Volkswagen Golf mk7 common fault water in boot through tailgate, how to replace pipe easily yourself
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Just replaced the pipe on mine after watching this very informative video. I had no idea what might be causing the issue and was on the verge of calling the garage and no doubt handling over a good wedge of money afterwards. I looked at several videos on TH-cam before attempting the job and this was by far the most detailed and explained everything perfectly. This is a job you can complete yourself with a little patience and time.
Thanks so much for posting this and I no longer need to worry about my boot lid filling with water very time it rains.
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What the name of this pipe and where to buy😊 it
I have linked it in the description
Thanks for this! Took me about half an hour beginning to end.
Glad i could help, and thank you for watching.
Perfect video; just fixed my Golf using it. It gave me the confidence when and when not to use a bit of force with the clips!
Glad my video could help
Great video! Yes, you are right to highlight this silly design flaw!!! I also found a rapid fix when you find your boot full of water.....Take a plastic drinking straw and carefully poke it up inside the pipe that was loose. I did this. It was a tight push fit. Then cut the straw so it hangs 1cm below the hole and the water drains out onto rear bumper and you boot stays dry!! To make it look pretty I put a rubber grommet where the straw exits the little hole.
Thats a great idea, thank you for your input.
Lovely. Watched this. Spent £7 on ebay for the tube (was already the correct size) and problem solved. Thanks man
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Absolute legend, just bought a golf r 2 weeks ago, first time washing it noticed water running out the top of the boot when I opened it. After watching this checked the gromit and it’s perished and pushed in. Glad it’s a cheap fix
Glad my video could help.
Found the exact same issue on my 2015 eGolf , all electric.
Thanks for the video.
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Very clearly explained and videos show exactly what you're doing. Brilliant.
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Perfect! Just the info I needed. Thanks for sharing!
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Excellent tutorial. Noticed this issue after washing the car. Opened the boot and water was pissing out of the inner tail light. Yet another VW tight git procurement choice where a 20p part instead of a 10p part would have avoided this issue.
I couldn't agree more, thank you for your feedback.
Very nice and clear explanation, thanks.
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Really well described :how to" video, I just found out about this while researching info about the numerous water leak issues Golfs have. Amazing VW used inferior materials for something like this this shouldn't deteriorate in 3-4 years, mine is missing the rubber gromit too. Thanks for the link in your description. 👍👍
Thank you for you feedback, yea thease cars do suffer with water leaks. There is no excuse for you tbh, thank you for watching
just bought a mk7 so thanks for the tip..
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Thanks, will try this soon. Very useful
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Nice one thanks - helped a lot!
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Thank you very much.All clear and understandable
Glad my video could help
Thanks 🙏
Shout out from Oz
Perfect 👍 video
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I've just done this, thanks for the guide. While in there I noticed that I have water ingress around the wiper arm!
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Thanks for the video, very clear. I think my car lacked the grommet when I bought it (second hand) and didn’t realise the significance. I replaced the drain pipe quickly using your instructions. Turns out the water in the spare tyre well was coming from elsewhere - I’ve watched some other videos and taken a bit more time to seal around the hidden vents and rear lights (involved removing the bumper which for me was a major operation). Hope that’s done the trick.
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My boot was soaking wet, will get new tube fitted, thanks for the video
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Did this solve the issue for you? I’ve just found my boot to be completely saturated.
From the comments i believe most people find the water comes in from the seals on the vents behind the rear bumper, hope this helps
Excellent video, thanks
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Thanks very much, I've got all the panels off now and removed the pipe. Just need to get another one and fit it. I've managed to put a drinking straw in the end as a temporary measure until I can get to the dealers. I'm surprised that VW have a common fault like this, they're normally pretty good at things like that. I was alerted to the fact something was wrong when I opened the hatchback yesterday after a night of torrential rain and water was running onto the parcels shelf.
Yes this is a very common fault, thank you for watching
Thank you very much sir!
Glad my video could help
Nice Video.... THANKS
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Thank you!!!
Glad my video could help.
Quality video. Thanks very much. I noticed after being away for three weeks while it's been raining heavily, that when the boot lid raises, all the water that must have accumulated within the boot starts running around. Lifted up the floor of the boot and there must have been a litre of water in there. So it can become a big problem if not corrected! Thankfully it was obviously fairly fresh water. I'm 99% certain that this will be the problem.
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I have this issue..after raining, loads of water collects in base of boot 😮.. il check this pipe & mention to garage when it goes in next week for it’s service 🙏
Nice! VW garage charged £91 for this when they serviced my MK7 Golf and told me the pipe was leaking (company car so not my money thankfully)
I'm definitely not charging enough!!
Really informative video,thanks. I’ve got an early 2013 MK 7 golf. The boot gets full of water and there is now mould growing on the rear seats.
