Leak under body in the center rear

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by tom1l21, May 22, 2011.

  1. tom1l21

    tom1l21 Member

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    Directly under the body in the center, about 2 feet in from the rear, I noticed a small drip leak. There was a weak rubber plug that I yanked out and all of a sudden, about half a gallon of a water like substance poured out. Anyone know what this was?

    Update: it appears that the spare tire compartment was full of water. Any idea why or what could of caused this???

    PC36100 ?
     
    #1 tom1l21, May 22, 2011
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    Likely to be water trapped in the spare wheel well, possibly leaking in through one of the rear light seals to the bodywork.
     
    #2 Britprius, May 22, 2011
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    Take out spare wheel clean and dry the well leave rubber bung out till path of water ingress is found and rectified.
     
    #3 Britprius, May 22, 2011
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    +1 The Gen II rear light assembly gasketing is, well...
    let's say usually functional, but on the scant side...
    thin, easily compressible strip foam gasketing,
    apparently off a roll and applied by hand...
    Did I say cheesy?

    When I had both assemblies removed, to replace '08 lights with '06
    ones -- to get the black chrome brake light reflectors, I was suprised
    to see how different the actual paths of the gasketing was on the four
    assemblies.

    Lots of opportunities for leakage.
     
    #4 Rokeby, May 22, 2011
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