OT: Water in the trunk???

[waveoff]

I drove my car on a 3 hour trip this weekend and most of the drive was in HEAVY rain. The morning after, I opened my trunk and one of my rags that was sitting in the left corner by the tail light was soaked. I looked in the spare tire area and there was a 1" deep puddle of water! I pulled the lining apart and saw a vent of some sort that I never noticed before. I'm assuming that this is to vent the trunk but why was water leaking in? It's never leaked before. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how did you remedy it? I'd like to take the vent out and plug the big hole but I'm not sure if it serves an important function.

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Fred G.
'97 Civic EX supercharged http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/track/4059
Beech 1900D driver...2,558 shp, 10,000+ ft./lbs. tq., top speed 331 mph

[zip]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by waveoff:
I'm assuming that this is to vent the trunk but why was water leaking in? It's never leaked before.
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That vent is supposed to only open when you close the door. Its sole purpose is to vent out the cabin air pressure when closing the door abruptly.

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Mods

[waveoff]

I see... Thanks for the info, Zip. Now that I know this I think I'll plug up the hole so my car doesn't become a rust bucket like my prelude. I always leave the sunroof cracked open. That should be enough of a vent to vent the cabin.

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Fred G.
'97 Civic EX supercharged http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/track/4059
Beech 1900D driver...2,558 shp, 10,000+ ft./lbs. tq., top speed 331 mph

[randomwalk101]

if you take out the lights, there is a weather strip seal or whatever in there..that needs to be replaced.

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It's powered by GASOLINE damnit!!!

[96IntegraRS]

Random: You're right... I had trunk water but when I simply removed and checked the seals, the water problem went away.

(tail lights)

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96 Integra B18B w JRSC@9psi, JR BTC, JR MAP Converter, Walbro 342, DC 4-2-1, DC Catback, ST Rear Swaybar, etc.
Best 1/4: 14.66 @ 94.7

[waveoff]

Thanks guys, I'll check that. I immediately thought that the vent was the culprit since it was wet in the immediate area around it.

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Fred G.
'97 Civic EX supercharged http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/track/4059
Beech 1900D driver...2,558 shp, 10,000+ ft./lbs. tq., top speed 331 mph

[alfack]

Yeah, I used to have a '91 Civic EX sedan that had the same problem. Mass water in the trunk and the tail lights would fill up with water. I ended up drilling a small drain hole in each tail light and replacing the sponge-like gaskets. Talk about a shitty engineering design. You'd think that it never rains in Japan

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'00 red GSR, AEM CAI, OE sport, Bilstein