1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

Unpleasant suprise

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by staze, Jan 26, 2014.

Page 2 of 2
  1. uart

    uart Senior Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2009
    4,215
    1,202
    0
    Location:
    Australia
    Vehicle:
    2005 Prius
    BTW. It is possible that the leak is not from the immediate area that has been fixed. It may be from some further minor damage (small crack in a seam) that has not been yet detected.
     
    #21 uart, Jan 27, 2014
  2. staze

    staze Junior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 9, 2006
    76
    2
    0
    Location:
    Oregon
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Model:
    Touring
    yeah. seems to be the case. we did see that it was running along the back by the 12V battery....

    anyway, we have an appointment set up first thing next week, and they'll be providing a rental. I am thinking I might still ask for a detailing to get rid of the smell, but for now, I'll just take it a day at a time... figures it was scheduled to rain for the next several days. I've got a fan set up in the garage to dry it out overnight... obviously it'll just get wet again tomorrow, but I'd rather get the smell gone.

    I kind of figured the "oily-ness" was from the soapy water from the car wash marinating in spare tire.
     
    #22 staze, Jan 27, 2014
  3. staze

    staze Junior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 9, 2006
    76
    2
    0
    Location:
    Oregon
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Model:
    Touring
    they said they were just going to remove all the trim, and stick it in their shower and figure out where the leak is... so yeah, could be anywhere... could just be a bad gasket on one of the tail lights...
     
    #23 staze, Jan 27, 2014
  4. Lumpy05

    Lumpy05 Junior Member

    Joined:
    Dec 17, 2013
    7
    2
    0
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Model:
    II
    My last car was repaired at body shop. Ended up with a lot of water under spare tire. Turns out they always remove head/tail lights when they paint. They had reinstalled the tail light but there was a maple tree helicopter stuck under the gasket.

    Long story short definitely suspect the tail light gasket.
     
    #24 Lumpy05, Jan 31, 2014
  5. salguod

    salguod Member

    Joined:
    Sep 8, 2013
    234
    37
    0
    Location:
    Columbus, OH
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    In snowy areas many car washes have an "under body spray" that directs high pressure water up under the car to, theoretically, wash the salt off.
     
    #25 salguod, Jan 31, 2014
  6. staze

    staze Junior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 9, 2006
    76
    2
    0
    Location:
    Oregon
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Model:
    Touring
    so, just got it back. said it was a body panel seal below the right tail light (which makes sense given where the water was coming from). Will wait a day or two, take it back through the carwash, and see what happens.

    Here's hoping!
     
    #26 staze, Feb 3, 2014
    ftl likes this.
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 2 of 2