Water Leak under rear seats, boot not wet

[Mr Dallas]

Having a clean up of my 172 and found alot of water under the rear seats, alarm bells started ring but boot carpet is perfectly dry, so in my mind rulls out rear clusters etc

any ideas ?

 

[Bucko]

Worth checking the spot welds under the roof rail trim, i had exactly the same problem and it took me an whole afternoon to diagnose with my girlfriend and a hosepipe!

The trim slides back and pops off. There was a clear gap where water was running down into the well under the rear seats. I just siliconed it up.

Let me know if that's the problem, i'd be interested to see if anyone else had it.

 

[Mr Dallas]

cheers mate, jsut been out to check it and all looks perfect underthere, checked the seems and all sealed so 99.9% sure its not that

 

[Bucko]

Damn, i was hoping that was the problem just so that i wasn't the only one! The only common places i know of are the rear clusters, spoiler and the sunroof (non-sports only obviously)

Have you checked the spoiler?

 

[Mr Dallas]

where abouts on the spoiler, where it mounts through the boot ?

 

[Bucko]

No idea, i just know people suggest checking it for leaks

 

[Daz.]

Damn, i was hoping that was the problem just so that i wasn't the only one! The only common places i know of are the rear clusters, spoiler and the sunroof (non-sports only obviously)

Have you checked the spoiler?

Your not the only one mine was on the passenger side - I blame my three wheeled driving style

 

[Bucko]

Nice! My leak came with the car, which sadly means i have the previous owners three wheeled driving style to blame!