Leaky doors

[Henn28]

It rained cats and dogs here over the past several days thanks to the first big storm of the hurricane season. It’s way too early for this crap - Late July is usually when we start seeing named storms.

At any rate, I’ve go water in both floorboards in the back. After some investigation I’m reasonably sure enough that I’ve got leaky vapor barriers. The rears have never been changed, despite my having been in the doors many, many times over the past 10 years.

Two new barriers on order, along with 4 new plugs for the bottoms of the doors. These plastic plugs look very degraded in my x5. I’m not sure if they have anything to do with it, but just in case I figure I’ll swap in new ones.

I’m assuming the doors will leak normally to some extent in heavy rain, but should drain to the outside rather than into the car if the barriers are compromised?

[AV8R4AA]

Vapor barriers are to blame. Get your butyl tape from Amazon. I just learned that WD40 is the absolute best for cleaning that black goo monster off.

[Henn28]

Originally Posted by AV8R4AA

Vapor barriers are to blame. Get your butyl tape from Amazon. I just learned that WD40 is the absolute best for cleaning that black goo monster off.

WD 40! Great call, thanks. I assume I can get more black goo of the appropriate type at auto zone, or Amazon?