Leaking window, please help stop the water!

[tkruger]

This only occurs during in one of two situations, Heavy downpours for a period of time ore a long penetrating mist for a long period of time. I have an Monte Carlo LS with a full vinal top.

The driver's side rear window leaks from the top. I have re-sealed it on the top but it still leaks in the above mentioned situations. Any ideas how else water is getting in? What needs to be done to seal it? I can see slight drips on the glass. The most water in the car is a damp portion of the rear seat.

What interior damage may I have? I plan to remove the rear seat bottom to replace the middle seatbelt anyway shortly. Hope to do this at the same time.

 

[pontiacgp]

did you removed the window and seal it with butyl?

 

[tkruger]

I used some sealant from the auto parts store. Per the instructions supposedly all I needed to do was run the applicator along the edge of the window. It did work for all but the two situations I mentioned above. I have never removed a window and since it was tinted did not want to take a chance of breaking it and then having to match the tint on a replacement.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Are you talking about the rear quarter windows?

 

[tkruger]

Are you talking about the rear quarter windows?

Yes, it is the rear quarter window.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

The rear quarter windows are bolted to the body with speed nuts and use butyl tape to seal them. You probably need to unbolt the windows out, remove the old tape and laydown some new butyl tape down. Be careful, butyl tape is very messy stuff.

 

[tkruger]

The rear quarter windows are bolted to the body with speed nuts and use butyl tape to seal them. You probably need to unbolt the windows out, remove the old tape and laydown some new butyl tape down. Be careful, butyl tape is very messy stuff.

So they are bolted from the inside and then taped? Or is this a double sided type tape? Sorry but I have only installed house windows.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

It is more of a tar like sealant in a strip form on a backing tape. It is thick and sticky on all the sides. It will stick to everything and takes lighter fluid to remove. The tape goes between the glass and frame and the outside metal trim has studs that goes though the body.

 

[foxtrot]

The rear quarter windows are bolted to the body with speed nuts and use butyl tape to seal them. You probably need to unbolt the windows out, remove the old tape and laydown some new butyl tape down. Be careful, butyl tape is very messy stuff.

That's all good info but his car has a full vinal top and I did think that the qtr windo could just be reinstalled easily after removal. Someone else with landau experience will need to chime in.

 

[jeremyandthemonte]

when i put my windows in i used this with the onestep primer just do to that fact i hate the tar sealant u find it never worked well and it annoying to put on so far my windows have not leaked even with the sudden downpour we had here a few days ago but with this you really only ca install it once and be done http://3mcollision.com/products/adh...glass-urethane-windshield-adhesive-08693.html