i have a parts westy here that was let go so long, that water leaking in
around the fill ports has actually rusted thru the side of the van where that
horizontal beam is, a few inches below the ports.. (there is a reinforcement beam
there on all vanagons)  there is a holizontal line of rot right thru the
wall.. like karl says, the insulation gets soaked, sops up water like a sponge and
never dries out, holds it against the sheetmetal and it rots right thru from
the inside.   this is in addition to the rotting going on down where the floor
meets the rocker panel seam..  water sits behind there and takes the path of
least resistance, the rocker seam.

the only way to fix this is yank out your westy interior... fix the rust,
treat it, and seal everything up w. new seam sealer..  and reseal the fill
ports..

this kind of rust has nothing to do with road salt.

chris

In a message dated 1/1/08 12:46:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
groups@WESTYVENTURES.COM writes:

> Also the city water connector cracks at the fitting, leaks water down
> the wall and soaks the insulation. That's primarily what happened to
> mine. In fact, one time I had water flowing out from under the floor.
> Yikes.
>
> Karl
>
> JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> > possible, but not likely
> > the westys get the drivers seam rust from water leaking behind the 3 fill
> > ports.
> > i say this over and over, yet people still continue to fail to seal their
> > fill ports and wonder why their drivers side is rotting out

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