Bonnet-scuttle seal

[ie940]

My scuttle to bonnet seal seems to have shrunk and ripped slightly resulting in excessive amounts of water dripping on the cable grommets on the bulkhead and finding ways in.

Is this a common fault? If not I can source a good used one, but if they're all like that then I'll come up with alternative arrangement with an aftermarket seal I guess.

https://www.skandix.de/en/spare-part...-rear/1031977/

[P505DEF]

Originally Posted by ie940

My scuttle to bonnet seal seems to have shrunk and ripped slightly resulting in excessive amounts of water dripping on the cable grommets on the bulkhead and finding ways in.

Is this a common fault? If not I can source a good used one, but if they're all like that then I'll come up with alternative arrangement with an aftermarket seal I guess.

https://www.skandix.de/en/spare-part...-rear/1031977/

Common fault especially if it’s had a screen done. Your best off finding one the same colour and swapping the whole panel

[Chris1Roll]

Oof that genuine item is a bit spendy! esepcially once you add on the Skandix postage.

Two of the clips have come out of the seal on mine, remaining in the scuttle itself (after I leant on the seal when working on the distributor), right above the distributor. Luckily water only seems to get through when the bonnet is opened.
It's interesting that they modified the design to fit it with rivets rather than the rather pathetic clips.
Perhaps the old design could be drilled to take rivets.

[ie940]

Originally Posted by P505DEF

Common fault especially if it’s had a screen done. Your best off finding one the same colour and swapping the whole panel

I don't understand why a screen replacement would affect it as the seal isn't disturbed for that?

[ie940]

Originally Posted by Chris1Roll

Oof that genuine item is a bit spendy! esepcially once you add on the Skandix postage.

Two of the clips have come out of the seal on mine, remaining in the scuttle itself (after I leant on the seal when working on the distributor), right above the distributor. Luckily water only seems to get through when the bonnet is opened.
It's interesting that they modified the design to fit it with rivets rather than the rather pathetic clips.
Perhaps the old design could be drilled to take rivets.

Mines on the plastic clips at 1996 so I wonder when they changed it. Might just run a bead of sealant across it to keep the drips away, as you say it's a bit dangerous for the dizzy and evidentially my grommets and seals!

[P505DEF]

Originally Posted by ie940

I don't understand why a screen replacement would affect it as the seal isn't disturbed for that?

Scuttle has to come off and quite often the clips are damaged or they don’t fit properly after, once disturbed they can be a pain in the backside. Been there, got the t shirt