donkeykong

I thought I would post this in this section as well since this is where the original thread was.....................

So I posted a couple of weeks back about the water I found in my tool well. Well it was finally warm enough today to start investigating where it's coming from. Fortunately my wife and I have a friend that's 15 years old, 5'2" and 95 pounds.

She fit into my trunk perfectly.

Equipped with a lantern and her cell phone she was able to take a video for me of where the waters getting in.

If you are standing behind the car looking into the trunk it's in the rear right corner at the very top of the trunk space in front of where the spare tire is. Basically where the convertible top meets the trunk.

Anybody have any idea what would be causing the leak, and more importantly how to go about fixing it?

SgtB

The gutter runs right there. Any water that runs off the top goes into the gutter and the runs forward to drains by the doors. Push down on the fabric in that area where it meets the body and look for debris. You may have to eventually remove the top tray and unbolt that part of the gutter to clean it. Make sure the lip is set right too.

JstnRyan

Either debris causing a poor seal against the car trim (rubber piece along edge of sheet metal), or you've got a hole in the "gutter" area of the soft top. That's bad news, because the rubber drain and the PVC of the soft top are riveted together, and you'll likely need to replace most of, if not the whole top.

dfvs2k

Is this problem seen in the newer AP2 (08-09 S2k)

GT_NFR

WTF

CKit

Hahahaha! "To Catch a Predator...."

sharksfinn

thanks donkeykong i have the same problem but no one that small to fit in the boot. so thanks to answers it might of sorted me out to.

cougar hunter

i had a similar problem, turned out to be that one of the rivets came loose so water was coming through the hole.

sharksfinn

i have since been out and looked at mine i cant see anything the fabric is very tight im worried it will rip if i push to hard. i lowered the roof to see if that helps but it doesnt so cant even see any gutter or pipe or even a lip am i doing something wrong.

RL428

i thought that's where mine was coming in through, it actually turned out to be coming in through a worn taillight gasket. $130 taken care of at dealership in about 1-2 days i believe..... it was like $100 just to diagnose it, the actual gasket and labor was like $30 combined.