prayforsurf0
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I found this thread because it was raining hard this morning. I'm a new owner, so I had been waiting for my first real rain to see where my leaks were. The first one I noticed was a very slow, but obvious leak near the drivers side hand hold. Then I realized I had some water on the passenger side floor.
I'm not sure I understand how the gutters would cause a leak...but in my eyes and logic, it looks like the rain gutter directs the water to flow right over the corner of the wind shield seal. How would the gutter cause a leak, and not the fact that the water is pouring right out of the gutter onto the wind shield screen ?
I should mention, I bought the car with a cracked windshield so I had that replaced. The guys at the glass shop let me watch and ask questions the whole time they replaced the wind shield. They reused the old seal since they didn't know how to source a new one, and I hadn't realized I should have gotten one in advance.
They asked me if I wanted them to use sealant under the seal, but I said no because the old wind shield seal was in pretty good shape (didn't want to have a mess of cutting out the old sealant in case the wind shield needs to be changed again in the future). Figured, I can always add the sealant later (which they said they would do for me if it leaked).
So I'm guessing I should head back over to those guys and have them take out the wind shield again and add sealant ?
I also plan on chasing down all these know leak points mentioned earlier and sealing them up as well.
Wish me luck and let me know any extra tips you guys have...I'm not excited about this.
I'm not sure I understand how the gutters would cause a leak...but in my eyes and logic, it looks like the rain gutter directs the water to flow right over the corner of the wind shield seal. How would the gutter cause a leak, and not the fact that the water is pouring right out of the gutter onto the wind shield screen ?
I should mention, I bought the car with a cracked windshield so I had that replaced. The guys at the glass shop let me watch and ask questions the whole time they replaced the wind shield. They reused the old seal since they didn't know how to source a new one, and I hadn't realized I should have gotten one in advance.
They asked me if I wanted them to use sealant under the seal, but I said no because the old wind shield seal was in pretty good shape (didn't want to have a mess of cutting out the old sealant in case the wind shield needs to be changed again in the future). Figured, I can always add the sealant later (which they said they would do for me if it leaked).
So I'm guessing I should head back over to those guys and have them take out the wind shield again and add sealant ?
I also plan on chasing down all these know leak points mentioned earlier and sealing them up as well.
Wish me luck and let me know any extra tips you guys have...I'm not excited about this.