NO MORE WATER LEAKS IN OUR DEFENDER | 1 year feedback | How to fix water ingress issues

No more water leaks in our Land Rover Defender, this is our 1 year feedback and how to fix water ingress issues. A year ago we did a huge job on our Defender to stop any water from coming inside, watch the video to know what happened.
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We are a family of 4 with 2 children. We are overlanding for years now on wild tracks in our Land Rover Defender 110.
Our expedition vehicle is a Land Rover Defender camper conversion. Some people say it’s more like a bug out vehicle but for us it’s the perfect 4wd off-road tourer with best 4x4 camping set-up.
We bought this 4wd rig brand-new in 2009 and the engine is the 2.4 tdci Puma version. We transformed it time after time in a real overland 4x4 touring camper and it’s now a perfect off-grid truck for wild camping, bivouac, or simply as an overlanding Defender.
We love enjoying time in nature and exploring the world as a family.
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Nous sommes une famille de 4 dont 2 enfants. Nous voyageons depuis des années sur les pistes dans notre Land Rover Defender 110.
Notre véhicule d’expédition est un Defender aménagé. Certains le décrivent plus comme un véhicule de survie mais pour nous c’est le parfait compromis d’aménagement 4x4 et tout-terrain pour le camping.
Nous avons acheté ce véhicule neuf en 2009 et sa motorisation est un TD4 2.4 tdci Puma. Nous l’avons transformé jour après jour en un parfait tout terrain de camping 4x4 et il nous permet d’être autonomes lors d’un bivouac, d’un voyage 4x4 ou simplement lors d’un voyage en famille.
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No more water leaks in our Defender - 1 year feedback - How to fix water ingress issues

[@johnwanjala4311]

I will join the bandwagon and say thanks for your report 1 year down the line

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for your message!

[@gaikabushcraft7035]

Ha la joie du défender qui fuit comme tous Vive sika flex Merci pour ce partage continuer comme ça grâce à vous plus aucun problème de défender nous sera inconnu 👍👍👍👍😜😜

[@offtrackfamily]

Merci beaucoup pour votre message! :)

[@mikej1389]

Wow it has been a year already- thank you for the update. I have used an exterior marine grade UV stable flexible silicone with windshield trim of my jeep for 7 years successfully, urethane based (same product to secure windshields ) could be a good product- needs to warm when applied and use a electric caulking gun as it a very stiff product to squeeze by hand.

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for you rmessage & for sharing how you fixed this issue on your Jeep. Seems like it's not only a Defender's problem ;)

[@petehudson595]

Sikaflex everytime , fantastic stuff 👍

[@offtrackfamily]

I think the best! Tried another one (showed in our previous water ingress video) & it was a fail.

[@guidok3762]

Thanks for the video, my Swiss Mowag (Actually a Dodge) is 30 years old, but no water leaking happily...... keep up the good work. I will visit Switzerland this year for some nice camping / overlanding in Wallis 🇳🇱❤️🇨🇭best regards from The Netherlands

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for your message! It's great you don't have this water problem :) Wallis is a beautiful region!

[@stefcestojkovski9773]

I had my defender for 7 years and it's still leaks water on my shoe well I'm driving. I fixed it easier way I wear gumboots when it rain. Thank you for the video

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for your message! Sure this is the easy way, would still recommend to try to fix it ;)

[@akashicrecords369]

My defender 110 year 1990 having this issue right now. Perhaps can try your way and see. thanks for your info and guidance!

[@offtrackfamily]

Happy if it helps :)

[@Mrninjarida]

It’s the only thing that I can’t stand about my Defender! 😁 My roof is all good but the doors are a nightmare! I have installed a plastic channel (1995 300 TDi) in the bottom of the door with drainage holes to catch the water and allow it to escape. Will be sealing up my vents too. That should sort it......for now.

[@offtrackfamily]

It's a love & hate story ;) We also added Sika around the door seams (on the inside) before last year's job and also at the bottom of the windows (on the outside) and it helped a lot. There's more details in our first vid.

[@mitchipeket2101]

Encore une fois une très bonne vidéo. Merci pour toutes ces informations très claires. A très bientôt. Michel

[@offtrackfamily]

Merci beaucoup pour votre message!

[@DavidMSA]

My 2010 Defender was waterproof from factory, I was lucky 😀. Best Regards, David.

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for sharing this positive experience & happy to know some Defenders out there don't have this water issue!

[@BushcraftHakankarahan]

Good video, I'm waiting for the continuation😍😎👍

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for your message!

[@ddnuk]

Tip for you - one of the reasons your footwells may be getting wet is because of the cables running from under the bonnet and up the snorkel. Rain from the gutter and under the windscreen will hit these, run along them to the top of the footwell under the bonnet and seep inside. I would suggest waterproofing the footwell under the bonnet, sealing any seams and put something to redirect the flow from the cables to the top of the whee arch so it doesn’t hit the footwell.

