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     Jason Walker (Dosed) New Member Username: Dosed Post Number: 18 Registered: 03-2003 |
Hey Folks: On the way back from the SCLR Mammoth trip my RR started blowing moisture out of the air con vents. It started right at the end of the six hour drive home. I tried turning off the air con but the steam like mist stayed. Had to close all the vents... Leaky Hose? Condensation drainage problem? Thoughts? ~Jason '95 LWB | ||
| Mike Rupp (Mike_rupp) Member Username: Mike_rupp Post Number: 218 Registered: 02-2002 |
Most likely, the drains for the ac are plugged. I'm not sure where they are on the RR, but on the Disco there are 2 rubber drains that get clogged easily. | ||
| Ben S (Roverguy) New Member Username: Roverguy Post Number: 15 Registered: 06-2003 |
In the passenger footwell, remove the plastic panel over the fans and remove the drain hoses from each corner of the dash (have a container handy to catch any water that could still be in the dash). Sounds like you have a clog. Either in the dash drain nipples or the hose(s). The two hoses go to a T-piece and then drain just outside the firewall. Might need some compressed air if the lines are clogged. Good luck. | ||
| Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 344 Registered: 02-2003 |
hmmm.. I have seen this happen on a number of cars. My experience was related to the outside weather in my case it was after a rainstorm when there was alot of humidity. | ||
| Jason Walker (Dosed) New Member Username: Dosed Post Number: 19 Registered: 03-2003 |
Thanks for the ideas. Behold, I went for a drive today and all things normal! I wonder if it might have been related to something icing over after having run for 6 hours straight. It was pumping out frigid air when it started misting... heh. | ||
| Jason Walker (Dosed) New Member Username: Dosed Post Number: 20 Registered: 03-2003 |
Ok, 20 minute drive today and the mist is back.... *ugh*. Guess I'm gonna have to go snooping where you pointed Ben. | ||
| Steve Cooper (Scrover) Senior Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 387 Registered: 09-2002 |
Can you smell coolant? Make sure it's not your heater core getting ready to pop. Remember Joshua Tree? It's not pretty! Bypass the heater with a 5/8" loop of hose; see if it still mists up. Don't risk trashing that pristine interior with green slime. | ||
| Ben S (Roverguy) New Member Username: Roverguy Post Number: 16 Registered: 06-2003 |
Certainly hope it's not your heater core. But, I think you'd know if it was. I imagine it would be pretty nasty smelling in the Rover. Not to mention that the liquid would be hot. | ||
| Steve Cooper (Scrover) Senior Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 388 Registered: 09-2002 |
My heater core didn't give any warning so hopefully it's not involved in the mystery misting. I didn't realize at the time that the heater is always on - as in coolant is always flowing through the core even with the A/C on. I was climbing when it blew so shortly after my shoes turned green, the rear carpet began to fill with coolant. The kids at some point had dumped all their extra clothes and bedding on the floor, and we hadn't even made camp yet! Needless to say, never again will coolant flow through my heater core (living in So. Cal. has it's advantages when it comes to keeping warm). I really only brought this up because a few seconds before my feet got cooked, the windows misted up. Don't ignore it. | ||
| Jason Walker (Dosed) New Member Username: Dosed Post Number: 21 Registered: 03-2003 |
I remember Steve! eeeek. Do you still have any heat if you just bypass it? Heat feels good after a long night at the pub in the "winter"... | ||
| Steve Cooper (Scrover) Senior Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 390 Registered: 09-2002 |
No heat from the heater. I drove around without carpet or padding for a couple of weeks while it dried out. I was surprised how hot the steel floor gets in both foot wells. The cats. are very close to the floor and actually had melted the underside of the padding on the passenger side. Under-floor heating! | ||
| Jason Walker (Dosed) New Member Username: Dosed Post Number: 22 Registered: 03-2003 |
Oh boy, got in the truck this afternoon and my sunglasses fogged up right away from all the moisture hiding somewhere.... I want to keep the heater, so I guess I'll be ordering some hoses. I should prolly just replace all the hoses under there ehh? Gosh, sounds like a nightmare. | ||
| Steve Cooper (Scrover) Senior Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 392 Registered: 09-2002 |
Hmmm, well, before you go tearing up the truck, check the carpets for moisture. If you don't feel any surface dampness, take off the aluminum strip above the sill and stick your hand under the carpet and padding. If only the passenger side is damp, it may well (hopefully) be the A/C draining into the carpet. Clear the drains as Ben suggested - take off that plastic cover under the passenger side of the dash and you'll see the lines. If the driver's side is damp, it may be a leaking heater core - you'd be losing coolant also, check the level. There are no heater hoses under the dash, just the heater core which feeds through the firewall behind the throttle body. That's a bitch to replace. Keep your fingers crossed it's the A/C draining into the carpet. | ||
| Jason Walker (Dosed) New Member Username: Dosed Post Number: 23 Registered: 03-2003 |
I'm going to confront that mist today! Thx Steve & Ben. | ||
| Geoff 93 RRC (Geoff) Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 83 Registered: 11-2002 |
Push the left lever all the way down. This prevents outside air from mixing with the AC and causing the condensation. |
