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[jonnydmartin]

Model: Sidewalk
Year: 1995
Extraordinary amounts of condensation, or is it?:


Hi Guys, happy new year to all...

I know that all minis seems to have a reasonable amount of condensation, especially with the cold weather atm, but is there anything in particular that could cause this to be worse than it should be and what are peoples tips to deal with it? I have recently sorted myself out the luxury of getting my rear heated windscreen working and it appears the amount of water it is shifting forms a pool at the base of the window, and it doesn't go no matter how often i soak it up.

I have no wet carpets or obvious openings in the car that I can see...

thanks in advance,

J

[wile e coyote]

If you have no wet carpets I think you're the only one!!!! - check the rear screen rubber thoroughly - with a bit of age often a gap opens up - if no obviouscause get yourself a couple of kilos of silica gel crystals (think boots still flog) in a cotton bag and pop them in the rear bins - to be honest you've probably got a hole somewhere....

[micrawavewindow]

do these crystals help with condensation and steaming up as mine could do with all the help i can give it sorry to hijack but mine is well wet but its defo condensation no leaks just lots of water and defo wet carpets

[wile e coyote]

yep they help - how much depends on the extent of the problem - bags need taking inside every week and popped on a warm radiator the dry them out but that and all the weeks old newspapers flung on the back seat keep condensation to a relative minimum....

[Boycie]

If the floors are dry you're halfway there!

Check... for engine coolant loss (possibly meaning a leaking heater matrix, can be very subtle and evaporate into the car before it makes a puddle..). Secondly, check the large-bore plastic air hose that takes air to the heater from the outside. It runs above the foot pedals on a rhd car. This needs to be present and well fitted so you get decent fresh air into the car.

[Timtom]

mine is well wet inside also. the seats are always slightly damp :/

But.. the back window heater doesn't and the front heater pipes leak bad so i'm gunna fix both of those and see if it makes a difference!. (i'll also go with the ideas as mentioned by the guys above and see what works)

T.

[book]

I went out to fix the spots and run the engine and found nearly as much ice on the inside as on the outside of the windows. Fun!

[bmcecosse]

Don't waste money on silica gel crystals - you would need many kilos to make any worthwhile difference! And - they need to be dried out in an oven very very regularly. If carpets are wet - you MUST remove them. Also inspect under rear seat base - and in the companion bins. Best way to remove condensation is to run with at least one rear side window open - but if wet floors/carpets etc - it will never dry out in winter!

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

only way i know off to dr y the carpets in winter is with a 500w flood lamp left facing the carpets seems to work well when i was fitting my new speakers steamy

[Tomar2]

I'm also getting puddles in my footwells I've discovered a few holes which i've bodged up with silicon atm (I know, I know! What a terrible thing to do) one of which is where the little plug with the cross on it has fallen off. What kind of action would you guys take if this was your car?

[reffle]

Look underneath the carpets too, I found a load of water had got in through a little hole in the floor pan behind the wheel, the rubber bottom to the carpet meant it couldn't soak up the water for it to evaporate.