I’ve just tried to change the pipe following your video but it looks like the 2013 mk 7 had no drain pipe. The grommet is there on the boot lid edge but that’s it. Plus there is no drainage hole on the boot catch to attach a new pipe. I’m guessing it’s because its an early mk 7. Has anybody else found this?
I'm not sure sorry there is also some vents behind the rear bumper that people have said can cause the same issue, hope this helps.
Thanks for the reply. I thought I’d start looking for the solution with the easiest looking fix.
This is definitely my last vw golf.
Amazing. Thanks, I have a mk7 with a soaking wet rear passenger footwell - that will be the stupid failed speaker seal. And now I have the actual lower grommet in my hand from the boot handle drain, sitting in the wheel well. Great vid 👌 do you know the part No for the drain you replaced.
I have put a link to it on ebay in the description. Thank you for you comment
Just got my 3.5 year old golf serviced and guess what? Speaker seals and tailgate handle pipe need replacing. Just did speaker seals today and plan to do pipe when it comes in to stock. Poor show VW. Should have had a recall to do these.
Great advise and I've followed it to the latter after finding a large amount of water in the boot. New pipe fitted and I am still finding some water (not as much) in the boot and wondering where else could this be leaking in from?
Worth also mentioning that the engine light and EPC light was illuminating intermittentely.
I have heard of the seals on the tail lamps can leak and also the vents behind the bumper, hope this helps
@@Martysworkshop After all this time and no water leaks, I've now got start-stop problem causing the car to stall with no fault codes. I've read elsewhere of water ingress causing havoc with electrics so I'm wondering where I could start with diagnosing this problem? Are there any relays or connectors in the footwell or under the boot liner?
I'm not sure sorry,
@@sanjayhari693 I’ve had the same problem with my 2014 mk7 golf. I found a large amount of water in the boot a while back and cleaned it all up. Haven’t had any water build up since. However I did initially have issues with the engine management light and EPC light coming on intermittently. This has now disappeared. I still have the problem with the start/stop error appearing. So now I just automatically turn it off each time I drive. Did you find a solution to yours?
@@swayz09 I seen a combo of issues and sorted them step by step. My golf was standing for 4months after the problems started. Water leak was due to bad waterproof design and resolved by resealing the rear bumper vent, door speakers & replacing the boot badge drain. The EPC and Eng light ended up being a turbo failure. Replaced that and the car drives perfectly. The stop start failure was a combo of the bad turbo and a faulty battery. We isolated it to the battery now but I haven't replaced my battery yet so drive with the Stop start switched off. All very annoying and related to bad VW design and build!!
Thank you for this video. I can finally fix my car lol.
Thank you for watching
I recently had a flat tire and had to put the space saver on, when I took the tire out I noticed to my horror that there was at least 5 inchs of water sitting in the reccess where the tire goes, the pipe is completely missing from my boot! Ive ordered the pipe and will carry out this procedure, but im concerned with the amount of water I found in the boot, in your opinion do you think it is possible that so much water can come from this tiny default or are you aware of any another issue, awsome video too btw! Thank you so much
Thank you for your question, these cars do suffer with water leaks unfortunately, i have heard of the seals behind the tail lights and the boot seals leaking.
@@Martysworkshop 🙈🙈 im so disappointed with VW for this, always thaught that the VW particularly the golf were the dogs bollocks but after this im thinking how many other design flaws are there...... thank for your reply bud, I will replace the pipe and see where we are, fingers crossed
Perfect advice, thank you. Trouble is, I'm scared I'm going to break something when I try and remove the trim. Always feels like it's going to crack. I'll man-up and have a go.
Thank you for your feedback brian yea it can be a little flimsy some times.
What is the part number/description for the replacement rubber tube.
Is this available online or just through the dealers.
Excellent video and detailed explanations. Well done
I'm nor sure but I have put a link in the description, thank you for watching
The carpet under my spare wheel is soaked, the pipe you show is missing but I’ve watched other videos and they point at taking bumper off and replacing and sealing two plastic vents. Have to get mine looked at asap
Yes a few people have mentioned the vents in the comments well worth a look , thank you for your comment
@@Martysworkshop I’m going to fix the pipe first see how that fairs, then look at other fix if that hasn’t worked
As a husky owner that recently fixed my drain pipe on my mk7.5 golf beware of a tonne of compressed dog fur behind all the trim panels from the last 5 years falling and sticking to everything in sight, made a 10 min job a 20 min job 😅
Sounds like fun! Thank you for watching
Thank you. I have a question.. The lower part of the handle recess / cavity on my car is already rusted. I want to get to the backside of the steel to sand it and apply primer. Will removal of the handle allow me to access the backside of the steel?
There until much room behind the handle but when you remove the cover you shuld be fine,
Hi bud, where did u buy the drain pipe from ? Got a similar problem have already forked close to £500 on water accumulation in rear spare tyre .
