leak passenger side rear!

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By Chance
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:33 pm #46089 What kind of leak?
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By teal_dx
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:18 pm #46091 check the tail light foam gasket. they need replaced after a long time.

best way to find out, sit in your hatch and watch while friend hoses your car down. you'll probably need to pull out the plastic panels for a better look :thumb:
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Re: leak passenger side rear!

By k0rean4life
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:19 pm #46092 Most likely you are leaking from the window seal. I suggest taking ur rear interior out to look farther into where its coming from before anyone can really help you out. :thumb:
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By CivicTypeR
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:20 pm #46093 Where abouts on the rear is the leak? get that bitch sorted otherwise it'll rust.
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By miguel329
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:05 pm #46109 yea i was really hoping not to take the panel out haha! im thinking its the taillight foam,cuz the leak doesnt go into my spare tire area its on the top side of that by the tail light. also i did sit in the car while it was raining hard.. but im going to take off the panels this week after i took out the seats and seen all the food and dog hair that was in their...bought the car from a chick that was a hog! it was her party car foot prints on the ceiling haha.
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By k0rean4life
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:44 pm #46113 trust me the weather stripping is usually the problem. Also the way they designed to drain the water goes thru the seals and usually starts to leak.
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By Graham
- Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:26 am #46116 I sometimes get water collecting in the same are - it gets in from the seal around the rear hatch, goes down my c-pillar and collects at the bottom

I jsut pulled the seal off, cleaned the crap and put it back on - its stayed dry since 8)
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By Tee
- Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:37 pm #72804 I know this is an old thread but I have just noticed the same problem with my 94 hatch.

The rear Drivers side (UK car) is leaking somwhere, the rear seatbelt is soaking, it seems to be dripping on top of it, what do you mean by weatherstripping? any other places water can get in? looks like its from the roof or pretty high up!


thank you
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By ChicagoMike
- Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:41 pm #72806
Tee wrote:I know this is an old thread but I have just noticed the same problem with my 94 hatch.

The rear Drivers side (UK car) is leaking somwhere, the rear seatbelt is soaking, it seems to be dripping on top of it, what do you mean by weatherstripping? any other places water can get in? looks like its from the roof or pretty high up!


thank you


The black stripping that runs down either side of the roof on the outside of the car. After time that stuff dries out and starts to let water into the car.
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By Gorveatt
- Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:06 pm #72858
teal_dx wrote:check the tail light foam gasket. they need replaced after a long time.

best way to find out, sit in your hatch and watch while friend hoses your car down. you'll probably need to pull out the plastic panels for a better look :thumb:


they do? hell no wonder why i kept getting water in my hatch when i had it. there was no foam gasket :lol:
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By Tee
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:07 am #72924
ChicagoMike wrote:The black stripping that runs down either side of the roof on the outside of the car. After time that stuff dries out and starts to let water into the car.


Whats the best way to fix the problem? replace it? remove and seal it with some sillicone?

How does it come off?

Thank you
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By Tee
- Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:46 pm #77798 right my leak turned out to be coming from the sunroof, the rear was not sealing properly! i wouldnt have belived it but its true
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