96 B4 sedan trunk leak mystery solved

TDIL3dad

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Joined
Jan 21, 2012
Location
N. VA
TDI
96 B4, 96 B4V project
The trunk on my 1996 B4 sedan was showing substantial leakage and smelling moldy. All the obvious gaskets looked intact. I think today my "local guru" solved the mystery ..... the gasket surround for the trunk lock has apparently deteriorated and dry rotted badly.



 

TDI Jim

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Joined
Jul 10, 2006
Location
Gaithersburg, Maryland
TDI
1996 Passat, 1996 Passat Variant (RIP), 2002 Jetta Wagon, 1995 Passat Variant TDI conversion brought back from the dead, 1997 Passat Variant project, and returned 2014 Passat
Glad you found it, that can be a maddening problem!
 
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