I have linked the part i used in the description. Thank you for watching.
My boot isn’t getting that wet but when I open the boot water drips out of the trim at a closer look it seems I don’t have the drain pipe do you think this will fully sort what’s happening?
Yes i belive it will, thank you for watching
Would this cause water in the spare wheel well?
Yes if any water gets in the boot it usually ends up in the wheel well, also i have known the tail lamp seals and boot lid seal to leak as well, thank you for watching
Water also gets in the spare wheel well in the early mk 7. Run a bead of sikaflex above the tail light assembled when the boot is open and problem solved.
Thank you for your input
hey fella i have a wet seat at the back of my golf r i park on a forward incline , my gromet is perished do you think the water would be running down from the boot into the seat ?
When this pipe goes warter can get into the boot frame and when you open the boot could run out onto the seats. Thank you for watching
Hi I’ve got the same issue Where I found a puddle of water in the spare wheel well and my rear seats were wet in the corners and back. I’m going to get a pipe tomorrow and try this. Did you manage to get this fixed?
@@aesan7420 its not the pipe! its leaking behind the rear bumper over the vents and into a small well which fills up over time. for now i pull the rubber bungs out from underneath and will seal the vents up later. its dry in there now and has helped but want to make sure i got the vents sealed and clean behind the rear lights.
google: "water leaking into rear vents golf "
and you will find videos and posts
The local VW dealership quoted £200 to do this. The cost of the tube was £9.
That's crazy for a 30 minute job
@@Martysworkshop I think I even bought the official tube from them.
my grommet is also perished on my mk7.....i've got water staining in the middle back of my headlining.....could this be caused by the water running through the two rubber sleeves at the top when you raise the hatchback and the water from the tailgate running through?
Possibly i have linked the pipe in the description, i would change it and start there, thank you for watching
@@Martysworkshop got one ordered....
So is it possible that if this hose is broken there will come water in the trunk? Because if so i know this is yhe probleem but if not there is an other problem
I believe the vents behind the bumper are also a problem
Hi, I have a similar problem with my mk6, I have sealed my taillights with silicone and seems to work for me, I will upload a video this days how I done it.
Good shout i hear the light seal's give trouble. Thank you for watching
This is where the water seems to have been coming for me. I pulled the cover inside the hatch and it looked wet around the tail lights. You sealed it from the outside with silicone?
@@Ponskippa
I have put the silicone on cars body.. But in the end I had to buy another seal because mine, even after that silicone, still gave me problems..
@@JulianF36 thanks. Do you happen to have a link? Is it a seal that goes around the tail light? Just discovered the leak so I’m starting to dig
@@Ponskippa I got one from ebay the part number is 5K0945192
I have a friend who made it himself out of a piece of rubber... As he said the part is to expensive. Now is all up to you.
I've replaced this part as it had perished but it didn't solve the problem. I think its the seals around the vent on the drivers side but I'm not sure how to get the bumper off, any vids on that?
I haven't sorry i have heard the vents can leak but haven't got round to doing that video sorry.
@@Martysworkshop Yeah, when the car gets seriously wet it's the vents, I just can't get the part number in the UK, Eurocarparts just won't get back to me.
I think it may be dealer only try a company called T P S (trade part services) they are vw specialists
@@Martysworkshop Thanks mate, I've contacted them directly
Hi Marty - Great Video! What are the chances that this Pipe can come loose (i.e. disconnect from the inside) through normal opening and closing of the boot? I ask because my VW was sent in for inspection due to water build up in the tailgate (which has caused damage to electrical connectors) and this pipe was disconnected. I'm told as it's water damage it's not covered under warranty but my view is those electrics wouldn't have been damaged if the pipe was connected in the first place. Would really appreciate a response mate - I'm looking at a bill of £2k atm to sort this out. Cheers matey.
That's not good, we'll I'm with you tbh with the pipe in place it can't really come away from the handle, and if I remember it was quite tight to pull off, in my opinion that should be covered
Would you do a video for 09 audi a4
I don't have one available sorry.
This leak will also ruin the tail light bulb holder circuitry and harness connections. Very expensive to repair once the corrosion sets in. Be diligent about regular inspections on this part!
very true, thank you for your input
Have a 2013 Passat B7 estate.. same issue.. leaking through the roof right rear
Thank you for the feedback
What’s the internal diameter of the drain pipe ?
Thanks for your informative video
Not a clue sorry, thank you for watching
What year car is this? I’ve got a 2013 Mk7 gti with a boot full of water. I just took it apart like you did in your video and this pipe doesn’t exist on my model. There’s no drain coming off the inside part of the handle at all.
This is on a 2016 so might be why its a little different! I hear there is a common fault where water gets in through seals that are on vents behind the bumper on these cars, hope this helps
@@Martysworkshop Thank you. I’ve taken it apart and blasted it with water and can’t find the leak. Bizarre.
