Dear MX-5 owners,
I’ve just purchased a 13 year old Mark 3 1.8 with 39,000 miles. It’s been regularly serviced but rather neglected in terms of cleaning and bodywork. The most pressing problem I have is that rain water is leaking onto the interior. It is dripping from the join in the rubber seal half way along the top of the side window on both the driver and passenger sides.
The hood itself seems watertight, I’ve already cleaned and conditioned it with an autoglym kit. The seals seem OK visually, no cracks or tears and I tried applying a silicone grease to the seals, but that hasn’t helped. I have cleared the drains thanks to instructions found on this forum (and my word was there a lot of water in there!) which has stopped the footwell filling up, and also re-sealed the area under the third brake light which has cured the leak in the boot.
I’m aware that this seems like it would be a rather frequently asked question, but I’ve been unable to find a great deal of info about how best to tackle this.
Grateful for any advice!
James.