340 rear door leaks -A cure?

srtames · Oct 20th, 2004, 17:31

I have found why I get a puddle under the rear carpets. It appears to come from a horizontal seam across the rear bottom of the door after water has got in there from past the "weather strips". I have affected a cure with a length of polythene 3in wide across the door bottom held in by clamping under the door trim bottom 2 clips. This deflects the water to the outside of the car.

Hope this helps , SteveT

vjck_uk · Oct 20th, 2004, 22:40

A lot of cars have a sheet of polythene all over the inside of the door under the outer trim to stop this happening,it's just stuck on with a sellotape type glue.
The winders and and handle bits just poke through it.

srtames · Oct 28th, 2004, 13:23

My doors do have a pollythene sheet behind the trim but they do not stop water getting through the bottom transverse seam hence the extra 2 in hanging down below the trim. Not pretty but preferable to soggy carpets and a rusty floor.

regatds Steve T

Oct 20th, 2004, 17:31	#1
srtames Member Last Online: Jun 16th, 2020 17:21 Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: reading	340 rear door leaks -A cure? I have found why I get a puddle under the rear carpets. It appears to come from a horizontal seam across the rear bottom of the door after water has got in there from past the "weather strips". I have affected a cure with a length of polythene 3in wide across the door bottom held in by clamping under the door trim bottom 2 clips. This deflects the water to the outside of the car. Hope this helps , SteveT

Oct 20th, 2004, 22:40	#2
vjck_uk Premier member Last Online: Jul 29th, 2017 15:54 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: southern edge of birmingham	RE: 340 rear door leaks -A cure? A lot of cars have a sheet of polythene all over the inside of the door under the outer trim to stop this happening,it's just stuck on with a sellotape type glue. The winders and and handle bits just poke through it.

Oct 28th, 2004, 13:23	#3
srtames Member Last Online: Jun 16th, 2020 17:21 Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: reading	RE: 340 rear door leaks -A cure? My doors do have a pollythene sheet behind the trim but they do not stop water getting through the bottom transverse seam hence the extra 2 in hanging down below the trim. Not pretty but preferable to soggy carpets and a rusty floor. regatds Steve T

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