Peugeot 309 boot leak

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Sat 3 Feb 2001 18:02
Peugeot 309 boot leak - Phil Stubbs
My Pug 309 has a leak in the boot which seem common to all 309's and the bad thing about it is that you get a large build up of water under the rear seats which in time will badly stain or ruin them all together and effects its re-sale value. Does anybody know how I can stop this leak ?
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Sat 3 Feb 2001 19:15
RE: Peugeot 309 boot leak - Andrew Hamilton
I had a leak in my escort front wings through welding seam. This was sealed by factory with rubber strip. I pulled this out and used silicon rubber. The advantages were it was transparent and if a problem could be pealed off easily. Warning difficult to get off fingers as does not wash off easily!
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Sun 4 Feb 2001 09:03
RE: Peugeot 309 boot leak - trevor
a water leak in the boot is very often coming in past the seals around the rear lamps strip out some interior trim and look inside the boot while someone plays a hose gently on the outside like rain to see where it is coming in.
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Tue 6 Feb 2001 12:01
RE: Peugeot 309 boot leak - Alan
I have the same trouble on a 309. I took it to the garage who put a hose on it and found no leak.
I have since discovered it only happens when facing up a hill. I would be grateful if some one knows of a remedy.
Alan
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Sat 10 Feb 2001 14:46
RE: Peugeot 309 boot leak - Andrew Tarr
I have experienced a tailgate leak on a 205 (and heard of a similar one on a friend's car) which I have cured by diverting the water flow outwards. A 309 tailgate is clearly different, but may have a similar arrangement. At each lower corner is a large drain hole intended to empty inside the car! By sticking heavy-gauge polythene over this with Sticky-fixers to act as spacers, any water now escapes between the opening and the weatherstrip. Of course the proper solution is to find where water gets in, but I haven't managed that so far.
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