Ventilation Improvements?

[Guest moonas]

Hi,

 

does anybody have problems with poor ventilation on early 205s?

The windows get quite misty from the inside in the mornings now (and frosted in winter), and though the ventilator motor is on full speed they get clearer very slowly, especially on the driver's side.

Have you found any ways to improve this?

The situation with the phase 2 interiour on my CTi seems to be better, but still not satisfactory..

[Zoldalma 1]

It might be because of leaves fallen into the air intake under the windscreen, finding their way into the air tunnels (happened to me). I don't have much useful advice, except that you might try poking into the weak routes with a piece of wire - it might unblock them.

 

On another note, I had almost no ventillation from the bottom vents when my head unit ancillaries were blocking the air path behind the centre console, but I think it doesn't have anything to do with the window vents.

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

I think they are all like this, I've taken to chucking a cloth over the windscreen vents on the passenger side in a bid to increase the speed for demisting on the drivers.

[Guest HoojChoons]

Check you haven't got a leak elsewhere thats making the car damp. Check for damp under the carpets (front and back).

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

Someone a little while ago made a little deflector that forces the air to the windscreen behind the instrument gauge.

 

Apparently the drivers side differs to the passenger side.

[Guest HoojChoons]

Also, check your heater matrix, mine a few years back had a small leak that didn't show up on carpets because it was dripping into stereo . It used to take ages for the screen to clear cos basically the fan was just directing steam at the windscreen. Less damp in the car in the first place means less condensation. Also glass polish the inside on a weekly basis - it's easier for the blower to clear a clean screen as opposed to one that has condensation mixed in with greasy finger marks, fag smoke residues etc, etc.

Edited October 25, 2003 by HoojChoons

[Guest Dave]

Im not sure if he`s talking bollox or not (wouldnt be the first time) but my dad says to cut a potato in half and rub the exposed bit all over the screen when its dry and this should help prevent the screen misting up.

 

For those of you who are as skeptical as I am about this, there is Rain-X anti-fog which is a liquid you apply to the inside to prevent misting.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

Don't know of any old wives tales on how to prevent it but AFAIK this was quite a common problem on the cars with the phase 1 dash which was over come with the fitment of the new phase 2 one.

 

From 'Sporting 205's by Dave Thronton;

To say the least, the heating & ventilation was something of an Achilles' heel, with an inability to provide that cool head warm-feet scenario as well as offering very poor-quality demisting.

 

What about leaving the front window very slightly cracked open over night to see if this improves things.

 

Graham.

[Guest cookiemonster]

the potatoe trick works - I used to use it on the inside of my bike helmet.

 

Two solutions are:

 

1. Get a heated front windscreen (www.gi24.co.uk for example)

2. Use some anti-mist spray (rain x do both interior and exterior sprays, halfords do there own interior spray which is what i use and it works fine)

[Guest d-9]

how effective are the antimist sprays? are they good enough to save me haveing to fix the rear screen heater?

[Guest cookiemonster]

good enough for track days & racing and the occasional use, not good enough for everyday type use (IMO)...

[NickR 10]

Is your fan working ?

 

I took mine out and stripped what I could and cleaned and works well enough to demist reasonably well even with 4 people in the car.

[Guest moonas]

I'll try that Nick, thanks for the idea.

Yesterday tried some noname antimist spray - seems to work!

[NickR 10]

Clean windows helps loads btw.

 

I wipe mine every week quickly with clean tissue, probably the main reason mine dont mist up too bad.

 

That reminds me my rear window demist only works on 1 bar, must fix it