Tired on Condensation on the front windscreen

stupid question....but is the pollen filter on the 2000 model 1.8 with air con in a different place to the model without aircon. looked on rave and can see the pollen filter just before the flexi hose going to the heater motor on non-air con models. looked on my car, no pollen filter, no plate with 4 screws for a filter to slot into. so took the flexi hose off and put my hand into the left box, all i could feel was the air con radiator but still no pollen filter? am now a bit baffled??

Oh yes, Mad Hat, surely got water in the cubby box. Drilled a drain hole in it months ago. No pool anymore, just wet. But it did not change the condensation any bit. And I would think if the box is shut, there can't be that much condensation in the car itself.

Don't think under the floor mats is any water. Can't check properly because there isn't a corner that I can lift. Goto unscrew something first I.

Will try B&Q thing, not the solution, but if it helps. Sounds a good remedy for under £9

My car manual says there is no pollen filter if you got an A/C. I checked and I couldn't find one.

So it seems to be a design fault in the FL then, and we have to live with the condensation ? :doh:

My V6 has air con and had a pollen filter until I ripped it out and left the base in to blank the hole. I never had any problems with condensation before and I still don't after I removed it, but I get much more air flow out of the heater vents now.

wet in yer rear bit is an on goin gaylander problim. . . .and is mainly a design fault in the cubby hole it is next to the eggsauce, so hot vs cold = wet. . . . . . . cure = dwill a small hole innit and insulate it. . . . . . .do not get this confused with the other fault [rear seals] this also wets the rear carpets [but even worser] . . . . .both these cause condensation on windows. . . . . .the other not so commom is the roof mounts also the ariel mount [seals leaking]. . . . . . . .so there yer have it Eathlings, so stop yer moaning and check whitch wun it is

I've been looking for water ingress too. Easy way to check under the carpets is to remove the plastic trim on the lower edge of the door openings. Once removed you can get your hand under the carpet. Works ok on 5 door models as there's 4 main areas where waters sectioned off under the carpet. Located where the feet of a driver and 3 passengers would be. Also lift the tailgate opening lower trim panel to be able to check under the boot space carpet. All above use torx screws to remove plastic panels.

Photo of the rear vent hidden behind the plastic on the near side. The left of the photo show the tailgate lock, and the right of the photo shows the near side rear wheel arch.


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Photo of where to cut back the acoustic material on the rear of the plastic to stop it from obstructing the airflow from the plastic trim vent, to the hidden vent located behind the plastic when fitted to the near side of the boot. Photo shows the boot near side plastic trim removed, showing the acoustic material on the rear of the plastic. Cut the material as shown in red if yours hasn't been done already..


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Good info Hippo, thanks. And good photo's. :clap2::clap2::clap2:

Are the photo's of the rear ? Got difficulty locating them, sorry.

FlyingDutchman said:

Good info Hippo, thanks. And good photo's. :clap2::clap2::clap2:

Are the photo's of the rear ? Got difficulty locating them, sorry.

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Thanks. I've updated the descriptions of the photo's above, in the post above.

Found it, my air vents are unobstructed.

Meanwhile locked the cubby box (tight,and drilled a hole in the bottom before), put a humidity absorber in the car and fixed my heater blower. Hope I can keep moisture down now. Tell you later if it works.

try and park front facing downhill, hence warm air in the car migrates to the rear as it cools down, this leaves the condensation on the back window in the morning not on the front. sounds stupid i know but it does work lol

FlyingDutchman said:

Found it, my air vents are unobstructed.

Meanwhile locked the cubby box (tight,and drilled a hole in the bottom before), put a humidity absorber in the car and fixed my heater blower. Hope I can keep moisture down now. Tell you later if it works.

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And, yes it does ! :clap2:

Hi everybody.
After months of suffering with condensation on the interior of the windows of my X reg Auto Freelander, I finally had a brain wave and looked at "The Landy Zone", and what I found out solved my problem over night. What was it I hear you ask?............................................................
Water in the Tool Box compartment. Well, it wasn"t really water, it was more like a mini swimming pool, complete with diving boards!
I actually scooped out over 6 plastic cup fulls of water.
I have drilled 4 little holes in the floor of the compartment to let anymore fluid leak out, Is this OK? I don"t want any exhaust fumes entering the vehicle.
Anyway, just wanted to say THANK YOU.
Cheers.

Its nice to know someone else was de icing the INSIDE of the car too this winter!! Im a new owner, the car is older, but getting fed up of minor things going wrong now !!!

forestdave said:

Hi everybody.
After months of suffering with condensation on the interior of the windows of my X reg Auto Freelander, I finally had a brain wave and looked at "The Landy Zone", and what I found out solved my problem over night. What was it I hear you ask?............................................................
Water in the Tool Box compartment. Well, it wasn"t really water, it was more like a mini swimming pool, complete with diving boards!
I actually scooped out over 6 plastic cup fulls of water.
I have drilled 4 little holes in the floor of the compartment to let anymore fluid leak out, Is this OK? I don"t want any exhaust fumes entering the vehicle.
Anyway, just wanted to say THANK YOU.
Cheers.

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It would be better to stop it coming in than just let it run through. If you have a 5 door it can only be the rear door seal/fit. If it's a hardback it could also be the hardtop seals

Didn't read it all and glad you got it sorted but for anyone else with a condensation problem.

Have you tried this....

Switch from recirculate to fresh air from outside for a few days, it cured mine as it was dripping every morning.
You are just recirculating the damp and never get it out of the car.

richardn said:

It would be better to stop it coming in than just let it run through. If you have a 5 door it can only be the rear door seal/fit. If it's a hardback it could also be the hardtop seals

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I'm not so sure that it can only be the rear door. If it can only be the rear door, how does the rooflining above the rear door become wet, as mine did. Mine was wet due to condensation, I have neatly placed two little bags of silica gel between the lining and the roof now.
A friend I went to school with, he does all sorts of mad mods on old civics, he completely strips the insides, he said he can't stop the condensation now so just uses a caravan dehumidifier on a night.

Problem solved, have sold it

Hi Mick,
Had a similar problem with my MY02 TD4 which was caused by water leaking past the nylon inserts fitted through the metal body above rear door to fix trim. If you remove the two fixing plugs holding up the head lining on the roof at the rear corners, pull down the lining from the rear rubber seal, you will find a metal channel with cut outs at each end. You can then feel for water in the channel via the cut outs. I have outlined the fix on another forum. Good luck. Eric.

richardn said:

If you have a 5 door it can only be the rear door seal/fit.

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Or condensation as described above Hot exhaust under cold plastic box = wet.

Sorry to flag up an this thread but reading through it, when people talk about the rear cubby do they mean they torx screw the whole thing out?

No they just drill holes in to allow it to vent.