water damage

rn1988 · Post by **rn1988** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:18 pm

in the back of my polo,the underside of the bench seat is soaking but i cannot see anywhere for water to come in ,has anybody had this problem and if so how can it be solved

tupac2makaveli71 · Post by **tupac2makaveli71** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:48 pm

maybe somebody couldnt hold it and had a accident

sorry im no help

rn1988 · Post by **rn1988** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:42 pm

ive checked all thru the back of the car and cant find anything

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:43 pm

my boot leaks in the G40, haven't got a clue where from but it get soaked under the boot carpet! does the water stretch back that far?

rn1988 · Post by **rn1988** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:04 pm

yeah it does it seems to start at the rear seat then boot carpet ,they was a grommet loose in the boot under the carpet but that wouldnt make much difference would it?
it really is soaking though through the rear seat it seems to be storing the water in the foam

DelG40 · Post by **DelG40** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:17 am

SpikeyG40 wrote:my boot leaks in the G40, haven't got a clue where from but it get soaked under the boot carpet! does the water stretch back that far?

Man, I was trying to ignore it in mine. But the underside of my carpet in my boot it sometimes damp... don't know where it's coming from.

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:00 am

I think the wet boot carpet is something that most Polos suffer from, certainly seems to be a common problem on old VWs in general.

Check around the rear lights, see if water's getting in there, it does happen sometimes. If it is, dab a bit of silicone around the top but make sure you get a good seal or you're wasting your time. Having just got new lights on mine (late spec ones) I decided that the seals were in good working order and there wasn't any water getting in there, but my old ones were sealed with silicone.

Next thing I noticed was after it rained heavily there'd be a puddle of water on the lip of the boot on the driver's side (camber of the road made it settle there). The cause was the boot wasn't sitting straight, which had crushed the boot seal flat on one side. Water was getting into the air holes about halfway down, then in turn filling the squashy bit of the seal until it until it overflowed and leaked out of other air holes where the boot shuts at the bottom. This formed a puddle which then overflowed into the boot. Had the boot adjusted, replaced the boot seal and that's now stopped. Bargainous.

A little water does still stray into the car from somewhere, but it's not much and actually even some new cars I've been in suffer from the same thing. It's only damp when it's rained heavily for several days in one go, isn't causing any rust yet and doesn't make the back window steam up. So I'm leaving it. Most of the year it's bone dry.

Your wet back seats are probably a result of this water running forward out of your boot, but I can't say for certain.

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:31 am

Whack the seats down, take the carpet out and sit in the boot while your mate puts the hose pipe over the car.

rn1988 · Post by **rn1988** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:55 pm

i think ive found where its coming from,there is a lot of water though,i think it is coming from by the rear lights,the piece of metal that is welded or bolted to the back of the car seems to be the start of it,is there any way to fix it?

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Tue May 02, 2006 6:01 pm

i think i may be changing my boot seal sometime soon then!