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Just had a paint job on our Kamper. Spent the last four nights in the forests of South Wales. lots of rain and dripping noises throughout the night.

Are the back air vents supposed to slope downwards and in to the engine compartment as they make a hell of a noise with 2 inches of rain per hour dripping down them!!???

Em & Al

Yup mine do too that and I don't think mine have been out of the van, a bit annoying as I'm in the 'sleep with your head at the back of the van' camp.

extend the gutter a couple of inches above the vent, stops the drip, drip, drip, drip


so i'm told, mine dont do it, never has

We always make sure the camper is parked slightly nose down - and I've extended the gutters so the water runs away quietly down the tailgate-shut area.

I have a short cable tie on the lower rear corner of the vent to give rain a path to out side you van.

Well thanks everybody, some good solutions to what appears is a universal problem.

What concerns me now is what happens to the rain when it goes down the hole....We'll have to have a good look.

Em & Al

You don't want to go looking down that hole! - you'll get vertigo or feel the need to crawl down it - and you'd only come out at side of the engine bay anyway.

dont go in there without a hair dryer and large tub of waxoil

Hacksawbob wrote:dont go in there without a hair dryer and large tub of waxoil

i beg your pardon

Not only is the dripping water down the intakes a nuisance but what about the damp and rust it creates when the van is parked!

Our old air colded bay have vanes angled the other way so the rain ran off. Presumable with a water cooled engine you don't need so much air when you are going along? So will one of you people who make goodies for our vans please make some replacement intakes with the vanes the other way.

Please keep me informed if you are making some

dont suppose the air cooled ones would swap onto a watercooled?

As far as i know Aircooled ones are cut out of threar panel

Yes the air vents on the Bay are part of the rear metal panel so it needs some one to make some fibreglass/plastic ones.