Miata Mailing List: February 1997, Message #195
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Subject: Re: Wet trunk

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Previously on Wet trunk, Joseph Sims  said...



> I remember a thread on this subject a while ago; I serached miata.net, 

> and couldn't find anything.  Anyone know how water is getting in my 

> trunk?  The bottom (inside) of the deck lid has water on it like it's 

> sweating, and the "carpet" is wet.  Any ideas on how to fix this?



Mine does (did?) the same thing when it rained heavily.  Never got to the

sweaty trunklid stage, but got the carpet plenty wet.  There are a couple of

possible places where the water can get in, the worst is if you have a broken

rain rail on the top.  The easiest (and fairly common) is a bad seal around

one or both of the tail lights.  It could also be a bad trunklid seal.



I found my tail light leak by taking the car to a "hose it yourself" (Canuks

make up your own jokes) car wash and spraying all around the suspected areas,

one at a time, and checking for water inside.  I found that it was the right

tail light that was the culprit.  I got a pair and did both lights at the same

time.  The seals are dirt cheap, especially from Tommy, and the job took 10

minutes.  I haven't been back to the carwash to test the seals yet, but since

it's **80 degrees** out, I guess I'll have to! :D



	-John



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