[VAC] Re: locating leaks

[Inlandrv@xxxxxxx]

Dick. I can talk much faster than I can type. We have been told that "call 
me" MUST no longer be used. Therefore, since it would take me a couple of 
hours to type the procedure, I must decline, since I don't have that much 
time to sit at a key board. 
In short, use a methodical approach to it. Start looking between main bows. 
Make super sure that "ALL" of the roof gaskets are good. Amazingly, almost 
everyone forgets to look at the "vent pipe covers." Probably they are the 
culprit half the time. Next is clearance lights. Second to last, is missing 
rivets. Awning rails are also a large culprit. Lastly, the seams have all 
been sealed from the inside when the shell was made. To place a sealer at the 
seams, and hope for some sort of magical "wicking," usually is a waste of 
time, but does sell a lot of sealer, and can't wick up to surround the 
rivets, let alone seal the interior seams.
Flooding a small area at a time, without using a nozzle, starting at the 
bottom of the coach, staying between two main bows, and "sloooooowly" working 
your way up, will 99 % of the time locate the leak. One must remember that 
when the leaking area is hit with water, it takes time to appear on the 
inside. 
Exterior leaks should be repaired or sealed with "Par-bond" or "vulkem."
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, any form of "silicone sealers."

Local refinements of this process, will take care of the last one percent.

Andy