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[JamesV6CDX]

Yep it's rubber, it's not connected to the scuttle itself, but it's the bit under the windscreen that the scuttle tucks underneith?

Scuttle itself, is fine..... (albeit wet!)

[tunnie]

Actually, I'm being a numpty. The scuttle panel fits under this seal, doesn't it?

Is water leaking into the car or just behind the scuttle?

Kevin

Yup, not all the way i think, that rubber lip runs along the bottom, the scuttle slips underneath and goes up as far as the glass i think....

[JamesV6CDX]

Actually, I'm being a numpty. The scuttle panel fits under this seal, doesn't it?

Is water leaking into the car or just behind the scuttle?

Kevin

Yup, not all the way i think, that rubber lip runs along the bottom, the scuttle slips underneath and goes up as far as the glass i think....

Yep that's correct..... the seal is attached to the car not the scuttle...

I reckon it's this seal causing the scuttle to fill with rain?

I've just bought a genuine coil pack (ouch!!) so I'm keen this one doesn't get killed by water ingress! 

[Kevin Wood]

OK. So, as I now recall it the seal is supposed to sit over the edge of the scuttle and divert water running down the windscreen over the lip and into the channel inside the scuttle panel.

Next question: Has the lip that the scuttle panel slides under fallen apart or is the water getting under the seal between the windscreen and the rubber?

Kevin

[tunnie]

It must be getting underneath the scuttle as you say, water normally runs over the lip into the scuttle, then down and away to the drains.

The rubber lip along the bottom (where the glass / rubber meet) must be leaking, allowing water to go in underneath the scuttle in to the foam, and then onto the DIS.

I'd be tempted to mix up some araldite, and smear it along the edge of the rubber lip where it meets the windscreen. Its clear so won't stand out a mile.....

[JamesV6CDX]

The rubber lip along the bottom (where the glass / rubber meet) must be leaking, allowing water to go in underneath the scuttle in to the foam, and then onto the DIS.
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Yep, that's exactly it...

[Marks DTM Calib]

The water comes through the joint between the 2 scuttle cover sections so check they are fitted correctly and interlocked correctly plus make sure that the smaller piece is sat correctly on the metal frame below it.

Nothing you do to that lower windscreen trim section (its not a seal) will stop it.