wet boot in MK3 Golf... what's occuring??

[roosevelt]

Hi, just checked out the musty smell in the missus' 95 GTi (5 door) tracked it to water in boot. Boot mat has soaked it up good, water in recesses for wire clips on rear edge of boot, maybe coming thru lights??? also wiring loom on passenger side soaked it up and (I think) carried water thru rear seats into base of rear seats,
anyone experienced this?
can anyone confirm its lights or boot seal
have checked rear washer pipe and its dry and not broken/cracked....
any ideas appreciated to save an expensive investigation by a garage!
cheers

[anonymous-user]

9/10 this will be the gasket on one or both of the rear lights. Should be able to pick another pair up from the scrappy or maybe the stealers.

[paulshears]

as already said, around the rear lights is most likely with the boot been wet

following would cause damp, but it's checking anyway

pull the trim off the inside of the tailgate and check for rust around where the numberplate light are / trim screws on / bottom of window..... clean the drain holes of the tailgate out

there was loads of water in my tailgate..... it was sloshing about

[g60editionone]

The rubber seals for the rear lights can be dried out and reused but give them a good wash first to remove any muck.

If they are not worth reusing then they can be got from the main dealer, part number 1H6 945 191 at approx £6.00 each.

-Ben

Edited by g60editionone on Wednesday 27th January 22:37

[Holepunch]

I had the same issue clean all the cr@p off the seals then refit. If it still happens use some bathroom sealent on all the amting surfaces.

30min job tops