help needed with possible faulty

[prangers]

right i dunno how to explain this so im just gonna rabbit on and hopefully someone withh have an idea.

basically when driving along without the heater on but with the temp knob set to hot, my windscreen has been steaming up. to the point where its wet on the inside of the screen.

i put the blowers on and change to cool and the mist dissapears. but when i put the heater on it steams the window back up.

there is also a strange smell and the only way i know how to describe it is burning water. you know when you spill some water onto a seriously hot peice of metal like a running manifold.

so i thought i was loosing water or something so i checked my raidiator and expansion bottle but they are both fine and to the level.

does anyone have a clue what could be the problem

[ecksjay]

seen this a few times and it sounds like the heater matrix might have gone, tis common on older gt's but dont see why it cant happen to ep91's etc.

[prangers]

right. now im gonna be blonde and throw some questions at ya.

how would i find out

where is it located

and

how much do they cost lol

[llawgoch]

yep, your heater matrix is leaking. the matrix is in the dashboard behind the heater controls. its a pretty big job to change it .

[prangers]

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit fuckin crap car.

anyone got any walk throughs on changing it or even a pic of what it looks like grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[ecksjay]

its a big system mate, a few people have documented changing/servicing it on tgtt which you'll be able to look at when its back up, but its certainly not an easy job...

[prangers]

fuck it ive had it with the fuckin car to be honest, gonna ebay it

[Starlet Nath]

Here is a piture of an EP91 with the dash removed.

The heater matrix is in the middle(the blackyou can see just under the steering wheel. I have some better ones at home but they are not on Photobucket

Here's a picture of the other end as it come into the engine bay, its the two pipes coming through just under the fuel filter

Hope this helps and doesn't scare you too much!!!

But it is a dash out job

Nath

[olive]

My window goes like that when i have the air cond on. Is this normal? or has mine broken aswell

[prangers]

there is no way im trying that myself lmao

[NDR008]

all you need is patience