Cabrio door seal leak?

[milleplod]

Evening all.

Whilst parked up in the wife's Cabrio the other week, in pouring rain (top up!! :rolleyes: ) I noticed a small amount of water coming in from the top of the passenger door glass.....it was dripping off the windscreen pillar. As we intended to put the hardtop on fairly soon, I didn't do anything remedial in case it was just a soft-top issue. Anyway, the hardtop's on now. Today, parked in heavy rain, the drip's there again! :angry:

I'm therefore assuming that its nothing to do with the seal on the softtop, but that its the door aperture seal, which runs up to the top of the windscreen pillar. I can't see any splits in the seal. I've found the part number for it, but am wondering if anyone's fitted a new one themselves. Anything awkward about it at all? Can anyone direct me to the workshop manual instructions for carrying out the job?

Thanks in anticipation!

Pete

[Doug996InKC]

Thanks for posting this. I have the same issue!

[milleplod]

Thanks for posting this. I have the same issue!

Hi!

I was hoping for some feedback to convince me I was about to spend around £150 on the correct part!!! Ah well, its only money, and I can't see what else could be at fault really. I'll order the part tomorrow and let you know how I get on. :rolleyes:

Pete

[1schoir]

Thanks for posting this. I have the same issue!

Hi!

I was hoping for some feedback to convince me I was about to spend around £150 on the correct part!!! Ah well, its only money, and I can't see what else could be at fault really. I'll order the part tomorrow and let you know how I get on. :rolleyes:

Pete

Pete:

Have you checked to make sure that it is not just an adjustment to the door glass that is needed?

Have you compared the height and forward to aft position of the door glass on the driver's side with that of the passenger's side door glass to see if there is any measurable difference?

If there is a difference, you may be able to adjust the door glass that is leaking to match the positioning of the "good" side.

You can actually adjust the inboard/outboard position of the top edge of the door glass without removing the door panel, as well as raise or lower the final closed position of either (or both) the forward top corner or rearmost top corner of the window.

If you think this might be a solution to your problem, post here and I will look for a write-up I had done on a similar issue a while back.

Regards, Maurice.

[milleplod]

Thanks for posting this. I have the same issue!

Hi!

I was hoping for some feedback to convince me I was about to spend around £150 on the correct part!!! Ah well, its only money, and I can't see what else could be at fault really. I'll order the part tomorrow and let you know how I get on. :rolleyes:

Pete

Pete:

Have you checked to make sure that it is not just an adjustment to the door glass that is needed?

Have you compared the height and forward to aft position of the door glass on the driver's side with that of the passenger's side door glass to see if there is any measurable difference?

If there is a difference, you may be able to adjust the door glass that is leaking to match the positioning of the "good" side.

You can actually adjust the inboard/outboard position of the top edge of the door glass without removing the door panel, as well as raise or lower the final closed position of either (or both) the forward top corner or rearmost top corner of the window.

If you think this might be a solution to your problem, post here and I will look for a write-up I had done on a similar issue a while back.

Regards, Maurice.

Hi Maurice.

I never thought of that as a possible answer! Once it stops lashing with rain, I'll go and take a look and get back to you. Many thanks. :)

Pete

[1schoir]

Hi Maurice.

I never thought of that as a possible answer! Once it stops lashing with rain, I'll go and take a look and get back to you. Many thanks. :)

Pete

Pete:

Here is the thread I was referring to. It deals with wind noise, but the photos and instructions may be helpful in your case as well:

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...ic=16939&hl

Regards, Maurice.

[milleplod]

Well, I had a bit of luck! :) First, I did the reset on the upper/lower window stop positions, then I had a look at the seal itself, in the area of the top of the windscreen pillar.

I didn't do anything very precise, just fiddled about with the 'floppy' bit of the seal at the top, to see if it could perhaps have become mis-positioned. The good old English weather obligingly gave me the ideal opportunity to test my 'adjustments' that very afternoon, and guess what?! The leak's gone! :D

Not sure if it was the reset or the seal that sorted it, but its sorted! :thumbup:

Pete