Sliding window drain holes

Hi all does anybody know where the drain hole is on the sliding n/s window on the Kemerton thanks in advance

Lots of info about this if you use the search facility, I can see the drain holes on my Warwick so if you can't see them they may be covered in sealant

Sorry but does anyone have a pic of the location of the drain holes as to what part of the sliding window they are couldn’t see where they are sorry to be a pain

The drain hole in my Kingham is in the sliding channel about half inch back from the front. Rear one seems inacccessible. Last night rain was hitting n/s of van and water overflowed into van. I used a ball inflator to blow water out and drain sump became visible, then blasted it with pump and it cleared.

The pictures below were taken on our previous van, a 2015 Kemerton. They are of the sliding window in the side door, with the window blind and wooden frame removed to expose the vertical drains that come out of the window channel. 

The first picture is of the rear drain and shows a water mark where water has overflowed from the channel due to a blocked drain. The second picture is of the front drain, peeled open to show the dirt inside. The pictures were taken to try to show how microscopic the drain holes are. It’s hard to tell from them but a tiny channel is in the middle of the plastic vertical strip, barely 1mm diameter, which therefore gets blocked with the road dirt all too easily.

It’s a really poor design and no longer used in these vans. The new design sliding windows fitted after late 2019 are very different and much improved.

Tim



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That’s really helpful guys great pics of the channels Kemerton bath
I will try to unblock the channels from the outside under the window now I know where they are

The only way I stopped the leaks was to actually seal the sliding window up, I used some special window seal from Halfords. Strange the drivers side does not suffer the same.

Horizontal rain backed by gales last few nights in Norfolk proved too much for drainage holes. Sliding door window now sealed with clear waterproof tape. Something to think about when get home. Doesn’t leak now though p

Same problem at the weekend, heavy persistent rain and strong gusts at Keswick C&CC site overcame the passenger side sliding window drain and water was running down the inner door fabric. 

The entire site was evacuated after dark, as Derwentwater levels kept coming up and it was this morning before I got the chance to look at the drain. 

I investigated the rectangular hole that I believe is the sump, with a piece of copper wire, but I could not find an exit hole ??

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Solaris wrote:Horizontal rain backed by gales last few nights in Norfolk proved too much for drainage holes. Sliding door window now sealed with clear waterproof tape. Something to think about when get home. Doesn’t leak now though p

That's how I proved where the water was getting in, but I used "duck" tape

Kingham. That rectangular hole is the sump. Advice from my dealer was to use an airline as hole is too small to locate otherwise ! I do wonder if the drain tube might blow off though.
Used duck tape last year but it was hard work with ‘ sticky stuff remover ‘ to remove residual adhesive

Hi solaris did you remove the channel to clear adhesive out then put tape in its place

Solaris wrote:Kingham. That rectangular hole is the sump. Advice from my dealer was to use an airline as hole is too small to locate otherwise ! I do wonder if the drain tube might blow off though.
Used duck tape last year but it was hard work with ‘ sticky stuff remover ‘ to remove residual adhesive

Thank you