We have a 2006 17.5' Jayco Sterling which we bought second hand a couple of months ago. The layout has the double bed at the rear of van, with a window directly above. There is a smallish leak we think, at the window. Anyway it drips at the top of the bed, right in between where our heads will be.
We have applied silicon around the top of window and partly down sides. Around the rearview camera and around the two small safety lights at back of van, but still it leaks, with either the pop top up or down.
Water can leak from a distance at times..
Is the wire looped down before going into van ??
As drip loop..Suspect everything. Take lights etc off fit
silicon under and tighten . Rather than trying to seal around light itself..
Perseverance will get you there..
Collo, it is obvious that the leak is coming from the back of the van somewhere. I would be inclined to put someone inside the van, then use the garden hose to run water down the back of the van in half meter strips. Run the water down from the top of the van starting from one side but only wet half a meter wide, but make sure that it is very wet. Then have the person inside check for leaks. Wait for ten minutes then dry that bit of & move over another half meter & check again. That way, by the time you have gone right across wetting & drying, you should have found the area where the leak was coming from. Now you can concentrate on that area to find out why.
Many moons ago I discovered a leak in the windows of my long suffering Jayco.
Turned out to be thru pop rivets in the window wind mechanism where the pop rivet head had pulled right thru or fallen out. A tiny dab of silicon on all of the pop rivets was the solution.
Collo, I have just gone through that exercise in the rear window of our Evernew. When I removed the window you could see the gap where they had failed to do it properly. I spoke with a local repairer who advised removing the frame very carefully, cleaning the silicone off and using butyl mastic to seat the window and then a small bead of V4 masonary silicone to cover the mastic on the outside. This prevents the mastic drying out. It's time consuming but has been worth the effort. Thought I would pass this on just in case you decide to go that way.
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