Puzzled”?” Water

[momzsvx]

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

If you check where the donut spare is located, underneath there are two rubber bungs or plugs covering holes in the metalwork. Remove these plugs and keep them safe. The holes uncovered will allow water to escape from the spare wheel well. If you leave them off for a while they may also allow some heat from the exhaust silencer to enter and dry the area. The exhaust gas goes out the back from the two pipes, so it is quite safe in that regard.

Next, you should leave the bootlid open in dry sunny weather with the open trunk [I forgot you call it trunk] facing the sun. This will dry it out completely. One thing to remember is the trunk light. Remove the bulb while doing this, otherwise the long timespan with the bulb lighting may drain the battery.

This works very well to totally dry the area.

Joe

[And yes, the water was getting into mine via the light gaskets as well.]

You posted some great ideas, thanks. How do I take out the drain plugs without harming them, any suggestions? I was pushing on them, but I was not sure how they came out. Thank you for your post, it was quite helpful. ;-)