Viltor Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Good Morning everyone, it started raining in Portugal. I noticed my MB& has a a water leak on the driver side pillar. Like this one.. I tried to put sulicone on the windshield but It stil leaks, does someone knows how to fix it ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dave Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Very common fault mate. It can be from either around the windscreen, or the sunroof drains, or the drain channels on the roof itself. Most common though is the windscreen. You need to carefully take off the trim around the windscreen (on the outside) then, starting from the bottom, work your way up the screen till you spot the leak. It's time consuming and a pain, but once you know where it is, its easy enough to fix. Or just silicon round the whole screen, but use good quality sealer. Tiger seal is really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spudley1988 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Had the exact same leak mate mine was windscreen . Luckily something flicked up and smashed my screen so got a replacement and leak was solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Viltor Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Hi everyone, yeah it seams its comming form the windshield, yesterday i tried to seal it with white silicone, few hours later I went to the car wash to see if the leak its solved, and it didnt leak inside, but after I went to the highway and I noticed that it start leaking. maybe i need to re-seal it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dave Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 See, the problem with the Civic M's is that the shell actually flexes a bit depending on where it's parked/on the move. I had the same problem with the MA8, it leaked if I parked it right at the front of the drive due to the camber on the drive, but if I parked if further back, on the level bit, it was fine. So I'm assuming that although you managed to seal it when it was parked, it's managed to create a minute gap again once on the move. I found that if mine was parked with the front on an uphill bit, but the rear on the flat (my drive was so uneven back then!!) that was when it broke the seal round the window. So try and find somewhere with that kind of gradient, or, if you can, park it on a slight (very slight) downhill slope and then jack the front up slightly. This will give the same kinda effect my drive had on mine. Then go around the screen with a really good sealant. I'd deffo go for tiger seal mate, as a lot of the other silicon sealers just come away from the painted surface easily. Tiger seal won't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Viltor Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 I found the leak. It was the windshield seal. So i put somesilicone on the windshield, it was a pain to find it. Thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Good Morning everyone, it started raining in Portugal. I noticed my MB& has a a water leak on the driver side pillar. Like this one..
I tried to put sulicone on the windshield but It stil leaks, does someone knows how to fix it ? Thanks
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