boot and passenger foot carpet leaking....

206allure · Post by **206allure** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:54 pm

hi, i have purchsed a 54 plate 20c cc, and have had nothing but problems with it.. can someone help me out please.

i have noticed that my boot has water in it- the carpet is very wet on the drivers side of the boot and also i noticed yesterday that the carpet where passenger feet go behind driver was also wet.

any idea on where these leaks are coming from or what i can do????

Globetrotter · Post by **Globetrotter** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:31 pm

the leaks are coming from the seals in the roof and the boot lid, it's a common fault on the CC, hence why we have a section for it in the forums I guess.

The reason it's happened now is because of the snow and ice we've been having, water seeps onto the seal, expands when it freezes and causes a gap in the rubber seal.

Some people have found that putting vaseline on the seals can warn off leaks.

Post by **GrandadMonkey** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:52 pm

An alternative to vaseline is silicon grease - you can buy small pots of it from plumbers merchants. Don't get it in your eyes.

Globetrotter · Post by **Globetrotter** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:59 pm

Silicon grease would be much better actually.

Although both are chemically inert (sp?), the silicon grease has a much lower chance of reacting with the rubber in the seal, vaseline is petroleum jelly which may leave a residue or worse still damage the rubber in the seal.