[Closed] Controlling the moisture in a car

Try silicone or something similar

ive ordered some of this stuff, saw it recommended on a nissan forum for the same problem.

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had a look after yesterdays rain and theres a trickle running into the spare wheel well, looks like its coming from the rear right corner as you look down on the well. only a very small trickle which id have thought would dry up before becoming inches deep over a few months, but its still ingress.
no idea where its actually getting in tho.

thanks

bit specific again to the nissan note, so maybe another one for @duncancallum?

ive just been trying to access the rear washer pipe to see if theres a blockage anywhere. ive traced it along the right hand side at floor level (which by the way ive also noticed is damp in the rear passenger footwell, just not a swimming pool like the left hand side), i can see it go up through the rubber sheathing in the centre of the hatch, and i can even see it behind the little black sticky label, but how on earth can i disconnect it from the nozzle? (to see if fluid comes out of the end and prove no blockage in the hose?

ive googled and looked for youtube vids, but no joy? theres only a tiny hole behind the nozzle, theres nowhere at all for hands/fingers to fit, so all i can think of is that the nozzle pulls off somehow with the hose still attached and goes back the same way?

(i'll take a pic later when its a bit more feasible to go outside brrrrrr)

Audi A4

Aircon drain.

Went through a 90 deg plastic elbow, with a bore the size of dog hair. Predictably, became blocked - all the time.

I discovered this design flaw the first time a litre or so of very stinky water emptied itself into the glove box, from the evap unit via one of the pipes which are supposed to carry cold cabin air, when going round a hard right corner.

Unblocking the elbow required pulling a panel from the centre console. After the third time I stopped bothering to reattach it properly.

Awesome work, VAG.

Same car. And also on a Golf.

Rear boot wash wipe.

Pipe was clipped on to a widget that allowed the jet to be on the base of the wiper.

The pipe routinely disconnected itself due to piss weak clip - filling the boot with washer fluid in the process.

Dismantle boot to reach said clip and reattach.

Awesome work, VAG.

Update:

Those pouch things seem to be working.

I also removed the damp rags that my missus would use to clean the windscreen then chuck in the passenger footwell.

With the drying bags, a wet car needs different handling than a damp car- the bags can completely wet out much quicker than the instructions suggest and will take a lot more drying too. Basically just change 'em more often than you think you have to and you won't go wrong- they're most effective when fresh anyway.

The main thing is, when they're fully wet, a normal spin in the microwave generally won't dry them- they'll come out hot and moist and continue to steam off for some time. (easy test this time of year- sling it on the dashboard, see if the windscreen steams up). I go with microwave then the rest of the day on a radiator for maximum drying outness, it's overkill but there's not much point in putting moisture back in

well i found (part of) the rear washer pipe, by accident really as i removed the high level brake light to silicone it, and found i could access the '90 degree elbow' section. i took that apart and checked it, no problem there. water did come out but slowly (although that may be normal, it just might become higher pressure when it needs to go through the tiny nozzle).
however, it just doesnt really come out of that nozzle very well at all, if anything just a drizzle (so it must be connected, it just doesnt squirt out)

ive just siliconed that light now so ive no appetite to remove it to play around any further behind it, but will the nozzle pull off at all to check the join there?

by the way, i also siliconed the clips at the top where the light clusters clip on. im like a dog with a bone now looking for places where water can get in 😀

thanks

Might be the filter in the reservoir there causing the low flow.

Might be the filter in the reservoir there causing the low flow.

easy to get at/check?

thanks