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Water ingress update

N/S/Floor area After striping out the carpet and sound deadening pads, the leak was traced to the front subframe tower bolt seal,

water running off the windscreen and bonnet, flooding the crossmember below the wiper motor and all round the tower bolt, It looked like the seal had worn due to movement over the years, the water then ran in to the crossmember, and out of the (left hand drive master cylinder hole) straight in to the sound deadening material and flooded the floor on the passenger side, Removed the bolt, sealed the rubber washer with silicone, tested the area with hosepipe, Viola !! sorted Fitzy

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Fitzy.
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It might be worth fitting the later (Twin-Point/MPi) type bonnet seal, because that is thicker and also partially runs down the engine bay/inner wing seam too. That way there's less chance of water getting on to the bulkhead.

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Taffy

It might be worth fitting the later (Twin-Point/MPi) type bonnet seal, because that is thicker and also partially runs down the engine bay/inner wing seam too. That way there's less chance of any water getting on to the bulkhead.

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Taffy

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Taffy

WOW.....that is so interesting! Now how about a report on any other, exciting, household projects.

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Madmax

Or just use a lot of roofing tar and bubble gum.

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Madmax

As used on most BINI's?

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Taffy

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Taffy

Thanks Taff, will give that a try, Fitzy

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Fitzy.

No...I said roofing tar and bubble gum...are you dense? What the hell is a Bini...an old mini with a bitch in it? Or maybe a brit? Oh...maybe its just a bull-shit mini cooper.

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Madmax

Yes it's one of these:-

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Taffy

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