Condesation in the cabin...

[andy17]

How are everyones pingis doing?

Considering buying one as im fed up of getting covered in ice, de-icing the inside of the car!

Thanks

 

[meltonlad]

ive had mine for a week now and its brill !!!!! well worth the money top marks from me..

 

[andy17]

thats enough to convince me
ordered!

 

[benuk]

ive had mine for a week now and its brill !!!!! well worth the money top marks from me..

+1

Mine sits in the back seat

 

[zach225]

just randomly read this thread and ended up ordering 2 of these lol the mrs could deffo use it in her beat up old ford ka lol

cheers lads!!

 

[jeffery]

They are brilliant and well worth the money.

Mine sits in the cup holder behind the handbrake

 

[Aimez]

Ordered one yesterday morning been shipped already. I left the car running for 15 mins this morning and it was still frozen on the inside, then you scrape it off and it makes everything wet and brings back the condensation! Not just ibizas though other at work have had this happen but seems to be everyday on my car.

 

[NickyJam]

condensation on the inside is usually caused by a leak in the air-con system or a blown heater matrix

if your air-con or heater aint working then that's your cause (most likely)

pollen filter is less likely, and you can tell when your pollen filter isn't working properly when outdoor odours get into the car very easily (obviously with everything closed )

another less likely cause is damaged seals or water in the cabin...

as i said, check your heater and air-con is working properly before looking for anything else this has happened to 2 of my mates recently and is the most common cause

 

[BigWill]

just bought one of these pingis before reading the good reviews about them on here, can't wait for it now, Not the most fun de-icing the inside and waiting 10 minutes before I can see out the windscreen!

 

[halftone]

I just ordered a pingi after reading this thread.

I did wonder if it was the wind deflectors I have on making it worse ?

 

[NickyJam]

I just ordered a pingi after reading this thread.

I did wonder if it was the wind deflectors I have on making it worse ?

the wind deflectors still puch up hard enough against the frame so shouldn't be the cause

 

[dErZ]

My Pingi arrived today too so will report back

I ran vag last night and got this error

Dont know whether this is why my cabin is misting up ?

Address 08 -------------------------------------------------------
Controller: 6L0 820 043 B
Component: CLIMAtronic PQ24 0201
Coding: 0000000
Shop #: WSC 00000
1 Fault Found:
00792 - A/C Pressure Switch (F129)
000 - - - Intermittent

 

[NickyJam]

My Pingi arrived today too so will report back

I ran vag last night and got this error

Dont know whether this is why my cabin is misting up ?

Address 08 -------------------------------------------------------
Controller: 6L0 820 043 B
Component: CLIMAtronic PQ24 0201
Coding: 0000000
Shop #: WSC 00000
1 Fault Found:
00792 - A/C Pressure Switch (F129)
000 - - - Intermittent

yep, as i mentioned a few posts above...your A/C has possibly blown

other usual suspects are heater matrix (if your heating doesn't work) or a blown fuse (where your fan stops working)

 

[dErZ]

Heating works like a treat Aircon seems to work but I recal the garage saying there 'might' be a problem with the AC. So will need to speak to them.

Its the intermittant bit that gets me on the VAG read out. Lots of other people have different numbers in their readings. Mine states 000 where as lots of the other readings i have seen say 35-00 --

 

[Aimez]

condensation on the inside is usually caused by a leak in the air-con system or a blown heater matrix

if your air-con or heater aint working then that's your cause (most likely)

pollen filter is less likely, and you can tell when your pollen filter isn't working properly when outdoor odours get into the car very easily (obviously with everything closed )

another less likely cause is damaged seals or water in the cabin...

as i said, check your heater and air-con is working properly before looking for anything else this has happened to 2 of my mates recently and is the most common cause

Think mine is the door seal am sure, but maybe it is just the car seems too many of us have this issue! Got my pingi today, it is just really a bag of silica gel I guess, left it in the car overnight on the dash hope it works! Car will be in for service soon may get them to look at the door seal on the passenger window as it is sticking out and my air con was re charged late int eh Summer and my heater works fine.

 

[andy17]

Put my pingi in yesterday evening and have definitely seen an improvement. Still a little bit of condensation only tiny think patches. It also looks very cool

 

[darkhorse]

Because I'm skint after buying a new battery and insurance on top of not working at the moment I've bought one of these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280376119508&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I've put it in the rear footwell corner and used the mat to hold it upright. It's been in a couple of days now and no condensation, although I've only had to scrape the inside once so it wasn't that bad.

 

[Aimez]

same thing really, the pingi seems more popular as they can be recharged. There prob are more effective things but this is cheap and cheerful. Mine has been in a week, okay only actually drove in to work once cos of snow but there was only a tiny bit on very thin ice right at the top of the screen so I am pleased.

 

[BigWill]

I LOVE PINGI! it works miracles for my condensation!

 

[Slippery_Stu]

My one arrived this week and I put it in the car yesterday and it was better today. It'll be interesting to see what effect it has had early tomorrow morning for the station run.