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  1. 19th July 2014, 08:51 PM #1
    Jeff Mc Guest

    Defender roof leaking

    Hey all!
    I know this is a very frequently asked question here and I've searched through previous posts to see if there was any pictures of how to fix it but I can't find any.
    As normal, my Defender leaks through the roof on the drivers side but lately it has started leaking like a river while it's raining. I took off the roof rack and completely sikaflexed all the gutters and as far as I can see, the joint between the windscreen and the roof is sealed. but it still leaks badly on the inside and appears to be coming in between the 2 sheets of metal. I have no idea how to fix this and was hoping someone may have a picture of what they have done to cure/improve the problem. I've read about taping it up but i'm not sure what part to tape.
    I've attached a video of it slowly leaking (the river of water had already past through by the time i got the camera out). If anyone has any info on this, it would be greatly appreciated.

    Jeff
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  2. 19th July 2014, 09:17 PM #2
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    How good are defenders! There is the water ingress manual on this page, may be of some use: http://www.landroverweb.com/landrove...rover-manuals/
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  3. 19th July 2014, 09:28 PM #3
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    How about the windscreen/roof/corner seal? How's that looking, bit of a gap?
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  4. 20th July 2014, 11:03 AM #4
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    Is your roof lined? If not you can do what I did and it fixed the problem. I filled the inside "gutter"with epoxy resin. I mixed it and poured it in slowly and it flowed along the gutter. No more problems. I suppose you could use any filler to do this. Jim
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  5. 20th July 2014, 09:01 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigBlackDog View Post
    How good are defenders! There is the water ingress manual on this page, may be of some use: http://www.landroverweb.com/landrove...rover-manuals/
    Ya, they are just brilliant!! Thanks, the manual is a good start
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  6. 20th July 2014, 09:02 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by n plus one View Post
    How about the windscreen/roof/corner seal? How's that looking, bit of a gap?
    It looks good, from what I can see anyway. I was thinking of taking off the roof and just re-sealing everything!
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  7. 20th July 2014, 09:03 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by jx2mad View Post
    Is your roof lined? If not you can do what I did and it fixed the problem. I filled the inside "gutter"with epoxy resin. I mixed it and poured it in slowly and it flowed along the gutter. No more problems. I suppose you could use any filler to do this. Jim
    I don't have a liner on it at the moment. Is that where water gets in mostly, along the inner gutter?
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  8. 20th July 2014, 10:07 PM #8
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    You need Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure.....
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  9. 21st July 2014, 07:19 AM #9
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    I found that my inner gutter was filling with water which sploshed back and forward wetting everything. Filling the inner gutter stopped this
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  10. 25th July 2014, 09:48 PM #10
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    What's an inner gutter?
    And how do you get to it to seal it?
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