water in spare wheel well?

[jimothy]

My 54 plate FR TDI has a habit of collecting water in the spare wheel well, my sisters 54 plate polo has the same problem. Any ideas what's the cause? Cheers for the help

 

[Crafoo]

The rear window washer pipe hasn't come off has it? Just a thought

 

[jimothy]

Nope, it still squirts normally.

 

[Crafoo]

Are both cars standard? you haven't changed the rear light clusters or anything, just thinking there maybe a seal that isn't in place correctly that's letting water in.

 

[jimothy]

Both cars totally standard, neither with any accident history either.

 

[mhill]

Strannge as there is a drain hole in there which vents above the back box, i found out after a 20L fuel can tipped over in the boot.

 

[Crafoo]

How much water are we talking?

 

[jimothy]

A fair bit if left for a few months, I empty mine every few weeks now.

 

[Crafoo]

Very strange, only thing I can think then is maybe a split in the washer pipe and it's leaking into the boot, i'm sure somebody will come up with something else though.

 

[TazB]

is the carpet wet under the rear seats? and or rear footwells? rear seats wet at all?

im asking cos i had this problem with above symptoms in a mk4 golf. we spare wheel well had a litre of water in it lol.

i never found out what the cause was, i part ex'd it for the ibiza.

door seals? boot seals? seals around the air vents under the rear bumper? do you have a sunroof? if so there's a drain pipe that could be blocked

 

[jimothy]

I'll check the rear seats and carpets when I've finished work. no sun roof either

If it didn't have vandal damage i'd be looking to part-ex it for something else, but gotta get that sorted first. Grrrr.