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[belldarr]

Hi All - left work today and most of the recent snow has almost gone and nice sunny afternoon, drove home no problems and went through quite a few puddles (rain and snow melting) at the side of the road but nothing too deep.  Car then sat on the drive for 3 hours until I decided to go for petrol and the inside of all the car windows were saturated with condensation - had the windscreen blower on (the facelift control panel) made no difference, tried opening all the windows and then tried all the settings on the panel to try and clear the windscreen but no joy - still soaking- eventually the bottom 3 or 4 inches of the screen started to clea but in the end I had to wipe the inside of the windscreen as I couldnt get it to clear using the blower.
had a feel of all the carpets and the passenger front footwell is wet/damp, musty smell to the water but I am fairly sure it isn't coolant (to rule out the matrix) checked the header tank and no coolant loss.  Now I have given you the background here are my questions lol

1/ could the snow that was laying at the bottom of the windscreen this morning have melted and then somehow soaked the pollen filter (wherever that is, assuming it's in that corner somewhere)

2/ why is my windscreen blower so rubbish! I can hear a fan going behind the dash but hardly any air flow out the vents at the bottom of the screen.

3/ does the aircon auto cut-off if the temp is below a certain temp outside? it was on zero degrees outside.

Hope you can help - I hate a leaky car  

Darren

[Elite Pete]

Give this a try

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1206287560/0#0

[Entwood]

Reads like a blocked scuttle drain to me ....  just hope your blower motor recovers when it dries out ..

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1206287560

Have a read there ^^

[Lazydocker]

Hi,

1) Yes... Blocked scuttle drains... There's a guide in the how to section

2) Did you specifically put it on screen? Also, on my mini-facelift, if I close the rear vents the flow is better

3) Yep... 5 degrees IIRCC

[edit]break it... Must type faster [/edit]

[belldarr]

Thank you gents - sounds like the likely culprit, going out there now to have a poke about.

Any idea how to access the pollen filter?

Darren.

[Entwood]

Bonnett open stand at front .. lean across to back right of engine bay , lift the thick rubber seal up for about 12 inches and hold back .. the scuttle cover .. the bit with all the holes in .. then lifts up ... pollen filter is in there .. pull slightly forward then up.  Scuttle drain is at the bottom of that large cavity ....... which is probably full of manky water.

[Lazydocker]

Thank you gents - sounds like the likely culprit, going out there now to have a poke about.

Any idea how to access the pollen filter?

Darren.

You'll see it when you lift the scuttle panel

[Elite Pete]

Oh and don't wear your best white trainers

[belldarr]

Oh and don't wear your best white trainers

Lol, too late !!  

Found the 2 litres of stagnant water - mixture of screenwash, melted snow and leaf mulch as diagnosed - Thank you all for the excellent advise as usual.

Will replace the soggy filter tommorrow as it looks a bit grubby and then hope the interior dries out quite quickly.

Cheers all

Darren

[RobG]

Oh and don't wear your best white trainers

Lol, too late !!  

Found the 2 litres of stagnant water - mixture of screenwash, melted snow and leaf mulch as diagnosed - Thank you all for the excellent advise as usual.

Will replace the soggy filter tommorrow as it looks a bit grubby and then hope the interior dries out quite quickly.

Cheers all

Darren

Make sure you get the charcoal one. PN 91158514

[Entwood]

Word of caution ... DON'T use the blower motor for a little while ... it seems that the overflow from the full scuttle "can" leak into the motor ... which won't do it much good .. I'd give it a chance to dry out before trying it ....