RE: Lake Scirocco in my car!

["Brian Honnold" <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>]

When they put my new windsheild in with a new seal 4 years ago, they used
black silicon gasket sealer on the seal/body side of the gasket and the
glass/gasket side.

No leaks at all.

If possible, seal around the inside glass to gasket as well,  I found that
the easiest way is to cut the end of the silicon tube at a small
angle....hole no more than 2mm across.  the you can kinda gush the sealer
after applying and there isn't much that smushes out that you have to clean
up.

Brian H

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Night Shadow
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 4:06 PM
> To: Chris DeLong
> Cc: marie@blaze.ca; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Lake Scirocco in my car!
>
>
>
> > IMHO this is a bandaid for the real problem. Save up thee
> duckets and get a
> > new seal. It looks really nasty with RTV all over your windshield. No
> > offense, Eric.
> >
> > Chris DeLong
> > '80 16V (with a brand new seal;))
>
> No offense taken Chris, but please do read on:
>
> New seals rarely seal properly either, in my experience.  And if your
> getting RTV on the windsheild your sealing it the wrong way.  You should
> Lift the outer edge of the seal and RTV that edge, filling any gaps.  Has
> worked on ALL of the 11 different VWs I have owned and if done properly
> works for a long time (longer than windshields last around here
> typically).  Additionally if done properly there will be on indications
> from the outside of the vehicle that it has been resealed.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
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