1998 olds intrigue trunk leaking

[apc14606]

Hello everyone. I just purchased a 1998 olds intrigue and opened the trunk after it had rained and found water had been leaking inside. A friend at work has the same problem with the same car and another friend has the same problem but with an alero. Has any one else had the same problem? If you have,please let me know if it can be fixed and what needed to be done. I'm a new member and would appreciate any help that is given, thank you very much. apc14606

[kmohr3]

Does your car have a rear spoiler? If so, I would check / seal up the mounting holes first.

Get in the trunk with a flashlight and have somebody hose it down until you see the leak.

[apc14606]

Thanks for the information on checking the spoiler, both corners by the tail lights were wet and water was running down the carpeting,also I pulled back the carpeting on the side and saw that there was some surface rust on top of the shock/strut tower and that water was dripping in on top of it,so I ran my hand underneath from the back windshield to the taillight and it was all wet under there,I did the same thing on the other side and found the same problem. I'm wondering if maybe the back windshield needs to be resealed? Thanks again for your help and reply,any other help and replies would be greatly appreciated.

[jmlangeveld]

Originally Posted by apc14606

Thanks for the information on checking the spoiler, both corners by the tail lights were wet and water was running down the carpeting,also I pulled back the carpeting on the side and saw that there was some surface rust on top of the shock/strut tower and that water was dripping in on top of it,so I ran my hand underneath from the back windshield to the taillight and it was all wet under there,I did the same thing on the other side and found the same problem. I'm wondering if maybe the back windshield needs to be resealed? Thanks again for your help and reply,any other help and replies would be greatly appreciated.

If it is around the taillights, it is quite possible that your taillight gaskets are leaking. A lot of times on older cars, the gaskets that seal the taillight to the car become old and dried out. When this happens, getting replacement gaskets usually fixes the problem. This is a very common problem on older Honda Accords.

[kmohr3]

The rear glass leaking certainly would have me concerned, please let me know what it takes to fix that problem. Maybe call GM or check with AllData and see if there's a TSB or something on water leaking from that area. I would still hop in the trunk and see if I could pin it down to a definite location. Hopefully a good glass shop would be able to reseal the glass. Good luck with this one, and let me know what it takes!

[apc14606]

Originally Posted by jmlangeveld

If it is around the taillights, it is quite possible that your taillight gaskets are leaking. A lot of times on older cars, the gaskets that seal the taillight to the car become old and dried out. When this happens, getting replacement gaskets usually fixes the problem. This is a very common problem on older Honda Accords.

Thanks for that information, I didn't know that there were gaskets around the taillights. I'll have that checked out and let you know how I made out,thanks.

[apc14606]

Originally Posted by kmohr3

The rear glass leaking certainly would have me concerned, please let me know what it takes to fix that problem. Maybe call GM or check with AllData and see if there's a TSB or something on water leaking from that area. I would still hop in the trunk and see if I could pin it down to a definite location. Hopefully a good glass shop would be able to reseal the glass. Good luck with this one, and let me know what it takes!

I called GM and they said they didn't have any other reports about this particular problem,but something must be going on if my friends intrigue and other friends alero are leaking the same way. Another friend at work told me that his brother is the manager of the body shop at a GM dealership and has been doing this kind of work for about 37 years, so I think I'm going to take it there and see if he can figure it out. In the mean time I'll check out AllData and see if they have any information. Thanks for the reply and I'll be sure to let you know what happens.

[apc14606]

I opened the trunk after it had rained and found that the water had been leaking from the top bolt hole that holds the taillight on,the black plastic nut that holds the mesh in the trunk doesn't provide a very good seal as i ran some water down the trunk chanel and found that the water is in fact leaking at this spot,so i undid the nut from the bolt and pulled away the carpeting and saw the water leaking in. To fix it i put a rubber washer around the bolt,then i put the carpeting in place and tightened the nut and ran some more water down the chanel and it doesn't leak anymore from that spot,i also did the other side and it doesn't leak anymore either.As far as the water that i had found on top of the shock/strut tower,there was no water there after it had rained,and i did not drive the car while it was raining,but when i took the car out the other day when it was raining i checked it again after i got home and i found water in those spots on both sides and it was not wet up above those spots,so the only thing that i could think of was that it is being sprayed up from the tires through the seams,so i checked under the wheel well and found that a good portion of undercoating was missing from the spot where it is wet by the seam,i am going to buy a couple of cans of undercoating and respray those spots and i'll let you know how that works out,talk to you later,apc14606.

[kmohr3]

use body seam sealer - then undercoat

[apc14606]

I didn't think of that,thanks for the information and I'll let you know how it works out. apc14606