Leak in trunk

I have an annoying leak in the trunk of my 95 PA. It drips water from the support metal in the corner under the passenger side window. Its NOT coming from the trunk weatherstripping- I know that for sure.

I thought it might be coming from the seams in the well around the corner of the trunk near the weatherstripping I but I pookied the crap out of the seams and it still leaks. I think it might be coming from the bottom corner of the rear window.

Has anyone seen something like this before? How do you take that molding (?- the black plastic stuff around the window) off to check for leak?

how does the window seal to the frame?

I hate wet trunks

I have a leak in my trunk too (91 PA), but mine is caused by a poor seal from a wire entering the driver side trunk lid from an exterior magnet-mount CB antenna. I havent been concerned about it but was tired of water pooling up in the spare tire well and rusting spare tire and jack. All I did was drill a small hole from the bottom of the spare tire well (careful not to hit the gas tank) to drain out the water. It stays damp but it doesnt pool up anymore. If I cared more, I would do something about sealing it up.

Sorry I cant give any specific advice.

Do you have a sunroof? There is a plastic drain tube from the sunroof that runs thru there to behind the rear tires on both sides.

No sunroof.

It must be coming from the rear window area. anyone know how to get the black gasket like thingy off from around the rear window???

The weatherstrip is glued in place with urethane at the factory. The best you could do would be to try and fill in around the edges with more sealer. Otherwise you'll have to remove the glass and reset it with a new weatherstrip.

I had the same problem with my 95 leaking in the same place. I tried sealing the joint with silicon right by the weather stripping. This worked for several weeks then it leaked again. I finally got a ton of silicon and spread it on the seam between the two pieces of metal all the way as far as I could reach. This has worked for the past 3 months and does not leak when raining heavy.

I have the same problem with my 95...still working it, but have reduced it to about 25% by careful cleaning and the addition of silicone between the rubber and glass. Only got the right half done so far, but looks like I'm heading in the proper direction. Jed Rule, it looks like they place the rubber arouind the glass and the polurethane the whole thing in place, using metal tabs at the base to index and/or help retain the assembly. Alldata only references the different sealants that GM approves and doesn't really give the whole procedure. Can you explain how they install the glass and rubber, so we can better understand how to bandaid it? Thanks

The old glass is removed with a dremel-like tool that cuts the sealer to release the glass. The reveal molding is destroyed when doing this. The new reveal molding is installed on the glass and then the edge of the glass is primed and a bead of urethane is applied. It is then installed as one unit. The glass is bonded to the car and becomes a structural part of the vehicle.
When I worked at the dealer we didn't attempt this- it resulted in too many broken windows. We always supplied the glass company with a new reveal molding when resealing a glass. They have applied urethane under an existing molding to reseal the glass (usually on used car's that the dealer didn't want to incur the expense of R&R). I think the important thing is to use urethane. It's messy stuff but boy does it seal. They used masking tape to keep the urethane off the paint. It scrapes off the glass easily when dry. Don't touch it when it's wet. You'll never get it off your hands.

i think I'll get a hypodermic needle and try to inject some rtv in between the windows and reveal molding and between the reveal and the body and see if that plugs it up.