Wet Engine Bay

[Chausson640]

I am new to the forum and also new to a Transit.
Ten months ago I bought new a motorhome on a Transit chassis. All seemed well until about a month ago I noticed water resting in the moulding of the air filter box and the left side inner wing sound deadening material stained and wet.
The water seems to be travelling along the underside of the plastic scuttle drain and onto the wiper mechanism and down. I put Gorilla Tape on the joint between the lower edge of the screen and the scuttle- no change. So I am suspecting it is the little useless plastic extensions on each side of the scuttle gutter. Has anyone had this problem and solved it. It I'd booked in with Ford next week but I don't have any confidence. Thanks in advance

[Altransit]

Welcome

I'm sure that this has been discussed on here before, so it may be worth browsing this (Mk8) section. I seem to remember that there are extensions that may be missing, or never fitted

[austieman]

Here possibly?

viewtopic.php?f=64&t=205472

Welcome

I'm sure that this has been discussed on here before, so it may be worth browsing this (Mk8) section. I seem to remember that there are extensions that may be missing, or never fitted

[Digahole78]

I brought both those scuttle bits. Fitted in minutes and sorted problem for me. I was alerted to problem after discovering my air filter was soaking wet!

[Chausson640]

Unfortunately my van has these bits fitted but it still leaks and pours in . Do you guys add mastic to help

[Aero250]

just looking at doing this; did you add mastic and is it keeping the bay dry?

[Suggs]

I had this on a van i recently purchased and even with both the plastic scuttle diverters fitted water was pouring in, turned out water was coming in through the middle of the scuttle between wipers and going everywhere and pouring on to the alternator also got a small amount come through where the wiper arms go through the scuttle. I ended up just taking scuttle off and applied silicone then replaced scuttle and added a few extra small self tappers to pull it in, this stopped the leaking by 99.9 percent but will be a pain if screen needs changing. Its such a bad design fault, without the diverters water soaks the air filter one side and ECU on the other and the alternator in the middle. If i did the job again I would look for a non curing sealant to use on the scuttle so easier to remove if screen needs changing..