Thread: Water in trunk? How to fix a leaking tail light...

I did this a while back and decided it would be good material in the 'how to' section...this was in my '91 240sx but is very similar with all Nissans.

My trunk would be wet after a rain and I traced the leak to a brake light seal....that nasty tar-like weather calking. So here we go...

After you remove some trunk plastics there are 6 screws to take out the taillights (only one of mine leaks so that's all I'm doing).



Here's where the water was leaking in...





Scrape all the nasty black goo off with a flat head or plastic scraper. Then, clean with acetone...remember to have ventilation or ...Crazy eyes







Here's what you can use to replace the black goo...3M Strip Calk. I couldn't find the thicker roll I remember using when I worked at Nissan many moons ago so this would have to do. I used 3 together and rolled them up (more like squished them together). Works fine...



Complete...notice the nice 'squeeze out' bead showing from the inside...