Windows fogging up...BAD! help

[audisport44 at yahoo.com]

I was under the cowl cover before when it was still decent out and vacuumed all the leaves. I'll have to go in there again and see how the drains are. The flap on the inside doesn't go anywhere and the spring is broken. I wasn't able to work on the car because of all the snow that just came down, but first chance I get I'll go in there and see what needs to be fixed. 
------Original Message------
From: Brett Dikeman
To: audisport44 at yahoo.com
Cc: Ed Kellock
Cc: 200q20V at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Windows fogging up...BAD! help
Sent: Feb 6, 2010 7:37 PM

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:37 AM,  <audisport44 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The spring is indeed broken. The flap was open however, while the car was fogging up,
> so I closed it to see if it made a difference and well...not really.

Closing the flap (the outside part) means recirculate...I think?  Did
you turn on the car and run it to see what position the flap moves to,
if any?

> There's a lot of crud clogging up the fins in there from what I saw,
> so that could be the problem. I'm gonna have to see if I can clean it out.

Get what you can out with a vacuum, paintbrush, toothbrush, etc.

I forgot another cause: clogged drains.  Pull the cover over the whole
compartment behind the firewall and thoroughly clean- you'll have to
dig around quite a bit to get all the leaves which will hide in all
sorts of places.  A hose and shopvac can be the most useful here.
When done, make sure the drains are clear, or otherwise, moisture
builds up.

Keeping the area under the plastic cover clean is an important
maintenance item for type 44s- this spring, I encourage everyone to
pop the cover and clean completely (and verify the drain is completely
open.)

-B


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