Toyota Aygo boot leak

[Jim K...]

Haven't got an Aygo so hard to visualise but..... Spray the metal with wd40 before sticking the seal back on? So you can get it off when it doesn't work & you need a new seal or similar ...

[John]

Driving me mad - I am thinking it is water getting behind the boot lid seal. The seal presses over the rim of the boot lid opening.

I am thinking of pulling off the seal and putting a bead of silicone into the gripping U section of the seal and pressing it back on.

Any thoughts?

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

Had this with a Nissan. There could be a very small weld/joint in the boot that is letting in water. Difficult to see. A spot of silicone on the weld/joint sorted it out.

[newshound]

Such things can be bastards to find. It might be a leak path from somewhere completely different. In the old days garages sometimes put an ultrasonic source inside the car and wandered around the outside with a detector. Interesting to see there are relatively cheap ones around now. (Sorry for crap links, just google direct).

[John]

I recall seeing this many years ago when I was a car saleman at a VW dealership.

I think I know where it is now - it is water passing into a channel in the seal section - and running round and then into the car.

[GB]

Can also be the lamp clusters.

[nothanks]

+1 SWMBO's Hyundai had a persistent leak which I (eventually!!) fixed by rubbing sealant into a small seam above the hatchback door

[John]

GB [e-mail] wrote in news:qnl472$vro$ [e-mail]:

Yes - the gasket at the back - I have sorted that. Water is coming in above the rear light housing,

[harry]

Or the rear windscreen seal.

[Chris Bartram]

One thing worth remembering is that not all parts of a car are meant to be watertight. I had a 'leak' on an Audi A3 that was actually an intended drain, but the rubber drain grommet was blocked- the rear quarter had several inches of water in it that overflowed into the spare wheel well- removing the grommet and cleaning it stopped it.

[John]

The rear window is the lid!

[Simon Mack]

Yes this will work. I did this after many other attempts with other seals to no avail. Use plenty of silicone sealant and you will solve the problem

[The Other John]

I see Home Owners Hub has stopped putting dates on posts. It just says the original post was 11 months ago. Did you miss that?

[Radio Man]

I am surprised it worked. In my experience the only real solution is a new seal which are usually quite expensive new but perhaps not for Toyotas.

The one for my Range Rover was an arm and a leg.