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PersonAndy 2480
20/3/2017 at 5:56pm
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I've just came back from Dawlish and whilst travelling down and back the weather conditions were probably the worst I've towed in , high winds and heavy rain head on into the van. After both journeys i noticed that there was a little water on the windowsill under the centre and left window. Now I've had this van since August and we have had some pretty atrocious weather in Wales over the winter period and I have never seen any leaks .My thinking is, that while I'm driving into the conditions head on at 50mph would this have forced the water under the rubbers causing the ingress?. It would be like jet washing the van which is not advisable. Has anyone had an issue like this.I checked the van thoroughly and the only water was on the windowsill which seemed like splashed rather than runs.


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Have you tried opening the windows at all as quite often the rubber seal sticks to the caravan body work which the acrylic windows need to expand and contract with hot and cold temperatures. The bonded rubber can often restrict this which can lead to window delamination due to the fact that the two halves of the window cannot expand together at the same rate so the bonding adhesive eventually breaks. The window rubber shouldn't allow any water leak unless it has perished but it's just a thought that it could be contributing to the problem of allowing the forced water to enter. I clean and polish the perimeter of each window once a year to stop the rubber sticking and avoid problems with delamination.


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PersonAndy 2480
21/3/2017 at 8:34am
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Will try that thanks for the info.
Im not sure where the water came in, it was on the central part of window sill I can only presume it came from under under rubbers as there was no sign of leakage Round window fitting .


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Tried opening all front windows and there was no sticking at all. However when I pressed the rubber with force at the bottom of window it was releasing water a bit like a sponge it would appear perished ???.Again it poured down overnight no water ingress in normal circumstances.



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