Thread: Rain water leaking into front interior roof lining

Hi Mate,
I had a wet roof lining in the left front corner caused by a badly sealed replacement windscreen. My disco was parked in my driveway with the nose facing downhill and the water would run down the gutter and into a hole in the rubber seal at top left of windscreen. This made a fair area of the roof lining wet. Is your car parked on a hill? Has the windcreen been recently replaced?
Cheers Matt

Originally Posted by imatt

Hi Mate,
I had a wet roof lining in the left front corner caused by a badly sealed replacement windscreen. My disco was parked in my driveway with the nose facing downhill and the water would run down the gutter and into a hole in the rubber seal at top left of windscreen. This made a fair area of the roof lining wet. Is your car parked on a hill? Has the windscreen been recently replaced?
Cheers Matt

Same here, only occurred when facing down hill. Dodgy windscreen installers. Minimal damage to the lining though however all has been replaced.

regards
Andrew

Originally Posted by imatt

Hi Mate,
I had a wet roof lining in the left front corner caused by a badly sealed replacement windscreen. My disco was parked in my driveway with the nose facing downhill and the water would run down the gutter and into a hole in the rubber seal at top left of windscreen. This made a fair area of the roof lining wet. Is your car parked on a hill? Has the windcreen been recently replaced?
Cheers Matt

I only bought the car a few weeks ago so not sure about the windscreen.
The car was parked on the flat when this occurred.
Whats the go with the windscreen seal? Has to be taken to a windscreen shop or something that can be done DIY?

Originally Posted by twr7cx

I only bought the car a few weeks ago so not sure about the windscreen.
The car was parked on the flat when this occured.

Jeez, 66 odd posts in only a couple of weeks. Make sense, you did buy a Land Rover.

Check if its a or the genuine windscreen. Should have Land Rover badge like the side windows.

Pretty common for replaced windscreen to leak.

Also do search on the forum for leaks. Plenty on here.

Regards
Andrew

Originally Posted by Andrew D

Also do search on the forum for leaks. Plenty on here.

Yes, there is plenty of threads on Land Rover leaks - not all windscreen ones though! Heres some good ones:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...headliner.html
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...of-leak-2.html

It doesn't seem to leak when the vehicle is moving.
I guess the easiest way for me to confirm that it is the windscreen that is leaking is to spray it with a garden hose tomorrow.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Yes, there is plenty of threads on Land Rover leaks - not all windscreen ones though! Heres some good ones:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...headliner.html
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...of-leak-2.html

It doesn't seem to leak when the vehicle is moving.
I guess the easiest way for me to confirm that it is the windscreen that is leaking is to spray it with a garden hose tomorrow.

I've posted this answer before:-
Look at the Sunroof Drain tubes
http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...II/tubes_3.jpg

Originally Posted by imatt

Hi Mate,
I had a wet roof lining in the left front corner caused by a badly sealed replacement windscreen. My disco was parked in my driveway with the nose facing downhill and the water would run down the gutter and into a hole in the rubber seal at top left of windscreen. This made a fair area of the roof lining wet. Is your car parked on a hill? Has the windcreen been recently replaced?
Cheers Matt

Same here,check the sealing of the windscreen.

Cant always blame the replacement screen either.

Mine (TD5 D2a) had the original screen in it and the scrooges at landrover had put a beed of sealer less than 1mm wide around the top corners of the screen. In heavy rain water would come through and moisten the front corners of the hoodlining.

I had the screen pulled and resealed, presto, no more water leaks.

The guys (windscreens o'brien hobart) managed to save the factory screen which I was happy about. However if they had of broken it my insurer (RACT) would have paid for the job as I am entitled to one replacement screen a year.