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Ok- I have a water in the spare tire well question. It's an 85 GS- no sunroof. But I am getting water in the spare tire well- I can hear it slosh around. I open it all up and get the water out and let it dry out. But where is it coming from? I assume the hatch- but the way the hatch is designed it would seem to hold water at the back edge (by design?). Is there a hole somewhere back there that can get clogged that lets that water drain out instead of just sitting?

Any suggestions?

 

yea open the hatch and there are 2 holes that get clogged on the bottom under the hatch seal. your hatch seal may be bad as well.

 

That's the way mine was when I first got it. Clear out the drainage holes real well and patch up your hatch seal if it needs it.

 

Yea buy a new hatch seal and clean or replace the hoses coming from the drainage. should help you.

 

My drain holes had been plugged for soo long that the welded seams next to the drain holes had rusted through just slightly causing a leak. Worth a check after clearing the holes.

 

My drain plug under the passenger seat is like open, i can spush up on it and stick my hand through it. I guess i'll have to seal it closed

 

drain holes with drain hoses? thanks- will go check this now while I still have some sunlight left (I hate the shorter days- it's almost dark when I get off work)

 

Yep- that was it. I had a heavy caked layer of leaves all around the back hatch, and the debris were clogging the drain hlles big time. I ran some heavy duty wead eater twine down each tube, then poured hot water down each. And I cleaned out all the debris all the way around the back hatch. I put some pretroleum jelly on the gasket and closed the hatch- I could see it was sealing all the way around. So I think I'm good to go now. :-)

 

Good job

 

on mine i used some single strand copper wire or an air hose but u could probly blow the tube off with an air hose lol so becareful

 

I cleaned the holes and then poured soapy water on that back edge and let it get into the holes....I then cranked up the compressor and hit the holes with 150 psi blasts of air and have had no problems since...lol

 

On that note- is this a common design detail from vehicles of this era? It seems kind of.... odd. I guess I am spoiled by modern flush glass designs.

 

2nd gen had the same issues. also if you have a sunroof it has the same type of drains.

 

i always clean them at the carwash. just open the hatch and blast them real quick point blank range.