Removing damp from car

Strider590

Make sure the pollen filter doesn't need replacing and check the water drainage channels aren't blocked with dead leaves/crap (which causes water to pour into the blower after it rains).

Why has nobody pointed out these extremely common problems?

madtrekker

My car (Ford Focus) is a nightmare for letting water in and the problem is always with the pollen filter (which is replaced each service but is difficult to replace properly). I've asked the garage to stick it on with something tough this time!

cyclonebri1

I have a similar issue due to wet fishing gear, clothes etc.

Whenever I'm driving home for the last couple of miles I will switch the heater to cold and crack a window open.

Leaving the car full of cold air which can't hold as much water is better than hot which simply condenses on the glass as it cools.

Seems to help.;)

slyracoon

Get a big bowl and fill it with salt and rice (more salt than rice).

The salt will take moisture from the air and the rice will take moisture from the salt allowing the salt to take more moisture.

cyclonebri1

slyracoon wrote: »

Get a big bowl and fill it with salt and rice (more salt than rice).

The salt will take moisture from the air and the rice will take moisture from the salt allowing the salt to take more moisture.

And then you can allways make a chilli con carne with the end result??

hubert_cumberdale

i used big bags of silica gel massive versions of like what you get in your new shoes. looks like a KFC packet of salt but about the size of a breeze block

it was that good it dried my eyes out

hubert_cumberdale

this stuff does the trick as well and you can reuse them i have some of these in my cars that i have hidden away in barns and grages to help keep the insides free from damp

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9456&frostProductName=Air

theres also this but i havent used it before
http://www.homecareessentials.co.uk/acatalog/Mini_Moisture_Absorber.html

Strider590

lol, just sort out the pollen filter and drainage channels.......

Im just waiting for the "I get a static shock from my car" thread, so all these folk can suggest those stupid rubber dangly things to hang from the back of the car!!!

hubert_cumberdale

omg i get those

Viper_7

Strider590 wrote: »

Make sure the pollen filter doesn't need replacing and check the water drainage channels aren't blocked with dead leaves/crap (which causes water to pour into the blower after it rains).

Why has nobody pointed out these extremely common problems?

Because many vehicles do not have pollen filters and due to various designs drainage channels can be no where near the blower.

not extremely common at all...