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Old 12th April 2024, 20:25   #27
hogweed
I really should get out more.......
 
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Originally Posted by sln8458 View Post
Only if it turns out to be the 'real' issue, and you are welcome

Weeelllllll...... it might be and it might not be, it turns out... I don't know if the guy in the video is right about it coming through that seam - I suspect there may be more than one place in that corner of the car it can get through (eg tail lights, a la Rover).


But those wings are triple skinned, and the water eventually emerges exactly where he shows, between the middle and inner skin. But leaks originating outside (as they all do) have first to get through the middle skin.


So... following a stroke of divine inspiration yesterday, I am (very cautiously) optimistic I've found it. There's a big fusebox mounted inside the left wing, and if you take it off you can see through a hole in the panel, to the middle panel, in which there is a 1" hole, poorly sealed, with... water running through it pretty freely when I apply the hose.





So I sealed it with silicone yesterday, and all seems dry... so far...
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