Hello!

I have a 1990 Volvo 240 DL Station Wagon.
My cargo window, rear right, leaks. Rubber seal looks good but I am planning to install a new one so to take care of this leak.

I found this link. Is it good? $180 for right seal?
Is this the correct part?

SEALING STRIP, RIGHT. GENUINE CLASSIC PART
CH APP 794300- Trim molding incorporated with weather molding.
Part Number: 1372288

https://www.volvopartswebstore.com/showAssembly.aspx?ukey_assembly=237361&ukey_make=865&ukey_model=20826&modelYear=1990&ukey_category=7878&ukey_driveLine=394&ukey_trimLevel=28250

Thank you!
Franck

You might try calling Steele Rubber Products at (888) 778-2237 - they claim to have the largest inventory and the most experience in the business.

what is the CArgo window >?? Why not use a good clear polyurethane??

what is the CArgo window >?? Why not use a good clear polyurethane??

before you do this check the drain holes at the bottom of the seal to see if they are clean and not blocked.

There are four of them. First is about 2 inches back front. 2 midway. the 4th is about 2 1/2 inches from the rear. They are very small and if you didn't know they were there you would not notice them. The holes are just above the where the seal meets the body.

Probe with a paper clip.

be advised genuine classic part is not oe volvo. they buy from uro or someone like that and put in a classic volvo box to sell at the dealer. the quality on classic volvo is not the same as original. as that seal fits all the 245s past that vin, i'd go scavenging for used should you really need 1. all my time at the dealer, i sold probably 2 whereas is sold a few of that side glass-1213550.

Hello,

That is the right part number.

I hate to tell you, but I'm pretty sure I sold the last 1 about a month ago.

This seal has been NLA for a while.

1 of the problems with servicing cars with high quality parts can be by the time a part needs replacing, it may not be available anymore.

It is common practice to discontinue parts that aren't selling and in some cases Volvo would simply throw away discontinued parts and I know this for a fact.

1 has to cringe at the thought of all of the Volvo parts that have gone into a landfill. I understand that it is impracticable for the car manufacturers to keep every part they ever made, but to throw them away doesn't make sense to me. I also know discontinuing replacement parts is a strategy for selling the next latest and greatest.

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Eric
Hi Performance Automotive Service (formerly OVO or Old Volvos Only)
Torrance, CA 90502
hiperformanceautoservice.com or oldvolvosonly.com

Hi,

It looks like you have selected the right part number for your car to me.

I have a little bit of news for you, if this leak was anything like my 1986 wagon, the seal will be ok to reuse it.
As I remember? You work the inner rubber lip up and to the outside along the bottom and sides to release the entire window. The lip will actually pop over to just the other side of the lip.
Just be easy going working along with a putty knife or some plastic body tools might be better. The window just pushes out as an assembly.

I had a little more heads up on the rust, of the right window! My car had a black decal trim layer was bubbling in a couple places. I painted on a new one with a can of SEM’s Black Trim paint.
Study the inside lower lip of the window with the side panel removed. Look up from underneath with a mirror and a bright light. The rust starts up in there until the pinch weld melts away and then comes the water! The seal is helpless!

What you will find, like I did, that under the gasket there will be pinch weld rust!
That back corner seemed to be rusted worse than my left side.
I think it was due to the exhaust vent on that side and also due to it being colder because that wheel well doesn’t have the spare tire. The spare displaces air volume and adds mass to that area. So consequently, the tire stabilizes the zone more. It is not as subject to keeping as much moisture in that cavity, unless the antenna leaks or a pinch weld of the wheel well shroud, gives way.

You will want to get real friendly with a product POR 15. It is a body rust hole filling epoxy that makes all solid again. When you use the product you will want to use the whole can.
That’s why I tackled both windows even though the right one was far worse.

If the new strip comes with new molding your going to have fun getting it together. I didn’t mess with mine and wouldn’t wish that on any one.
Don’t get me wrong it surely can be done, but replacing that rubber strip is going to require removing the old trim and putting it back on.
I don’t see it getting shipped without the glass unless it’s in a flat box as big as the window.

Seems to be a right smart price for only rubber but if it come with trim metal trim moldings they can get more bucks!
You might want to take the window out twice and see what you got and then order it if needed.
The rubbers on these cars hold up well but depending on the environment the car has been in it want be as supple as a new one.
Another advantage of new, I guess, especially, if needed!

Phil

Hello Everyone. I want to thank everyone for your time and kind messages which I found very useful. In particular I would like to thank Phil for his detailed descriptions which makes total sense to me.
I will proceed with his plan. I am in Socal so it has not rained yet but now that I have said this it probably will!
Cheers. Franck