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for your message! Yes we added sikaflex on the gutter under the bonnet & redirected the flow, our first video from last year has more details on that. We don't have anymore water leaks & this is why we share it. Thanks for pointing out that particular point :)

[@axelcartwright4507]

Thanks for the feed back, your previous video was helpful and hopefully I get the same results!

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for your message! Very happy it helps :)

[@STYLEHUAHINONAIR]

Very nice.

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks!

[@ohsoright2503]

What is that rust spray prevention you are using?

[@nicksmith2683]

I also used sikaflex on the joint between the bulkhead and the windscreen surround. Just pushed the old foam back in and sikafkex worked a treat. Glad I’m also not the only person to park one way on an incline! If I reverse into my drive and it rains the inside groove above the rear quarter light fills with water. Still can’t trace it. So I just park front in! Sorted. Reminds me of a post I one saw about someone coming round to fix their friend’s leaky defender as water was pooling. They just drilled a hole in the footwell floor. Pooling water no more!

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for your message & sharing your experience! :)

[@frank-lr]

Ours is still watertight but I'm thinking of sealing the bulkhead-windscreen seam and the gap above the cappings. I'm just not sure about Sikaflex there. Wouldn't it be very difficult to seprated the panels if needed because of Sika's adhesive strength?

[@nicksmith2683]

@@frank-lr yes, maybe, but when I looked into replacing the seal it was pretty much a roof off job due to the pins. I know sikaflex is strong, but nothing a razor blade won’t sort if I need to separate.

[@ralfeberhardt4452]

5:38 the leak at the front passenger site - how did you fixe this one ? Thanks for the new vid !

[@offtrackfamily]

It came either from the hole in the seam under the gutter under the windshield or from the gutter under the bonnet. We made kind of a sika bridge on that under bonnet gutter. More details on how we did it on last year's vid :)

[@ralfeberhardt4452]

@@offtrackfamily Thank you ! Will try it as soon its a bit warmer !

[@RossetBespokeButlers]

This is good advice. I did basically the same thing to my '83 110 although the series style doors don't fit as well as later defender doors so I still get wet 😅

[@offtrackfamily]

😅 need to add more sika then ;) we're all good, no more water leaks since then. Although we now have a different roof

[@HeliRy]

For an ‘09 vehicle that leaking is brutal. I used to have an ‘86 Jeep CJ7 and would fold the front window down in the summer. That of course broke the seal at the window and every time it rained, I had to drive with a towel on my legs 🤣

[@brownmoyondizvo1258]

Nope, mine remains leaky. It provides cooling relief when it's over 40 degrees Celsius and my feet are roasting. If it's 40+ outside, it must be about 60 in the footwell, so if it isn't raining, I pour cold water from the fridge on my feet. If you ever come to Africa, that's my top tip. If you have a solution for dust, I would love to hear it! Thanks for the excellent videos.

[@offtrackfamily]

Hahaha that's home made air conditioning ;) Unfortunately no tips for dust... if you have one for mud I'm all ears :) Thanks for the message!

[@bobw9297]

never ending love and care , you may want to use painters tape next time and do not wait for it to set , take it off right away .

[@offtrackfamily]

Yes you are totaly right! It's better and easier to remove the tape immediatly but we didn't know it one year ago. Thanks for your message.

[@TheBlueOwl21]

I am planning on tackling this job once the weather warms up

[@offtrackfamily]

Cool! Would be great to also have a feedback when done :)

[@tipperarymick5337]

Older defenders were notorious for water leaks, but would have assumed they would have fixed the problem in newer models!

[@offtrackfamily]

It seems to come overtime, didn't have any water coming in for many years after buying it.

[@laurentbideau2605]

Merci pour la video ! Le vrai defi avec un Defender est de garder les fluides moteur a l’interieur et l’eau a l’exterieur 😂

[@offtrackfamily]

C'est ce qu'on dit :)

[@johndiaz7240]

Well worth the effort.

[@offtrackfamily]

Yes! Thanks for your message :)

[@fredericmissy8841]

Bonjour les Family track. Je serai intéressé de savoir comment vous avez fixer le panneau solaire sur la tente de toit. Car j'ai la même tente. Au plaisir de vous retrouver. Fred

[@offtrackfamily]

Merci pour votre message! Nous avons mis du Sikaflex à chaque point où le panneau touche la tente et utilisé des colsons pour relier les point d'attache de la tente (dispo à cet emplacement) à ceux du panneau solaire.

[@barrybumbandito]

Haha that looks familiar. The wet mats are a problem in mine. I've resorted to removing the floor mats. To add to my water issues, I have a sunroof that drips based on the angle I've parked on.

