offside rear light fitting.

Bingo the water has stopped coming in.

I have now orered a new seal for the light fitting and when it stops raining will fit it, but I am enjoying a dry car.

Thank you to everyone for the advice.