Mazda MX5 2008 | Water Leak Found (part 2)

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0:00 Right, OK, so back onto the MX5, so we're now going to show you inside the boot area. We're going to focus on the driver's rear quarter, and if I quickly show you inside first of all. So we've took the plastics out, we can't find any leaks on the light itself, but if you can see there, someone has been in and drilled a hole in the bodywork. So we've got a big hole here, and if we look very closely, we've got another big hole up here as well. So someone's drilled into the bodywork, and basically what

0:33 that's doing is, if I pour some water just on the outside of the light and then go on the inside, we can see that it's coming directly through both of them holes. And so that's a bit of an issue there, and we can see obviously the puddle collecting now. And if we just quickly come over to the passenger side, we're going to focus on this little square thing here. This is your air vent, which is behind the rear bumper. We can see that this one's got two tags on it

1:02 and it doesn't seem to be moving or leaking. If we come over to this side here, we can see that there's a tab missing, so it's possibly been broke. And the only thing is, because that tabs missing, this rear air vent is not held in properly. So basically what that's going to cause is, as soon as we put water on the outside, it is then going to make its way in, as quick as that. So that's them ones there, and so we'll carry on with the next legs.

Jun
04
2021

We suspected the rear light was leaking, this is possible if the rubber seal around it has perished.

However, upon inspection we found that at some point this car has had some bodywork and holes have been drilled through the back of the panel and is letting in water.

This is not a common problem on MX5s (obviously) and requires the intervention of a panel-beater or electrician to occur. This is why when cars come to us, we ask if the car has had previous bodywork or been involved in an accident. A shunt in the back can cause all sorts of panels to go out of alignment, or the sealant on seams to become cracked... or a panel beater could have drilled a bunch of holes or decided to leave some parts out because he decided they weren't important. Car audio specialists are another culprit and have a nasty habit of making holes where holes don't belong.  

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