Lin999 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Hi we have a Mobilvetta Motorhome, which is on a Fiat Ducatto chassis. Over the last few months we have noticed that water is getting in somewhere and filling up around the glow plugs, we have to remove the water, squirt wd40 onto it before it will start. I'm not sure where the water is coming in from, but having fiddled around (the hubby is away) that the seal at the bottom of the windscreen may not be sealed and the water seems to be trickling through there onto a metal bracket above the engine and dripping, having plugged this up with a cloth, tonight I found it to be sopping wet and the glow plugs,once more,under water. Any advise on what to use to seal this, will bathroom sealant do or something stronger? Also the airvent has a little puddle inside when the bonnet is lifted, is this normal. Any advise will be gratefully received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 If you do a Forum search using the single word "scuttle" and looking at all posts, you will have enough reading to last you for some days. Water leaks onto the Ducato engine are a matter of considerable notoriety, but there is some good advice out there about reducing the leaks. Try: http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Underbonnet-water-ingress-update/16627/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Collings Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Before anything else including dropping of to sleep after hours of reading previous postings just check its not the drain at the end of the gutter below the screen has not been blocked by leaves or moss etc. Fiat are slow learners three generations of Ducato/Boxer and earlier vans have suffered from water getting under the bonnet. Must be something to do with being designed in sunny Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin999 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Oooo Thankyou, I had no idea it was called a scuttle, now I'm wiser, I shall read and digest and hopefully fix the problem. Thankyou once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin999 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Oooo Thankyou, I had no idea it was called a scuttle, now I'm wiser, I shall read and digest and hopefully fix the problem. Thankyou once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin999 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Thanks, I'll check that tomorrow, pretty sure it was clear tho, the seal (scuttle thing) meets in the middle and I'm pretty sure what was sealing it together ain't doing its job, so may try some kind of sealant before investigating further. The recent inclement weather hasn't helped, we should have bought a winter cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney1 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 When parked up we use a cheap plastic tarpaulin (Toolstation or Screwfix) under the silver screen covers and tucked up high under the over hang and then over the scuttle onto the bonnet. Shouldn't need to but works a treat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artheytrate Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Our 2014 Auto Sleeper Broadway was the same, I removed the scuttle and cleaned away all the crap sponge seal and I stuck the 2 halves together and sealed the complete scuttle to screen with black tiger seal off ebay. I also made the side drains bigger and ran new drain hoses down under the wheel arches, under my bonnet is now bone dry. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin999 Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 Thanks everyone, I have cleaned where I think the water is coming through and duck taped it for now, just gotta wait for a spot of rain to if it leaks 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin999 Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Well it leaked, but think it was a cheap tape, goina try and get hold of some pu stuff , don't really want to take the scuttle off ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviddwight Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 We are on our third new Fiat since 2009 and never had this problem, so why is it some vans seem to have so many problems. They cant all be Monday/Friday vehicles, surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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