Thank you, ive just checked my boot and my hose is missing, every time i washed my car the back lights inside the plastic was soaking. Am i just asking VW for boot hose or pipe??
I have put a link to the pipe in my description under the video, thank you for watching and hope this helps
@@Martysworkshop thank you
Any ideas why I would have water in the glove box on a mk7 golf ?
Not sure if I'm honest only place i could think is windscreen seal but would need to take out the glove box and hose the car down you should hopefully see it coming in then. Thank you for watching
The plastic skuttle tray under the bonnet where the wipers are, mine was full of leaves & moss & the drain hole was blocked cleaned it all out all was good. Hope this helps
I had the same problem, it was the windshield drain that was clogged up
Thank you for your input.
Don’t understand how that missing grommet bit would prevent water from draining out of that pipe/hole??? Please explain?
So the pope stops water from getting inside the boot, which can corrode all the electrics, but what also tends to happen is water tends to collect in the boot, some can leak out but it will collect unfortunately
When the gromit corrodes, the pipe pushes itself back inside the boot lid, allowing water to overflow in the inside sil.
@@valleykingvids2059 Yeah. You’d still expect the water to come out the hole as it’s the middle/lowest point in tail gate. Anyway it doesn’t! Plus water is also pissing through the rear door speakers now🤣
Latch filled with water now camera and latch don’t work. Corrosion on electrical connection point where it latches to the car. Same spot where I drained half a litre of water out of my trunk lid. Idk if I have to do wiring or buy new trunk release latch.
It's a poor design.
@@Martysworkshop yes it is. Wish I would’ve known before hand.
What size are the screws?
From what I remember I think they was t20 torx screw
You can buy the part directly from VW £6 and they'll send it to you free of charge normally.
Thank you for your input i will have to put a complaint in against my local vw ad they wasn't very helpful when i contacted them. Thank you for watching
Just discovered water leaking from my Golf GTI hatch into the rear trunk space when I opened it. Hmmm. Mk7 also. Under warranty, I should probably just take it to the dealer huh?
sorry for the late reply, yes these car suffer quite bad with water leaks and can be costly to find so i would definitely get it sorted while in warranty. thank you for your comment
What size are those screws?
I'm not sure sorry it was quite a while ago.
@@Martysworkshop No worries. Thanks for the tutorial, fixed my issue as well.
What’s the part number? I’m in the US please and thanks
The advert says the oe number is 510827861 hope this helps
@@Martysworkshop I found it, thanks a bunch! Just ordered the part. You saved me from a future headache
Glad i could help
Mine has a hole where the pipe can be reached
That's good
Fuck video perfect
Thank you for watching
Cannot get the part online need to have an account with a garage
Have you tried the link in the description for this video??
I just rang my garage to get it shipped, 10 quid including shipping
Open Road VW Manhattan flat out refused to honor the sunroof warranty on my 2019 Alltrack. This is going to court.
It's incredible how dealers treat people with there after sales,
@@Martysworkshop I didn't buy it there, but still. I must say I don't have much faith in VW after this. It's VW USA's dishonesty about this that bothers me more than a simple problem with drainage tubes. There's a rotten culture at VW.
How much was the pipe?
I have linked it in the description
Where are you based?
South wales,
@@Martysworkshop do you have a garage?
I don't I'm afraid I work for a garage that only does company vehicles sorry
Référence pièces svp
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I have a water leak also, but my white pipe is missing? There is no rubber hose and no connection to fit it to. 2013 mk7 tsi.
Is there a hole where the pipe should go? Maybe someone has broken off, try pouring water into the handle with the boot at a 45° angle and see if water leaks in. Thank you for watching.
@@Martysworkshop thanks for the reply, the hole for the pipe is there but no where to fit it to, nothing is broken on the back side of the emblem. i'm guessing it has been replaced by a different one without it. I will try your method thanks 👍
Sounds good thank you for you feedback.
I have the same problem, 2013 Mk7 Tdi with a boot full of water and soaking wet seats. Stripped out the boot, checked tail light seals and vents, and the leak is definitely coming via the boot handle. Thought I'd found the fix here but when I took off the boot trim, there is no small white pipe on the inside of the handle to fix any tube to and no sign that it is missing/broken off. Also the hole in the bodywork where the gromit should be is just plugged with a rubber stopper. I've at least identified the leak is definitely via the handle now - but at a loss as to how to stop it!
@@brucecarter3433 i have fixed the problem my removing the rear bumper and sealed the 2 vents on the left and right side. These are very loose and water comes in from there. Havent had a wet trunk since. Also made a few holes in the rubber that is behind the vents, so any water that does seep in has a way out.
lol, the link to that pipe is £117!
Thank you for letting me know I have updated link.
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