steamy windows....

[1781cc]

really annoying this... when the car is blowing cold air, all is well, when the hot air blows the window steams up quick. My initial thoughts were the dreaded heater matrix, so thought I would ask what the symptoms of this are?

The blower works in both hot and cold, and the footwell is completely dry with no sign of any water ingress... could it be that the condensation buildup is as a result of too much water going in through the cabrio roof?

Advice appreciated!

Thanks

Lee

[Monkeymagic]

When my bros went in his he had exactly the same symptoms with no wet carpets etc. |However he did have to top the coolant up occasionally and it stunk of anti freeze when you put it to hot...

[1781cc]

yeah, sounds like mine... I get the anti-freeze smell and the coolant level drops.

******, is this a big job?

[driftin jo]

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthr...=removing+dash

[simon20vq]

Excellent write up that! Hope you sort yours out Lee

[Monkeymagic]

that will be the cause then. I did it for my brother without any prior knowledge of the cars in about 6 hours. We used a valeo one to be sure it lasted.
I understand you can do it by slicing the carpet but that is a bodge in my opinion and we took our time to remove the dash neaten up some wiring and replaced a couple of bulbs while at it...

[1781cc]

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthr...=removing+dash

ahh, cheers buddy

I have done half of that removal already on previous cars so I know that part well, thats a really good guide.

Thanks

[Ross]

Interesting, been thinking about this the past week myself - the Windows are always steaming up, although blowing hot air clears them, but take it off and they just steam right up again. Shut the car off and it's all steamed up within 5 mins, really annoying for a quick dash into the supermarket... guess I'll add one to the list.

[1781cc]

Interesting, been thinking about this the past week myself - the Windows are always steaming up, although blowing hot air clears them, but take it off and they just steam right up again. Shut the car off and it's all steamed up within 5 mins, really annoying for a quick dash into the supermarket... guess I'll add one to the list.

yup, mine steams up fully when I am not in the car, went to Morrisons the other day, 15 minutes, came back, pea souper...

[Error404]

Part of the reason I am fitting climate to mine is that being a coupe owner I need a permanent dehumidifier in the car

[gripper]

Hot air directed at a cold windscreen will do this anyway !
Mine still does it even though I replaced my heater matrix earlier in the year.

We have a brand new Aston Martin parked up by my works and that does it as well !

[1781cc]

I have climate in the cabrio as well, doesn't do too much, car doesn't overheat though.

Just looked and there appears to be two lines cut into the passenger footwell, so maybe its already been done once? will investigate further.

Parked up aside, it still does the steam up as soon as you drive?

[macspring]

Part of the reason I am fitting climate to mine is that being a coupe owner I need a permanent dehumidifier in the car

lol.

[S2central.net]

I just remembered that I have the B5 A4 climate parts to put on my S2 but that may not befitting for next plans on the old coupe. I may of it anyway just so the wiring loom is plug and play for some other lucky soul !

[newsh]

The real tell tale for the heater matrix is when you go to wipe the screen there's a greasy residue on it and it's really hard to get clear.
Heater on full, window cracked open, microfibre cloth at the ready..