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for your message! Sikaflex UV 521 helped us in many situations, maybe you could first give it a try for your sunroof :)

[@Countrysideboy247]

I really love this car since childhood but it's sad that it's notorious for water leaks. Was this common for all defenders that came out fresh from the factory, or this problem occurs after many years of useage? How are they at a water crossing?

[@offtrackfamily]

We bought it new in 2009 and never had water leaks for many years. When it started we took care of the problem and it was all good after that. Goes well at water crossing.

[@alexanderczermak2888]

i did this bevor first meters of driving. Brought the Defender with a trailer to a workshop, then rust prevention with Dinitrol waxoil and leak preventiom with special clear silicon from Würth! Last Year my dealer said, he´ve never seen bevor a Defender in this condition after 7 years and 120k kilometers. 😎

[@colmmyers7541]

Silicon can react badly with some metals

[@alexanderczermak2888]

@@colmmyers7541 no problems the last 8 years! 😎

[@colmmyers7541]

That's good to hear 👌

[@offtrackfamily]

I think this was a great idea to prevent this known issue & thanks for sharing your personal experience :)

[@colmmyers7541]

@@offtrackfamily sikaflex is perfect it also UV rated it's used to seal almost all joints in most wind turbines I have built. But silicon was used to seal a panel in a old car I owned and it caused corrosion the paint shop told me never use silicon on panels 😀 but then again silicon probably have different products by the same name. So once its holding water out we are all happy 🤣

[@millin2222]

Great video thanks for the share. Need some advice regarding my roof. Its basically leaking at the seams/joints and also in the middle where there is no joint, paint is also flaking and bubbling, think the last owner tried to fix it without success. It's entire Landrover is currently coated in Raptor (like old style artex). Wanting to get rid of all the flaking, cleaning off with white spirits the primering use Sika flex 521 UV on the joints and then painting the entire roof with bitumen, would also consider using some rust repellent before treating would this be a good idea or not with the bitumen thanks any advice would be great

[@offtrackfamily]

Hi! About bitumen, I'm not sure that it's necessary. The most important is to locate the water ingress points. You just need some sikaflex to stop it leaking. One of the most strategic point is the joint between the roof and windscreen at the front like in the video. Don't hesitate to give us your feedback.

[@cyrilmasse7930]

Super topic très très utile, merci off track family. Est ce que vous avez identifié une voie d’entre d’eau particulière pour l’eau qui arrive au niveau des pieds?

[@offtrackfamily]

Merci pour le message!

[@cyrilmasse7930]

@@offtrackfamily avec plaisir, je suis fan😀 est ce que vous avez identifié une voie d entrée particulière pour l,eau qui arrive au niveau des pieds. J ai le même problème. 🙏 merci

[@gp6510]

Sur mon def td5, j’ai identifié une fuite d’eau qui coule sous le tapis de sol au niveau des pieds du conducteur. L’origine est un défaut d’étanchéité dans le compartiment moteur au Niveau du joint du pédalier d’embrayage. Insta: @french_black_landy

[@cyrilmasse7930]

@@gp6510 merci beaucoup,je vais regarder ca,✌️

[@offtrackfamily]

Il faudrait également voir au niveau de la gouttière sous le capot. Les images dans notre vidéo de l'année dernière sont plus détaillées sur ce point en particulier.

[@markbartolo]

Great video. Gives me hope of solving the problem one day 😊 How many tubes of Sikaflex would you say are needed to completely seal a Defender? Mine is a 90 County. I can't source the product locally (Malta), and I will probably have to order it online, so I want to make sure I order enough.

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for the message. If I remember well it was about 2 and a half big pot of sika, so would need to order 3 big ones

[@skcarfashion]

Thanks Emily 🤩🤝 i think my TDI is like i flower, he needs water inside 😎😂😂😂

[@nigelgregory4777]

If you can't stop it coming in, shoot a hole in the floor so it can get out, 😂

[@offtrackfamily]

Haha this is a nice way of seeing it :)

[@skcarfashion]

@@nigelgregory4777 yesss , it works 😂😂😂

[@RajSinghKhalsa]

I had issues with the front trunions under the windscreen with paint bubbling up, this was solved by replacing them with aftermarket aluminium ones and repaint in a paintshop unfortunately the bubbling drifted around the corners of the windscreen and to do a proper job the windscreen had to come out which was expensive but problem is solved

[@offtrackfamily]

Thanks for your message & sharing your experience :)

[@Defender110SLO]

Was one tube of sika enough. 😉👍

[@offtrackfamily]

One complete and about half of the second one :)

[@Defender110SLO]

@@offtrackfamily Thanks for info. 🍻 cheers