Help! Water in under spare tire of 2010 City

**Frontsight** · October 27th, 2013 12:30 PM

Hello everyone

I just got a used 2010 Honda City 1.3 automatic with 45k on the odometer. When I checked the spare tire, there was about 2 liters of water under the spare tire. The rest of the trunk was dry, even the spare tire compartment cover, carpet, and trunk sidings were all dry.

I thought that maybe the previous user drove it through flood so I just cleaned it. But in the past week from October 20-26 with very little rain in Metro Manila and no floods, there was again about 500ml of water under the spare tire.

Any ideas?

Thanks

FS

**Egan101** · October 27th, 2013 12:51 PM

Check the drain plug of the trunk.

**maki mi** · October 27th, 2013 10:47 PM

Did a lot of googling on this as I have the same problem. Possibilities: worn-out gaskets of either trunk lid, tail light or rear glass. Best way to find out: somebody check inside the trunk with a flashlight while somebody hoses from outside. Now I just have to figure out how to remove the inner liners so that I could see where it trickles.

**Frontsight** · October 30th, 2013 12:11 PM

Thanks for your suggestions and input

FS

**jodski** · October 30th, 2013 12:19 PM

Try mo baklasin yung mga plastic cover parts ng trunk mo usually naka clip lang ito para ma isolate mo kung may makikita ka na butas

And as stated sa taas hanapin mo yung drain plug nyan usually its a black round rubber na nasa area lang din ng spare tire mo.

**xagent_orangex** · October 30th, 2013 03:16 PM

nangyari sa akin dati ito...driving an old 94 lancer, kapag umulan ng malakas sigurado may laman yung trunk, same din sa iyo sa lalagyan ng spare. di ko alam dati, while driving, para akong may dalang aquarium at tuwing pepreno at aandar e parang alon sa dalampasigan sa loob ng car.

**[archie]** · October 30th, 2013 04:40 PM

Take out everything from the trunk. Put dry rags all over. Garden hose the trunk and back fender. Dry the exterior, open trunk and see which rags got most damped. Then just resolve the issue.

**jodski** · October 30th, 2013 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by Lew_Alcindor

My bet is on leaking tail light gasket.

Yung trunk kasi mejo may grooves yung edges so kahit sira weather strip, yung groove mag-guide sa tubig pababa at palabas.

Possible din ito... sa ibang sasakyan dati na experience ko sa garnish naman lumusot... may maliit na crack pala na hindi basta napapansin.

Kamusta TS nakita mo na ba cause ng trunk flooding mo?

**maki mi** · October 30th, 2013 06:48 PM

Thanks for this Sir Archie, ito nga pinaka practical, para may idea ako kung saan banda ang leak galing. Baka no need to baklas all the liners. Mahirap lang pag tail light gaskets nga, nakita ko kasi sa youtube na kailangan baklas ang bumper para tanggalin ang tail light. Kailangan talaga dalhin sa body repair shop.

Originally Posted by [archie]

Take out everything from the trunk. Put dry rags all over. Garden hose the trunk and back fender. Dry the exterior, open trunk and see which rags got most damped. Then just resolve the issue.