Finding leaks can be a challenge. I had a 1997 Rabbit that would flood every time it rained. It would flood the rear footwells and slosh around when I drove. Aggravating! But I could never ever find where the water entered the car.
Rain gutters and window seals are still available for your Jetta. Get them while you can. I think it is because there are modern version of the MK2 Jetta being produced in China. In contrast, I've had a heck of a time trying to find rain gutters and rear window seals for my MK2 Golf. My brother found a nice set of rain gutters for me from a seller in Northern California. I've found sources for some of the other front window seals (I've got the smaller '85 door windows with the triangular glass up front. But I've not found a source for replacement rear seals for the Golf. There are a ton of rubber rear window seals on eBay for the pop-out glass which ironically is the rarest of Golf accessories. But mine are the US issue Golf rear windows. I was lucky enough to stumble on two fresh MK2 Golf 16Vs in a local salvage yard and I collected complete door and rear hatch seals. But I'm still in search of rear side window seals. The 16V seems a bit neglected of late as I've been distracted with the other cars in my garage so Ive not been able to spend much time on the 16V. But I plan to resume work on it later this summer. -Les On Mar 4, 2015, at 11:53 AM, Holland Phillips wrote: > Okay Chad, what exactly would you like to argue about?😀 > > ~Holland > On Mar 4, 2015 11:47 AM, "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Usually after a few hours of rain I would often find water pooled in the >> trunk of my Jetta. I took the carpet out many years ago so this wasn't a >> big deal. I would just put a towel in there to soak it up whenever I >> remembered. The car is normally parked in my driveway at a slight incline >> so the puddle flows to the rear of the trunk area. I drilled a small hole >> to let the water drain. >> >> I think the water is coming in from the rear window seal and I really don't >> want to have the window and seal replaced. Maybe it won't be too costly - >> haven't even checked. >> >> I'd like to say I fixed the leak but I think an argument can be made that I >> didn't do that :) >> _______________________________________________ >> a2-16v-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >> For list archives, see listinfo link above. >> > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
