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Boot Leaks But Its Not The Tail Lights

ausdrift

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ausdrift

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Pretty much, the boot was leaking at both the left and right sides, so I took the time, spent the money and resealed the rear lights even going so far as to use the Nissan sealant at surprising expense.

Well, it rained again, and the boot still gets water leaking in it. Its not coming from the lights, but I suspect its leaking in through the seal of the rear quater panel and the lip of the boot at the top: around that area.

So, has anyone else had a similar problem?

What was it?

How did you fix it?

thanks

Victory Mentor

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I have the same type of problem with one of my R33's.

The boot leaks on one side at a time and fills one tail light. It is an intermittent problem that I cannot replicate by hosing the car and the tail lights have been out and resealed. Depending on which way the car is parked the water gets into the lower tail light,

The car has a factory GTR bootlid and spoiler and I am starting to think that it is leaking through the spoiler mounting bolt holes.

Any ideas or suggestions on what to try next would be appreciated. :thanks:

conan7772 Mentor

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My R33 leaked on the left side from the top, inside the gutter the boot closes over.

It soaked one of my amps hence I could determine the position of the leak.

It appeared to come through the bolt which fastens the hinge for the boot.

The bolts just go through the base of the gutter with no rubber washers or sealant.

My car was in a prang years ago, maybe the panel beater missed it.

Lucky for me my car is black, so I used black Sikaflex and just neatly smeared over the hinge mounts and bolt heads.

Also when this leak happened, my car was facing down hill, which makes the gutter fill up.

So far so good.

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ausdrift Experienced

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update, its wasnt the weathering strip, or not that i could tell. I tested the boot by pouring water over various parts of it repeatedly, and foud water entering from 4 + parts, including some seams of metal panles. I puit leftover sealent stuff there, but annoyingly there are still decent leaks which somehow let water get in on the L and R sides of the boot. Dispite all my testing, i have noidea how the funk this gets in the boot, its crazy.

Currently im fed up and have given up, and with the weather getting cold over here, i dont know when i will get to attempt to check more stuff. Im wondering weather the boot rubber seal is somehow letting it it, but thats just a last ditch guess.

this sucks

StevenCJR31 Veteran

StevenCJR31

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get some baby powder (or similar) and sprinkle it up and around the in side of the boot,when it next rains you will soon be able to determine where the water is coming in, had the same problem with my 300C, it had been rear ended at some stage in its life and the boot hinges were slightly buckled to the point where the boot lid wasnt sitting on its seal allowing water to enter

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GTR-N1

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get some baby powder (or similar) and sprinkle it up and around the in side of the boot,when it next rains you will soon be able to determine where the water is coming in, had the same problem with my 300C, it had been rear ended at some stage in its life and the boot hinges were slightly buckled to the point where the boot lid wasnt sitting on its seal allowing water to enter

Short of locking your G/F in there and taking the car through the automated car wash, the above advice is good!

StevenCJR31 Veteran

StevenCJR31

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Short of locking your G/F in there and taking the car through the automated car wash, the above advice is good!

tempting to lock the GF in the boot right now anyway. . .crazy b@#ch

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Mines leaking in the same manner and I traced it to the boot gutter where it looks like the seals are cracking. Am pretty sure it is not the boot bolts, and hinges as the leaks come from before that, and it is not the rear glass either. I like the baby powder idea so I will give it a wack. Weather has been nasty so I can't get it done, will use clear enamel paint in several layers until I can get it properly fixed.

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My 4 door was leaking, resealed the tailights, still leaking. Replaced the bootlid with spoiler with a spoilerless one, problem solved. Looked like it was coming in through the spoiler holes. The rubber gaskets were pretty dried out.

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