somethign thats been bugging me a while , in the boot in the rear corners (effectivly where the air vents/sunroof drains go into) on the pass side i get water in there the driver side does not???

anyone else have this??

i thought it may be the roof rails so i did have the driver side off a while back and sealed it.. could it be the rail on the passenger side too?? As the sunroof drain is in the vent both sides and i cannot see where else it could be coming frm???

 

Got exactly the same issue, Drivers side is fine 2, only the passenger side is doing it . When its dry I'm going to dust it with Talc to see if I can find out where its coming from. Will let you know if I find out what is going on with mine.

I had to drill a small hole to drain the water away, its was like a paddling pool in that corner.

 

i had this in my saff,its amazing how far a tiny bit of water can travel.its not the light gaskets is it?that was my saff problem.

 

I know that can be a problem on standard escorts, espesially if you've had the lights out to change them.

Cheap place to start with

 

for the sake of 20 odd pound its defo worth a start i reckon.like i say it sorted my saff.

 

using nomad lights they have there own seals which are very good

 

welcome to the club! the rear lights apparently didn't seal as proper as they should! I also get some from around the boot seal, as the boot lid isn't adjusted properly, don't you just love the Escos!?

 

i have a tip for you...
where the cables go from the boot lid..through into the roof...if this rubber seal is not firmly fit into the chassis...then it will leak as you describe.
i would not spend a penny on new parts until i would find the leak.
its not hard at all..you just have to take some of the interiour out..and have a friend to spray water on your car..while you are in the car...and see where it leaks in.and then..you will solve the problem.

hope you find out where it comes from.

cheers mate

 

ok i had a look into this and seems the lights were causing some water BUT.........

i have also discovered something which must be a common problem in build quality!!! The air vents in the corners seem to be leakign in water too... the water runs over the top of the bumper and on top of the air vent dribbles down and gravity make is leak through the bottom of the vent hence why some of us are getting little puddles


SO ALL ESCORT OWNERS- it may be worth removing the back bumper and putting a thin layer os sealer round the vent... when my car goes in for work in a few weeks i shall be doing this also

hope that helps some of you

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Thanks for the update, worth checking.