leaky windows :(

[Debra W]

I have the unfortunate problem of water pouring in my windows when it rains. It comes slits in the rubber (I'm assuming they are normal, one each side) but also through the normal rubber. Any recomendations would help, especially now that its raining heaps!
Thanks

Debra


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[rossandmeg]

If you make sure the rubbers are free from dust it will help.The water tends
to track if they are dusty
Ross

[zorruno]

I'm not sure exactly where you mean it is leaking, but apparently you can
pull the rubber top seals out of their guides, loosen the screws that hold
the guides to the frame, and push them in the direction of the window. You
then tighten up the screws again and push the rubber back into the track.

I have heard another suggestion of feeding a piece of wire or cord longways
inside the rubber seal so it becomes a bit more substantial.

Haven't done or seen either of these tips sorry, so am not much help - any
one else done these for leaky windows?

[STANLEY, Murray]

Mine has the same leak occasionally, and it only happens on the
driver's side. I wouldn't say that the water pours in through that slit in
the rubber surround, it is more of an annoying dripping. I find that if I
run the window up and down a few times, then the dripping eventually stops.
I have pondered the possibility of wiping a bit of black sealant around the
slit in the rubber to see if that makes any difference.
This leak isn't a huge issue given that I live in Central Otago and
it hardly ever rains here. It tends to become a problem whenever I go down
to Dunedin because it always rains there!!!

Cheers
Murray

[David Burggraaf (F...]

You can also adjust the position of the door glass. It can be raised by
moving the 2 glass stops upwards. These are located under the inner door
panel at the top of the door shell. You can also lean the glass inward or
outward to make it press on the seals more or less by shifting the glass
guide rails. The bolts for these are seen on the bottom edge of the door. If
you loosen them, the guides can be moved within the slotted holes.
I found a combination of adjusting the window position height upwards,
leaning the guides inward at the top, and shifting the seal guides of the
soft top outward (as described by Howard below) gave me a real tight seal
with no leaks. The easiest of these jobs is moving the soft top seals
outward, so try this first.

[Turner, Phill W]

Yes , hello from Melbourne... my 94 from time to time drips through the
vertical join on the rubber seal near the windscreen ... it probably helps to
keep the rubber supple by using a dedicated cleaner ... maybe a silicone based
cleaner.