Habib7677

How do I open the rear floor drain plug? I have water in the rear floor pan under the carpet from a leaky hatch and need to drain it out. Do i just whack it or what? :lala:

orange rocket

I just took my old one out yesterday Pull the carpet back and pry under it from the tab side. All it does is roll up and out. Just cut away the sealer around it first to make the job easier. BTW does anyone have part numbers on these plugs? They are the same for the trunk, back seat floor, and front seat floor. All of mine had some rust and I threw em out and want new ones. Any clue on part #s?

Habib7677

How do you pull the carpet back?

orange rocket

Are you talking about trunk plug or the 2 behind the front seats?

Habib7677

trunk

orange rocket

Here goes....

Remove the spare tire cover that is held in by over size plastic screw. Then remove the same screwa located on the dr. side of the rear plastic panel. Remove the top metal screw from that plastic rear panel and remove that panel pulling up and out. Then you will be able to pull the carpet up with out removing the dr. side panel. Good luck. If you need any pictures as to what I am talking about email me.

TomP

Two words: Wet Vac.

If you have a leaky hatch, check the weatherstrip on the outside of the glass, between the hatch window, and the panel that the spoiler sits on. Water sits on top of the window when it rains. If this rubber seal has shrunk from the heat, you'll get a leak.

I cut the seal backwards, and filled the void with black silicone.

Habib7677

Tom, is that the line of white caulking that is at the rear of the glass?I suspected that of leaking, but is that what youre talking about? Thats a good idea with the wet vac, ill have to try it and avoid ripping up my carpet. Would the rubber stripping that runs around the perimeter of the hatch be leaking too? Is seems to be running down the side plastic panels near where the glass ends (when the hatch is closed), but i dont know where its coming in from.

TomP

When I had that kind of leak, I draped a hose over my roof, so the water ran onto the hatch window. Then I got into the car, over the back seat, and looked inside the hatch. The water was pouring out from the middle of the window, at the bottom, and at the side of the window- but it wasn't coming from the weatherstrip at the edge of the hatchback! So I got out, removed the hose, undid the hatch, and looked for water- and there was a water line underneath that panel that covers the latch area when you open the hatch... damn, this stuff is hard to explain without a picture.

Okay, thanks to my pen cam, here's a shot of the weatherstripping that could have shrunken back, causing a leak. If it looks beat up, and you can see a gap between the glass and the panel, you might want to fix it with some black silicone "in a tube", by Permatex, for weatherstripping, about $3. I made a nice long blob across the area, and then, when it dried, I used a new razor blade to cut the blob into a neat backwards angle... to make the silcone thickest at the base of the window, and thinnest near the top of the panel.

Oh, and hey, white caulking? On my car, that area had a piece of black rubber sandwiched between the glass and panel. I wonder if someone already played with that spot on your car... a previous owner?

orange rocket

Someone did play with that on his car. Problems mainly arise when glass shops don't seal that seam. I personally had mine done last summer and it leaked like crazy. I Used black silicon and made a nice bead. It doesn't leak anymore and was fixed! Your perimiter seal could be leaking but you will see it compressed and see a section where it is wet all aqround from where it was flowing in. Even with a wet vac alot of water will be sealed in below the carpet (rubber base). I would still pull it and throw sime damp rid in there to pull all moisture. Good luck

89V6FBIRD

Tom, what does that tube of silicone stuff look like? Can I use just regular bathroom/tile caulk? I think I got one extra one left from my subwoofer project.

Kj Rockz

I would suggest getting some clear silicone from Home Depot or Lowes, and useing that. I think "Bathroom White" would standout too much. Unless you have a white car....

89V6FBIRD

Actually I have some black caulk leftover, (bought the black stuff because I thought it would look cool on the box, well maybe it didn't look too nice, but it sounds great!)