Silicone and windscreen/rear window seals

[The Veg]

I presume that the seals are supposed to free of silicone- am I correct?

Yesterday and today I removed the front and rear glass. I found that both pieces of glass had a very neat application of white silicone around the edge of their outward faces, more white silicone in a neat, thin layer between the rear seal and the lip of the body (just on one side though), and -brace yourself- a rather stupendous amount that somebody hid between the windscreen seal and the body- up to 1/4" thick in places! Given the extremely decrepit condition of the seals, maybe this was something somebody did to stop leakage- although I haven't seen any sign inside the car of water intrusion.

[JonB]

I presume that the seals are supposed to free of silicone- am I correct?

Yep, I reckon so.

although I haven't seen any sign inside the car of water intrusion.

Might be a DPO bodge but looks like it worked. Nice one.