Water in sliding door, lower roller housing.

[wotsit1]

Hi All and sorry if this has been covered before. I had a good search before posting.

After a heavy rain we (T6.1 Ocean) are getting a fair amount of water accumulating in the cut out which side door lower roller sits in. See below marked red. The last few times there is enough water to pour out when the door is opened. Its funny as the the rest of the door seals appear sound and are dry...

Is that normal? I am just slightly worried its going to start to rust up down there.




Thanks in advance

W

 

[TripleBee]

Haven't noticed anything similar on mine over the 15 years of ownership.
How does the seal look like on the sliding door. Are there any points the seal isn't tight when the sliding door is closed? How does the sliding door line up to the rest of the body of the van? Do you see any marks on a higher point where the water would be coming in?

 

[Oscarthebeddie]

Hi All and sorry if this has been covered before. I had a good search before posting.

After a heavy rain we (T6.1 Ocean) are getting a fair amount of water accumulating in the cut out which side door lower roller sits in. See below marked red. The last few times there is enough water to pour out when the door is opened. Its funny as the the rest of the door seals appear sound and are dry...

Is that normal? I am just slightly worried its going to start to rust up down there.


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Thanks in advance

W

I had water in this area, check for play in your sliding window pushing from outside then the in, if it gives check the locking pins above and below the butterfly catch on the window they do wear out.

 

[wotsit1]

Haven't noticed anything similar on mine over the 15 years of ownership.
How does the seal look like on the sliding door. Are there any points the seal isn't tight when the sliding door is closed? How does the sliding door line up to the rest of the body of the van? Do you see any marks on a higher point where the water would be coming in?

Thanks TripleBee, I'm going to check all the seals and alignment again tomorrow in the daylight. Its a real mystery as I can see any watermarks to suggest where It might be coming from.

 

[wotsit1]

I had water in this area, check for play in your sliding window pushing from outside then the in, if it gives check the locking pins above and below the butterfly catch on the window they do wear out.

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Thanks, will also check this, thanks for the tip