Water in Boot

[adi999999999]

Hi

I have only had my SRI a couple of weeks and have just noticed I am getting water in the boot at the rear ,near the back lights on both sides.Anyone any ideas as to the cause of this

Adi999999999

[Veccy 150]

Have you checked the seals on the rear lights have not perished, had the same problem on one car and found it to be the seals.

[adi999999999]

I've checked the lights (they are brand new) and they appear to be OK

Adi999999999

[Dan]

is the seal on the wiper arm ok? thats the usual suspect.

[michaelgeorge]

Seal on the wiper arm (ie grommet) is often the cause . You will need to take the wiper arm off and the inner trim to get to it . The grommet sits on top of the rear wiper motor and perishes over time causing a leak .
Another one is the silicon sealer around the quarter glass.Vauxhall put a small bead of this on the glass surface which is not enough to be honest .
To test if it is this put the hose on the top edge of the quarter glass (both sides) and let the water flow down , you will see it trickling down on the inside of the quarter glass from the top .
The quarter glass has screw threads bonded onto it and small nuts to compress it to the bodyshell,they may well need a nip up . BE VERY CAREFUL HOW TIGHT YOU MAKE THEM AS THEY CAN SHEAR OFF .
What i would do is buy some black silicon sealer(holts) then gently undo the nuts and put some sealer underneath . The quarter glass edge has a black thick line all the way round it so you wont see it if you take your time .
When you have done this re-tighten the nuts then put a thin bead all the way around the glass to inner seal it .
You will have to take some rear inner trim out to do this job in the hatch but this is very easy .
This is a common fault on the hatchback but seems to be less of a fault on the saloon version .

IF THE WATER IS FOUND TO BE AT THE SIDES OF THE REAR BOOTWELL IT WILL BE THE QUARTER GLASS ONE OR BOTH DEPENDING WHICH SIDE .
IF IT IS RIGHT AT THE BACK NEAR THE LATCH FOR THE TAILGATE ALONG THAT EDGE IT WILL BE THE GROMMET .

[vectra sri140]

get in side of the boot and get some one to hose it down and you might see were its coming from
had to do this on my old cav.