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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:04 am 
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my new car has water in its boot. i remember somone had the same prob before but i did a search and found nothing. i had somone hose it down but couldnt see any water comming in.. has anyone had water leaks in their ba's boot? i know its a common problem because ive seen it on a few in car yards/auction.
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:31 am 
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would be a rubber seal around the boot lip...
or IF car has a spoiler it be coming from under ther mounting. also maybe the rear window?

highly doubt water would be getting in from the drain hole in the boot itself.


since it is a BA back to ford under warrenty

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:56 pm 
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I WORK AT A PANEL SHOP AND WE HAVE SAME THING 9 OUT OF 10 IT WAS WERE THE WELD SEEMS ARE. IF UNDER WARANTY TAKE THE BARSTARD BACK TO FORD AND GET THEM TO FIX THE F**CKER
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:09 pm 
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you could find the watere leek to be comming from the wiring harness from boot lid to body
just under the rear screen on the drivers side .
you will also note the floor behind the drivers seat will be wet aswell
qwik fix is to get some superglue and run that around the rubber on that wiring harness !
ill take a foto of that for ya tomorow at work ! im sure we still got a few cop cars :P

 

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:45 am 
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hmm its dry at the moment. im not sure if maybe it was just from when it was washed with a high pressure hose. time will tell i guess.
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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:58 pm 
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Sorry for the mine, but knew I couldn't be the only one with this issue.. thank you Google.

Car had a wet smell after the mega rain in ACT last weekend, and when vacuuming the car, noticed the serious wetness behind the drivers seat on the floor. Gonna call John McGrath, my BA is under warranty still.

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:06 pm 
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Mine is an AU, not under warranty, brought probably 3rd hand. How was this problem fixed?
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 Post subject: Re: ba falcon LEAKING BOOT
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:38 pm 
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Still a mystery, I took it in, and they "reseated the rubber seals". hasn't leaked since, but haven't really had the car in enough rain since either.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ba falcon LEAKING BOOT
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:45 pm 
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locknut wrote:
Still a mystery, I took it in, and they "reseated the rubber seals". hasn't leaked since, but haven't really had the car in enough rain since either.


Maybe I should get new seals and take the ones off from down the bottom and let the water drain
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:20 am 
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Also throw squares of paper towel down, and press on them with your feet to get some water absorbing action. I hear brissy's pretty wet atm.

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:58 pm 
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Yeah, there is a bit of water around. Not quite submariner as yet
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:19 pm 
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hey i have a 03 ba xr6 and i have the same problem, when i left my boot up water comes out of the holes were the covering clips into, in my opinion its the spoiler. well for my car, as i took my spoiler of to check what it would look like and the seals (what would stop the spoiler itself hitting paint on paint and to stop water) was pretty worn, so maybe try replace them and see. i notice it when it really rains and rains. it happens when i wash my car or it rains for 5 minutes is fine but long periods of rain abit of water starts to drip out. hope that helps
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:32 pm 
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yep, through spoiler mounting or rubber seal where the loom comes into the boot lid near driver's side hinge.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ba falcon LEAKING BOOT
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:32 pm 
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Mine is an AU Series II with no spoiler , dont want one either.

Mine tends to find its way inside the bootlid and comes out from the passengers side when fully open. I'll be srutenising it very soon as the bootlid sustained damage in the past when iI purchased it.
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