window leaks

Gwian · Senior Member

window leaks

herbie · Guru

The best way to find out where the water is coming in from...as silly as it sounds is to pop the garden sprinkler on the roof of the van and go inside with a torch and have a look, in no time at all you will see exactley where the water is entering in from.

Regards Herbie.

GaryKelly · Guru

I was gonna suggest hiring scuba gear, then using a boat ramp to back the van into a river but... well... on second thoughts, I think Herbie's sprinkler idea is a lot simpler.

Olley46 · Guru

Gwian wrote:

I am at a loss to locate a window water leak in our 2008 Jayco Conquest.
The water is inside the window lip and when this fills it overflows onto the wall and then down onto the mattress
Been told that the problem is with the window winder but I cannot see how that water can be inside a sealed window as the seals are all in good condition
Any suggestions would be appreciated

Thanks Gwian

If you have a look up where the window pivet,s , I am gathering these windows are the same as a caravan wind out ,up where the window pivet,s at the hinge you will find where the rubber seal ends there will be a hole where the seal has shrunk ,squeeze a bit of clear sealant in there and you may stop your leak ,both ends of the window, some times this allows water to run down inside the frame and come out in the guts of the window winder,this info came from a top caravan repairer it may help you.

Lance C

Legendts · Senior Member

[Quote] Seen this stuff on the net last year and decided to order some from England, about $20 delivered.
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Captain Tolleys Creeping Crack Cure

I have had a small water leak from one of the van windows and have never been able to find it, even removed the window once but after refitting it still leaked in the same place. The leak would only appear after long periods of heavy rain. I redid the TV antenna and radio aerial as they were not too far from the window and also the seal between the wall and roof in that area.

I use that closed cell foam and a small amount of silica sealant for the window seal and have never had a problem on any other window but it looks like the closed cell foam is not that closed.

Anyway ran some Captain Tolley along the top of the window between the frame and the wall it just soaked in like penetrating oil. Did it a second time and after about 10 minutes some appeared near the bottom of the window, actually one drop came out between the aluminium frame and some silica sealant sealing the window frame together.

We are now camping at Sand Bar and it has been dumping down all day and no leak, this stuff is good! [Unquote].

This was posted on the from C&M forum. May be worth a try for you.

-- Edited by Legendts on Sunday 21st of April 2013 08:33:56 PM

patrolst · Senior Member

There you go its gone

-- Edited by patrolst on Thursday 9th of May 2013 06:30:19 PM

Cupie · Guru

Sorry about the late response ...

I had a leak thru the windows of my Jayco Westport some time ago.

I eventually found that the it was coming thru the pop rivets on the hinge mechanism/bracket. I think that the 'nail head' part of the pop rivet had came out leaving a hole. Fixed with a smear of silicon. I went round all the pop rivets just in case.

Hope this helps.

ps. I also put a smear of silicon lubrication spray or WD40 round the window seals after every van wash. Helps maintain the integrity of the seals.

patrolst · Senior Member

-- Edited by patrolst on Thursday 9th of May 2013 06:15:13 PM

-- Edited by patrolst on Friday 10th of May 2013 11:17:29 AM

Gwian · Senior Member

Would rather have no reply than that......window still leaking and thank you to the serious people that have a relpied.