SLK 350 convertible top leak fix
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- Wifey's car starting leaking water at the top! Took a little doing, but the fix was easy after I spent a little time playing with something that was suppose to be there!
Hope this helps you if you find yourself in a leaky top situation!
I had the exact same issues at the same point! After watching ur video, I removed the same thing in the rubber tube by a hanger. I am waiting a rainy day to check it up! I hope it will be fixed ;) Thank you so much for ur video!!
Good luck!!
Had the same thing happen during carwash on my SLK 350 gonna check this all out thanks for the info!!
Welcome and i added another video adjusting the roof as a fix as well!
Here I am too, same exact problem, same spot, only the colour changes 🤣. The only different thing I've noticed is that water collects (and not a little either) somewhere in the roof and when I brake hard I literally get a bucket of water on me, wetting the armrest and steering wheel. Sometimes even after 4 or 5 hard braking it continues to drip heavily.
I hardly leave it in the rain and when I wash it I carefully avoid wetting the roof on the left side. Now I'll try over the weekend to do all these checks... fingers crossed!
I am uploading a new video right now showing another fix. The leak started again on my wife's car, hope 1 of them help and you can get it fixed! Yes it is ANNOYING!!!
Thanks... had the same problem yesterday and i have managed to fix it the way you did :)
Excellent glad it worked!
Hello. I clean and condition the seal between the roof top and windshield. Also I oiled/grease the roof locks, but now it seems that it’s not locking correctly. Before it was fine. I had to clean my channels, because a little water will drip. It was clog.
I would appreciate your advice and help. Love your channel.
Mercedes
Thanks, buddy! Very helpful & a quick fix🙂
You are welcome and thank you!
Thank you, I write from Italy. I will try with this method.
Good luck!
Hi! I have the same problem, leaking on driver side in heavy rain, when the car is standing still
I'll try it on this week and come back with results :) Thank you!
Welcome! Good luck!
Thanks got the same problem. I will try this right away!
Good luck, I hope it fixes your problem!
I need to try this on my Peugeot 206cc cab. Having problem when it's rain. So the seat always get wet. And my car leaks on same spot i think.
Hope it fixes your leak!
Happy wife happy life 😊
Tru dat!
So the fix is lubing the seals? I don't see how that is a lasting fix because it must be excess lube residue stopping water getting in. In other words, the seals don't seal, the lube does. Anyway, thanks. Seems like they all have the same problem.
It sis fix my wife's car for about 10 months or so. And i wiped up all the excess lube. I made a part 2 where i adjusted the convertible top
I have had my 2012 350 SLK for at least 10 yrs and it started leaking 8 yrs ago. I took it to Mercedes many times and they could not fix it. They said buy a new car. I am a 68 yr old lady and I want to try what you did in this video. What was the name of the product you cleaned it with and did you just clean it all along the tubing? Finally what was that greaser called and I assume you did the same process as the cleaning. Thx, Terri
Simple green or any soap is ok for cleaning. NAPA sil-glyde is the grease i used. Also, i made another video adjusting the roof arms to fix the leak
I have the same exact problem with my SLK. I have tried the Mercedes recommended rubber lube but that didn't work. I will try your cream... on the car of course.
Good luck... My cream has lots of uses, but not all uses are recommended!! Let me know how it goes
@@maintainersgarage Already ordered through Amazon, let's hope it does the trick. This has kept me from daily driving the SLK. It needs a life outside the garage.
@@maintainersgarage I just finished applying the same product on the SLK. Water test tomorrow!
@@drewprof any news?
@@premium2554 It seemed to have worked on one side of the car but not the other. The driver side was dry after a major rain by the passenger side had a leak somewhere along the seal and foot well got wet.
The same thing is happening to me, I also have the same slk, and the same defect, I am from the Czech Republic.
I'll do the same as you, but won't the rubber bands sticking out from be missing? Thanks for the video.
Hope it helps! What rubber bands?
my pal has an E Class 350 can I ask where the little tube came from?
was it where the pillar meets the bonnet or was it nearer the bottom sills?
a garage has quoted him £600 for replacement of the roof sills, I hope I can give him a nice surprise?
thanks, great video 😉
It was about 2/3 way down the seal near the door
@@maintainersgarage
Wow cheers for the quick reply!!!!
Superb show thank you again.
Good morning can i use crc silicone grease?i think that is the same but different brand
Yes you can!
Hello!!! I got that problem on my car I got the glyde but what's the green liquid in the bottle I can hear it's a 50% water and the rest? And how often do you re apply the lube? Thanks
Not sure what green liquid is, should be whatever it's made up of. I reapply every year
Thanks for the video. Maybe shorter videos and straight to the fix in the future?
Maybe, but then how will you know about my winning personality 😂
@@maintainersgarage 😁
Try shaving your head and face, man. You'll look stronger and a decade younger.
I got married to not worry about how I look!! And I feel 27 all the time, my body just tells me otherwise!!
I have this same problem in my E class converteible 2012. I have soft top but this same place is leak... i will check this rubber and rain road
Good luck hope this helps!
How did u solve this leak ? My e350 2013 has the same problem
ok im going now thanks for getting to ....i dont know quickly ...im gone
I'm going to try this on my hardtop but I fear the rubber has degraded and there's no longer a good seal. It only started leaking after two weeks of very cold weather and the whole car was encased in two inches of frost, so I think that's just shrunk the rubber.
Hope the lube can recondition the seal!
not interested in the conditions etc but please get on with what you state in the heading !
Thanks for the feedback
Hello. I clean and condition the seal between the roof top and windshield. Also I oiled/grease the roof locks, but now it seems that it’s not locking correctly. Before it was fine. I had to clean my channels, because a little water will drip. It was clog.
I would appreciate your advice and help. Love your channel.
Mercedes
Thank you for the feedback. I would check the locks to see if you might have closed them or if they got misaligned
@@maintainersgarage Thank you for the information. Now I’m going to see, if I can do it myself. Keep making those videos.
Mercedes. Yes that is my name. 😂😂😂