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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: the_stink on 07 September 2010, 14:22
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the heater gets bloody hot but this morning it took at least 15 -20 mins to de mist as i was driving along couldnt see a bloody thing!! now my worry is that we havent even hit any sort of real cold weather yet!!! any suggestions?
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does the air only come out of the windscreen vents when selected? it could be that the air's not being channeled properly
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Do you have any dampness in the car i.e wet carpets etc? You can get anti fog liquid (fog X I think) that you put on your windows which helps. I also have a dehumidifier bag thing that helps absorb some moisture.
Open your windows :wink:
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Welcome to the cold, cold months of mk2 ownership.. :D
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Open your windows :wink:
should be window! only the passenger side works :P
Ill be lucky not to utterly mental this winter :angry:does the air only come out of the windscreen vents when selected? it could be that the air's not being channeled properly
I think it is just coming out the window vents :P dont think the rear screen works even with the rear heater selected F all happens, pretty much driving blind can only see out the fecking windscreen
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Demisters are pretty good in a MKII if it's all in order. I only ever found the rear 1/4 windows stubborn to demist.
Rear heated screen sounds goosed although it may well not even be hooked up as that's not your original boot.
Often the problem with MKII's is the flaps in the box (ooh er) lose all their foam and become a bit useless. I find taking them apart and slapping on extra panels made from icecream boxes and attached with sikaflex does the job.
Nick
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Demisters are pretty good in a MKII if it's all in order. I only ever found the rear 1/4 windows stubborn to demist.
Rear heated screen sounds goosed although it may well not even be hooked up as that's not your original boot.
Often the problem with MKII's is the flaps in the box (ooh er) lose all their foam and become a bit useless. I find taking them apart and slapping on extra panels made from icecream boxes and attached with sikaflex does the job.
Nick
yeah well i really want to get the new tailgate on asap and hopefully that will work! whats this about flaps in box's on the heater? in the dash
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The flaps are in the heater box buried behind the centre console, a bit of a ball ache to get out though. See any of the guides for changing the heater matrix, the same but without pulling the matrix itself out.
nick
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check the air is only coming out of the correct vents when selecting the different options. if it's coming out of all at the same time this'll be your culprit.
the flaps can be covered without taking the box out but it's fiddly, and be gentle with the flaps or you could knacker the turning mechanism for them
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Worth checking the cogs at the bottom.
Mine must have come off and been put back incorrectly, preventing the direction lever working correctly.
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a thing to check is the vynil around the screen vents hasnt peeled back and blocked the vents, had this on a mk1. do you have plastic inserts around the screen vents on a mk2
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Warm air condensing against the cold window turns into water. As said open windows and full blast with the blower on windows. Easier said than done on a MK2. Tell tale sign of flap failure is bits of foam flying out of the air vents. A sure sign. Also not getting a strong jet of air on 3. You need to take out the airbox an reline the door flaps with neoprene or similar so that they are air tight. Selector problems can be caused by snaped wires or in my case rhe small cog falling of the selector lever. This fiddly b!tch is found behind the lower centre console. The selector slider arms move cables which are attached to an arm at the bottom. This arm in turn rotates The gear cog which moves the direction flaps. Sometimes the cog slips through wear or drops off.
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I had a pinhole leak in the heater matrix, not enough to cause any kind of noticeable loss in coolant - but enough to build up a constant 1-2cm depth of water in the heater matrix housing. So whenever the heater was on, it was humid air, making it very difficult to demist the screen.
After replacement, even during winter, it took maybe 3 mins to defrost the inside of the glass.
Unfortunately, the only way to tell if this is happening is by opening and looking in the matrix housing.
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I had a pinhole leak in the heater matrix, not enough to cause any kind of noticeable loss in coolant - but enough to build up a constant 1-2cm depth of water in the heater matrix housing. So whenever the heater was on, it was humid air, making it very difficult to demist the screen.
After replacement, even during winter, it took maybe 3 mins to defrost the inside of the glass.
Unfortunately, the only way to tell if this is happening is by opening and looking in the matrix housing.
K-SEAL is your friend.
Mine has stopped misting up now :afro:
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Check for any dampness in the cabin and then look at the condition of the matrix, as Ben has said.
Alternatively go drive a Maestro for a couple of weeks and then get back in your Golf - everything should seem to be fine at this point.