W123 estate boot door collects water

Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.

SamCritch

New Member
Joined
May 17, 2006
Messages
4
Hi,

Whenever it's been raining (it rains a lot here in the Netherlands!) and I open the boot of my 1984 300TD, water pours out of an opening about half way down on the left-hand side of the boot door. Sometimes it's up to about 300 ml. If I don't open the boot for a few days with heavy rain it'll also drip through the boot door lock and into the hidden tool tray underneath the boot floor.

Has anyone else experienced this? It's either leaking around the bottom of the boot window seal (which doesn't appear to be the case) or the rubber boot seal is blocked somehow and water overflows into the door when it rains. However, I've made sure the seal is clear.

Any ideas? The rear wiper motor isn't working but I don't want to get it fixed until I know it won't just be damaged by the water.

Thanks in advance,

Sam
 
Experienced this last week on a 124 estate. A new tailgate seal cured the problem (£56 from stealer's)
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top Bottom