rear window leak EVC

[Blaque Jacques]

I recently removed all of the plastic panels in an effort to replace my rotting floor. While installing the floor and all that that involves I was working inside of the van during a rare desert rain event. I noticed a pretty severe drip coming from the bottom rail of the right rear window, which would not have been noticed with the paneling in place. Actually it was dripping from the middle lower screw head and running along the rail and down the inside sheetmetal of the van. I was lucky as I hadn't considered this as a leak spot. (I had previously cleaned and re-caulked the rubber blocks on the roof and thought that was the main culprit of my leaks.

I couldn't find much reference to window leaks or a remedy, so I thought I would reach out and see if anyone has found a problem spot or 'easy' fix before tearing into the window.

Has anyone had or fixed this issue yet?
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86 2wd Westy GW2200. 97, 99 02 EVC. Lots and lots of bikes

[obnoxiousblue]

I haven't ever heard of the rear window being prone to leaking - as such, I think this is likely more an issue of your window needing to be R/R'd.
If you have no-cost glass insurance, call up your preferred window shop and have them replace it... If not they can remove the window and clean the old adhesive off the back then use new urethane adhesive to reinstall it.
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Mike
1964 Beetle
2001 Eurovan Camper

[TheOneTrueQuux]

[Blaque Jacques]

yes, thanks, its is an EVC with slider. I'll definitely check the drains. Looks like there is an old felt channel for the slider to, well, slide in. Mine seems old and crusty. Anyone know of a source for a replacement?
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86 2wd Westy GW2200. 97, 99 02 EVC. Lots and lots of bikes

[obnoxiousblue]

Apologies, had not read clearly that it was thee rear side window. I had thought it was the rear window but on the right side; my bad.
I have an EVC too, the RV windows are standard RV windows and (for lack of better word) "snap" together there is still a sealant that goes around the outside. You'll see around the window frame are thin rectangular slits. It isn't hard to remove these if you wanted to re-seal them. The hardest part is going to be removing the interior plastic wall to access the window.
But, as was mentioned earlier there are rubber seals on the window which may have dried/cracked/shrunk. There are a number of RV window suppliers you can order windows from - the hardest part is actually that this particular window has a bit of an angle to the rear which might be hard to replicate without tracing.
If you google "replacement RV windows" you'll find a bunch of options.
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Mike
1964 Beetle
2001 Eurovan Camper