Rover 75 Tourer more water ingress

[Teddydog]

Recently my sunroof drains have been modified because of massive water flooding to the inside of my Rover 75 tourer however after doing this there was still some water ingress on the drivers side. After some investigation I found the problem to be water seeping through the stud/plug near the windscreen wiper, there are 6 of them in total.


The problem appears to be a bad design issue of the plastic trim under the front windscreen. When it is raining a puddle of water collects in each far corner this puddle of water is raised up to about halfway over this stud/plug. Water was then able to drip through to the inside.


I have temporarily solved the problem by removing the stud/plug and smearing Vaseline underneath it.



I am thinking about a modification, I could drill a small hole in the corner of the plastic which is beneath the windscreen to allow this water to drain before it could get as high as the stud/plug, I think it would just drain to the plenum chamber.


Has anyone done this before and does this modification sound reasonable? I didn’t want to use silicone underneath them because doing this might make it difficult to remove them in the future.


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[stevenkeyte]

Hi John,
The source of the leak could possibly be the female part of the clip which is located in the bodyshell, have a look here:

https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-GRID001775

the scuttle retaining clip is item 7 (the one you think requires sealing) and the retainer for the clip is part 8, the foam seal around this is known to deteriorate over time allowing water to enter the cabin, you need to remove the scuttle trim panel (part 1) and seal around the outer edge of the seven 'clip-snap-sack' (part 8)
Regards,

Steve

[grivas]

Originally Posted by stevenkeyte

Hi John,
The source of the leak could possibly be the female part of the clip which is located in the bodyshell, have a look here:

https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-GRID001775

the scuttle retaining clip is item 7 (the one you think requires sealing) and the retainer for the clip is part 8, the foam seal around this is known to deteriorate over time allowing water to enter the cabin, you need to remove the scuttle trim panel (part 1) and seal around the outer edge of the seven 'clip-snap-sack' (part 8)
Regards,

Steve

I think member Arctic has done a How-to on this, just search it out, just DON'T drill anything, little silicone around item 8 and resit, job done.