i drive a 00 ek hatch. this morning when i went to remove my spare there was a little puddle of water. what could be the cause of this?

 

its a real common problem with all 96-00 hatches, you have to change the seals behind your taillights to fix it.

 

I think there's also a plug in the bottom of the hatch that can allow water to drain out.

I saw this post and figured it would be helpful to link this this to this one here:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1784698

That shows how to make your own gaskets/seals that some say work better than stock.

 

i have this same problem on my 92 hatch. think its the outer tail light seal on mine too?

 

Do a leak test to make sure before you start replacing things hoping you find the solution. I'm not sure what commonly causes leaks on 5G hatchbacks.

 

probaly a hole

 

its most likely the seals though. good idea to leak test first like stated before jumping to conclusions.

 

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Douche...

I'd have a friend dump some water on the trunk lid while I laid inside w/ a flashlight on a folded down back seat. Then go to Home Depot and get your *** some weatherstripping.

 

Yeah, when you do the leak test, have one person in the car with a flashlight. The other outside the car with a cup or hose. A cup should be fine and won't have water pressure.

The guy outside pours water on the lower suspected place for the leak to be coming from (start at the taillight). if it doesn't leak after a few minutes, try it again, only about at the bottom or middle of the glass instead. If it's still not leaking, try at the top.

If it still doesn't leak and the water in the hatch obviously isn't draining on it's own, then you can be pretty sure it's being tossed up by the rear tires and into the area near the tailights.

 

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perhapppssss

 

yeah i have a leak too. i just fixed it recently. it was from my tail lights. theres a little hole that water barely goes into

 

Check the faq's and there is a thread write up about ek hatch leaks. Common problem, nothing to worry about.