Cabrio weeping hood ?!

[IceBoy]

Hi All,

With the very heavy showers over the past couple of weeks, I have noticed that the hood is letting in a tiny drop of rain water, every couple of minutes or so.

This happens in the front window of both driver and passenger side, towards the wing mirror.

It is not a lot but after 6 hours of rain, it can wet the carpet.

The car in question is the C70 T5, it is a 2005 model and has been garaged all its life from new. To be honest, it has never been out in the the rain, as we have other cars!

The car is like new with 25k and as said only ever been driven in the sun until last week......the rubbers seem perfect....what else could I do?

IceBoy

PS. I have parked it in the garage now but it is soaking wet and it will be driven in the morning....not ideal...hope there will be no water marks/stains!!!???

[fozzymandeus]

Is a 2005 model the folding hard top one? If so, you need a lubricating oil to soften the seals (they are 7 years old after all).

Mercedes call it a "sliding compound" (oo-er). It's dead expensive from them. Dunno if Volvo offer such a thing. However I've treated all of the seals on my SL's roof with the stuff and it has stopped any hint of a cabin leak.

[IceBoy]

It is the last of the soft-top/mohair hoods.
Iceboy

[fozzymandeus]

Par for the course then.

"They all do that, sir". It's age getting to the material - it'll have shrunk ever so slightly so the mechanism will be under greater stress when the roof is tensioned. Not really sure what you can do. Good news it it'll probably only be heavy rain that'll do it.

[jmorgan]

Dunno what your car is like or its inherent issues but I find that proofing mine goes a long way, this stops the material acting like a sponge and becoming a reservoir to osmosify (made up word) itself through gaps and joins etc.


Usual caveat, this is for mine and what I do with mine.

[IceBoy]

Thanks for the replies.

What lubrication oil should I use?

Do Halfords/motor factor have something similat?

Thanks!
IceBoy

[Froomee]

Tent spray on the hood itself or a sutiable type of water repellent ( depending on material, type of repllent,etc) and Vaseline on the rubbers usually works pretty well in my experience. Fairly basic, cheap and worth a try..........

[thescamper]

Froomee said:

Tent spray on the hood itself or a sutiable type of water repellent ( depending on material, type of repllent,etc) and Vaseline on the rubbers usually works pretty well in my experience. Fairly basic, cheap and worth a try..........

+1 What he said

[J4CKO]

My 944 was a bit leaky, I used the autoglym kit, it consists of a cleaner and a protectant, no more leaks, twenty quid from most car shops.