water in trunk

[Kneale Brownson]

Don't know about the 80/90 bodies, but in my 4K cars, there is a rubber 
bumper in the rain trough around the inside of the fenders that gets old 
and disappears, leaving the hole the bumper went into.  Water can drip 
through that hole into the sides of the trunk area.  I've also had leaking 
around the tail light assembly.  Taping over the rubber bumper hole kept it 
dry till I could find a replacement.  Fixing the tail light leaking was 
more difficult.  I had to take out the entire assembly and pack some auto 
body sealant (putty-like stuff that stays soft and gooey forever) around 
the assembly.  Hardest part was getting the original sealant material to 
let go of the tail light assembly.  It's very adhesive stuff.

At 01:08 PM 09/05/2000 -0500, Nathan D Engelbert wrote:

>While packing my 89 90q for a trip, I noticed standing water in the
>passenger side recessed area of the trunk.  I had made a similar drive a
>couple of weekends ago and had damp luggage when unloading the car (very
>hot weekend).  Is there a plug that has gotten clogged, a bad seal, etc?
>The water seems to only be there, as the rest of the trunk's carpeting is
>dry.
>
>TIA
>
>Nathan
>89 90q
>
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