Aygo Leaks

[InnaDaze]

My wife bought an aygo last year, 2nd hand from a Toyota dealership. It's the 1.0 automatic. Very happy with it until we started getting condensation problems... and upon further investigation. found several leaks. Fortunately we had an extended warranty with it, and the dealer took her in and performed several modifications as stated in other posts. (extra weatherstrips above door openings, new, glued in doorseals etc.etc). The repairs / modifications appeared fine.... until the other day. Boot carpet wet again...

I stripped the boot out, jack, spare wheel, carpet, side mouldings n'all. checked all around for water marks, none. I then set the hose gun on to try to replicate a moderately heavy shower. After giving the back end it bit of water, I looked from the drivers seat to see any drips. Aha... I believe I have found another possible entry for water. The rear wiper motor shaft which goes through the rear windscreen, is not sealed properly, the water gets past the grommet, drips on to the lock clip, and the drips down on to the boot carpet. Depending on the level of the car, the water wets the carpet accordingly. So, I have temporarily used bath sealant around the outer finials to the wiper shaft. Tomorrow, when it's gone off, I'll attempt the hose job again, just to confirm my suspicions. I'll keep you posted. I know, I shall end up having to take the rear wiper out, and refit it with some dum-dum, does any one know how the wiper cover on the inside of the car comes off? I can't see any screws? Is it just a push fit? I don't want to force it and break any clips, like I've done on my other old merc. Any info would be appreciated, thanks.

[Unklian]

Hi There.

Looks like it is a push fit but not sure how.

Hope this helps.

Ian.

[kevin65]

Silcone sealants are not the best type of sealant to use for sealing against water leaks like this. They will start to peel and water will get underneath. On my old E30 BMW had a number of water leaks and I used 3M windscreen sealant successfully on them all. It's a black gooey type of sealant which never hardens and provides an excellent seal against water ingress. The only problem with it is that it's a bit messy to use.