I have a leak!

[mjb]

Got in the car this morning out of the rain, pulled away and got rained on again!

There's water coming out of the drivers side ultrasonic alarm sensor hole - any idea where it'd be coming from?

[steve_earwig]

I don't know where that is (Wild guess) Is on the windscreen pillar? My D8 used to drip from the overhead console thingy because the seal on the ariel had perished. Does it have a sun roof?

[mjb]

They're near the top of the pillars, right where you can knock them out easily if you often swing your sun visor round to the side window... I'm thinking aerial too, but it's a pain to get to on the D8, requiring you to destroy the centre console light due to dumb clip design.

Come to think of it, I don't think I saw a seal of any kind on the 2 D8 execs I've had the aerial off on...

[Welly]

If you're super-super carefull you could get some black automotive silicone sealant and 'do' the arial base plate? I've seen this stuff in little tubes (like toothpaste) you might even do the 'fred' as water might be getting in there?

[steve_earwig]

I dunno, the console is a long way from the door pillar, wouldn't it be dripping from here too? Wouldn't the roof lining be soggy as well??

I had the console off my D8 no problem at all, I can't remember how I did it though. Maybe yours is different.



Aside it's not worth starting a new thread for: we just had 7 tonnes of topsoil delivered at Božena's, the guy backed the truck over the path and the two slabs he went over sank into the ground and they're about 1.5 meters square lumps of concrete, bugger bugger bugger bugger

[Blue406]

If you're super-super carefull you could get some black automotive silicone sealant and 'do' the arial base plate? I've seen this stuff in little tubes (like toothpaste) you might even do the 'fred' as water might be getting in there?

your ability to articulate never ceases to make me laugh

[biglamb]

i have a slight leak too. mine is coming from the sunvisor attachment area. just 1 or 2 drops in real heavy rain. the head lining aint soaked though. so im not too worried at the moment, plus i have a list as long as my arm ( i wish it was as long as somthing else) of things to do and sort out first. sorry this dont help your leak, but at least your not alone.

[jameslxdt]

my D8 leaked from the aerial, its not that hard to get out, i sealed it with windscreen sealant

[mjb]

my D8 leaked from the aerial, its not that hard to get out

Just costs you £8 for a new courtesy light

Having said that though, the '98 V6 has a different design of light than the '97 tubbies - more curved - so maybe they sorted that problem?