Leaky Boot Again - Xantia Estate!!!
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Leaky Boot Again - Xantia Estate!!!
Hi all,
Just a quick query, I have a ’97 SX TD Estate which has had a problem with a leaky boot.
After reading the advice of your members, I discovered the membrane behind the boot lid indeed was coming away, and have now sealed this membrane, and have also dried out the boot carpet, which was soaked through!
I have noticed now that when the weather is wet, the boot lid trim no longer gets wet as it used to, and no water ingress seems to come from here, but I’ve noticed that the insulation under the carpet is gradually getting damper (although no where near as bad as before!).
The car is completely dry from front & back carpets & foot wells, so its not going from heater matrix / windscreen etc…
Does anyone have any suggestions as to where else water could get in that I’m not checking??
Thanks
Steve
Just a quick query, I have a ’97 SX TD Estate which has had a problem with a leaky boot.
After reading the advice of your members, I discovered the membrane behind the boot lid indeed was coming away, and have now sealed this membrane, and have also dried out the boot carpet, which was soaked through!
I have noticed now that when the weather is wet, the boot lid trim no longer gets wet as it used to, and no water ingress seems to come from here, but I’ve noticed that the insulation under the carpet is gradually getting damper (although no where near as bad as before!).
The car is completely dry from front & back carpets & foot wells, so its not going from heater matrix / windscreen etc…
Does anyone have any suggestions as to where else water could get in that I’m not checking??
Thanks
Steve
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Check the rear tailgate to bodyshell seal, ensure that the tailgate is shutting properly, and in correct alignment to the bodyshell, also check the rear wiper spindle.
If you get someone to spray the car with a hose, to carry out a water leak test, while you are in the boot of the car then it might help you diagnose the source of the leak.
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In general where a wiper spindle enters any vehicle it has the potential to leak. I have had to renew the seal where the spindle passes through the panel when replacing spindles on other makes of vehicle.
It normally comes as part of the repair kit.
This picture below shows the rubber seal on a different car.
It normally comes as part of the repair kit.
This picture below shows the rubber seal on a different car.
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Any water coming through the spindle on a Xantia should be caught by the membrane.ACTIVE8 wrote:In general where a wiper spindle enters any vehicle it has the potential to leak. I have had to renew the seal where the spindle passes through the panel when replacing spindles on other makes of vehicle.
My bet is the membrane still has a leak, probably around the lock area, which passes water directly under the carpet.
Mine never had wet carpets, the water always ran straight under the mat and into the rear footwells.
I should really check mine as water is getting to the rear footwells nownp wrote:I agree with Homer.After doing this job a few times on mine,i finally stoped the leak on the 3rd try.Its bugger to get the membrain sealed around the lock area,so double check the membrain.
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Check out this topic http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... aking+boot
Have a look at the way i sealed mine up.Thats the best way i`ve found.Still with no leaks.
Have a look at the way i sealed mine up.Thats the best way i`ve found.Still with no leaks.
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reblack68 wrote:I have a tailgate related question...
Does the estate have a plastic tailgate like the hatch?
Yes
2013 Berlingo Multispace 1.6 XTR 115bhp
2003 2:0 HDI Dispatch Van 186000 miles......gone
2000 Xantia Hdi 90bhp Forte Estate 97000 miles gone..........to heaven
New High pressure Fuel Pump and Patched ECU , Blower Module fixed by CitroJim
2003 2:0 HDI Dispatch Van 186000 miles......gone
2000 Xantia Hdi 90bhp Forte Estate 97000 miles gone..........to heaven
New High pressure Fuel Pump and Patched ECU , Blower Module fixed by CitroJim
I'm not going to go outside in the damned cold again, but I'm tempted to have a prod about look see on my estate! I'm sure it IS actually metal rather than the naff plastic on the hatch. When did you last see the paint and laquer peeling off an estate tailgate...?
Go on, prove me wrong, I don't care!
Andrew
Go on, prove me wrong, I don't care!
Andrew