water pours from the back door
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What locations are wet exactly? Is just the floor of the tailgate area? Do you have a sunroof?
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Mine does the same thing. Next time you wash, remove the spare tire first. My theory is that the extra weight warps the door bulging the top outwards and anything that hits the seal easily passes through.
It would be nice to have an oversized door seal to compensate for the warpage.
It would be nice to have an oversized door seal to compensate for the warpage.
here you go, cut and paste of an answer I gave on LRonly.com last week:
Had this issue when I first got my discovery with the OEM ladder already on. I too tought it was the ''thickness'' of the ladder that was allowing water to go in. Went to the dealer, and the service manager who is also a member of the local club, showed me how to resolve this.
You first have to open the door all the way, and while a second person is holding it and not allowing it to move, you have to loosen the upper hinge. Then the second person lifts the wide open door a little to allow the hinge to move in further than it originally was. thighten the upper hinge, and this will create a thighter seal.
Worked for me.
Had this issue when I first got my discovery with the OEM ladder already on. I too tought it was the ''thickness'' of the ladder that was allowing water to go in. Went to the dealer, and the service manager who is also a member of the local club, showed me how to resolve this.
You first have to open the door all the way, and while a second person is holding it and not allowing it to move, you have to loosen the upper hinge. Then the second person lifts the wide open door a little to allow the hinge to move in further than it originally was. thighten the upper hinge, and this will create a thighter seal.
Worked for me.
Poor fit and finish....mine had same issue...I adjusted according to the post above me and it sealed a little better but still had a leak. I ended up going to Lowes and getting automotive/marine grade weather stripping in black that was a 5/16" thick and 23/64" wide. I stuck it along the outer edge of the door and it seals perfectly and no more leak. Yeah I know it's not the way it came but with the stuff applied it almost looks like it came that way.
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Same problem. Good solution Jeffro. I'll try the hinge adjustment too.
http://www.trimlok.com/ has many variations for differant applications.
http://www.trimlok.com/ has many variations for differant applications.
I have the same problem, but in a different area. When it really comes down in buckets, water rolls down my seat belt strap and all over me. :smilelol:
Big Papa said:
That would most likely be the sunroof drains that are either unhooked, or clogged so water gets in onto your headliner, and drips where it can.
There's a write up in the tech section on how to get to the drains. But as a temporary fix, you can open the sunroofs, and clean the inside edges of the glass all around, and the rubber seal using silicone spray. It won't do anything for the drains, but should stop the leak.
I had a similar problem, but my drains were fine. Its just that during heavy downpoors, the drains could not keeps up with the incoming flow and the water would get in trough the dirt that had formed on the rubber seal and inner glass. Did what I described above and no more leaks. Mine was coming down towards the front where the sunvisor attaches.
Thanks Steph, but I have an S model, so no sunroofs. Light to medium showers, I'm ok. But when it rains like nobody's business, I get drenched. :splat:
the `03 and early `04 have had problems with the roofrack connecting to the roof. I went to the DLR and they fixed it and cleaned the SR drains. Now I am getting the leak in the back.
AS No PVMT said, the only other possible area then , would be the rack's attachment points. Lower your headliner enough to get to the bolts, clean thing up and find a rubber or soft urethane gasket that will fit there. Heck...I'd even custom make one out of tire tubing 