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Can anyone please tell me if they have found a way of stopping the whistling from the roof vent whilst travelling...whilst unpleasant for us... it is driving our dog demented! Any suggestions gratefully received.
 

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I don't get any noise, I would suggest your roof light is not sealing. That's where I would look first. Maybe new rubbers?
 

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Errr ...

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To be serious ... not all roof lights have the draught seal on them as they are supposed to 'provide ventilation' for H&S reasons! If it hasn't got a seal then you can use some rubber/sponge sticky back door draught seal to lessen the gap (so long as you have ventilation elsewhere).
 

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Good luck, our last Rapido had vented ones and I tried almost everything and never found a cure
 
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Is it an MPK 40x40? I replaced ours with a heki mini plus. Before that i could not open cab windows while driving as the pressure caused the MPK to make a hell of a racket.

2 hours work 80 quid and a bit of mastic and light swearing and I have a van that will happilly do 70 with the cab windows open and without that horrible noise.

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We had a roughly 300mm square one - not sure of maker but there were seals available.

We fitted them to out Autotrail and it shut them up. (y)

Alas I can't find the company that sold them but will have a search and post when I do - Sorry - I know not much help :(
 

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get a spoiler and glue it to the roof in front of the vent to make an effective dam to deflect the air over it,
 
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You could try posting some pictures of the offending rooflight. That might help us work out the issues. But I suspect a spoiler or a replacement is probably your most likely solution.

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Thanks everyone for your input. Funny enough I had considered ear protectors for the dog.. made me smile..I'll get a picture from inside of the offending roof light and post it later. Had looked at the spoiler option, but wasn't sure as the van roof profile already has a raised area at the front and the roof light is then in a dip..not sure exactly where a spoiler would fit.

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Thanks everyone for your input. Funny enough I had considered ear protectors for the dog.. made me smile..I'll get a picture from inside of the offending roof light and post it later. Had looked at the spoiler option, but wasn't sure as the van roof profile already has a raised area at the front and the roof light is then in a dip..not sure exactly where a spoiler would fit.
Here is the spoiler arrangement on ours:
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Here is the spoiler arrangement on ours:
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Thanks for the pic. It looks like you have a completely flat roof profile on yours. Can't get up to take pic of ours without a ladder, but ours is as I said in a dip. Hooe you didn't climb up there especially for me..

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Thanks for the pic. It looks like you have a completely flat roof profile on yours. Can't get up to take pic of ours without a ladder, but ours is as I said in a dip. Hooe you didn't climb up there especially for me..
No, it's an old photo that I had lying around. The van has overhead bulge just in front of that area.
 
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No, it's an old photo that I had lying around. The van has overhead bulge just in front of that area.
OK. .thanks. Bernie has gad a look, but there is only a VERY small gap between the bulge and the roof light, no space to fit one of these. Guess the bulge should deflect the wind already.

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We travel with our two open. No whistle and great airflow through.. I understand not all can be left open while travelling though.. Ours are fiamma
 

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We had a roughly 300mm square one - not sure of maker but there were seals available.

We fitted them to out Autotrail and it shut them up. (y)

Alas I can't find the company that sold them but will have a search and post when I do - Sorry - I know not much help :(

Found it :)

http://www.leisurespares.co.uk/stock/Seitz/heki-rooflights/


Item 25 on page 5 is a seal that is not usually fitted by some makers.

We had the mini Heki and the correct seal was a bit of a faff to fit but worked.

If they do a parts list for your roof light it should be identifiable.
 
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