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hidden water leak
« on: 07 February 2014, 12:26:05 »
just been poking around the boot of my new omega (see Hi post) when i noticed a bit of rust in an odd place behind the tool cover trim.



on closer inspection it was getting water through this seam in the boot lid channel



so i flushed it with wd40 then sprayed waxoyl in the crevices top and bottom



other side was fine because factory seam sealer had been applied unlike the drivers side.



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Re: hidden water leak
« Reply #1 on: 07 February 2014, 17:24:12 »
Previous accident repair :-\
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Re: hidden water leak
« Reply #2 on: 07 February 2014, 18:21:09 »
Certainly worth checking , thanks John
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Re: hidden water leak
« Reply #3 on: 08 February 2014, 14:07:24 »
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Previous accident repair

possibly, but no evidence of such and has the right stuff further up,just not applied far down enough.



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Re: hidden water leak
« Reply #4 on: 08 February 2014, 17:29:14 »
  That has had a repair of some sort in the past
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Re: hidden water leak
« Reply #5 on: 08 February 2014, 17:39:28 »
It would be interesting to see exactly what lies under the paint about a couple of inches in from the left of that picture...  :-\

Anything noteworthy evident under the boot carpet, assuming it hasn't been glued down...
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Re: hidden water leak
« Reply #6 on: 08 February 2014, 17:39:51 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 07 February 2014, 17:24:12
Previous accident repair :-\


Makes sense.
A decent bang will make the seam sealant part with the metal and let water seep in   :(
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Re: hidden water leak
« Reply #7 on: 08 February 2014, 17:42:06 »
Quote from: tigers_gonads on 08 February 2014, 17:39:51
Quote from: Taxi Al on 07 February 2014, 17:24:12
Previous accident repair :-\


Makes sense.
A decent bang will make the seam sealant part with the metal and let water seep in   :(
That the seam sealer is missing/different compared to the opposite side is quite telling imho :-\
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Re: hidden water leak
« Reply #8 on: 08 February 2014, 20:20:26 »
Shall have to have a check of mine in due course, being explod I doubt it has a single original panel on it...  ;D
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Re: hidden water leak
« Reply #9 on: 08 February 2014, 22:42:55 »
Agreed - that looks like the consequence of accident damage :)
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