IMG_1399.JPG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)IMG_1400.JPG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)Staying in the Eriba on the drive with the rain I just noticed a droplet of water on investigation it appears to be coming in from the window catch and filling the rubber seal. Any one experienced this and suggestion on what needs to be done. Definitely the catch as the block for the leaver is wet.

Hi Taffy, just been out to look at my 2007 Triton and on my van it can't be the catch as it has no connection to outside. The catch is fixed to the inner part of the double glazed window, see pic.

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Is it leaking further up the seal and running down to the lowest point, which happens to be the catch?

After inspection, as you say the catches are sealed. Now the rain has stopped I have opened the window and found that the outer seal has water running along the crease and I think it is running to the catch then overspilling. I don't quiet under stand as the sides and top are all bone dry but it is the bottom outer seal and the inner bottom lip of the window. The window all the way up on sides and top is dry, but the bottom still has the water on it. Could it be a capillary action drawing the water up?

Now that you can get the window open it will be worth inspecting the lip of the seal carefully. You should be able to feel any imperfections with your finger tips. Also check the window perspex at the point of contact with the seal, any debris in that area would stop a perfect seal.

Shutting the window with a leaf stem trapped would be sufficient to create a leak for example.

check the seal of the awning rail to the roof - common point of failure as the sealant shrinks over time

Denise

Can second the awning rail as a possible culprit. Ours was coming away from the van at the corners and water came in down the side of the window. Apparently a bit of a fiddle removing the rail, resealing and refitting (JohnE did ours) but no water leak since.

It appears to be the very bottom of the window seal all the way along it at the foot of the window. Seal on sides and at top of window is fine and remains dry but the bottom inner lip was wet and the lip in the rubber had overflowed. Nothing coming in on the high points of the awning rail.

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Staying in the Eriba on the drive with the rain I just noticed a droplet of water on investigation it appears to be coming in from the window catch and filling the rubber seal. Any one experienced this and suggestion on what needs to be done. Definitely the catch as the block for the leaver is wet.

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Hi, thanks for all the great advice. When dry I checked the window and count see anything but gave the rubber seal a good clean with Thetford seal lubricant. With all the rain we have had last night I have been doing checks several times and it is bone dry. Don't know if a leaf or something had broken the rubber seal and fell out when opening in the dry but since the lubricant it is all OK again. Thanks everyone.