Cab misting up!

Hi all, has anyone any ideas where to look? This morning when I fired up little Jim and put the blower on to demist the screen there is a smell similar to warm engine coolant! The cab is constantly misting up and the air feels really damp. I've checked the coolant level and thats fine, checked the carpets up under the footwell for leaks and they are dry and I got no air con to worry about. Thanks.

where do you have the air coming in from,
the external air option on the dash
or do you circulate the air from inside?



I tried circulating the air in side for a month, to see if it warms up any quicker
and it doesn't. All it does is get damp over time, and then stay damp and foggy inside

because jimny's don't have air con ( I don't know about newer ones)
but mine doesn't and its 2003

they don't dehumidify, being small they fog up really quickly,
it gets really bad if it's rainy, with a wet coat, wet shoes etc you get in and it makes it worse lol

all you can do when it's really bad is have the heating on full and have the
window ajar to let the moisture out

brianjb61 wrote:

Hi all, has anyone any ideas where to look? This morning when I fired up little Jim and put the blower on to demist the screen there is a smell similar to warm engine coolant! The cab is constantly misting up and the air feels really damp. I've checked the coolant level and thats fine, checked the carpets up under the footwell for leaks and they are dry and I got no air con to worry about. Thanks.

It certainly sounds like a coolant leak in the cab doesn't it but maybe the water is in the heater air intake?

Heater matrix leaking me reckons gives you a sore throat as well if you are breathing it long enuf

Dave wrote:

Heater matrix leaking me reckons gives you a sore throat as well if you are breathing it long enuf

No loss of coolant though?????

My guess would be heater matrix put some K seal in the radiator and see if that stops the misting

RichiesJimny wrote:

My guess would be heater matrix put some K seal in the radiator and see if that stops the misting

Is K seal like Radweld ?

Dave wrote:

RichiesJimny wrote:

My guess would be heater matrix put some K seal in the radiator and see if that stops the misting

Is K seal like Radweld ?

Yea just works a bit better from experience.

Dave wrote:

RichiesJimny wrote:

My guess would be heater matrix put some K seal in the radiator and see if that stops the misting

Is K seal like Radweld ?

No comparison; K-Seal works, Radweld don't.

helijohn wrote:

Dave wrote:

RichiesJimny wrote:

My guess would be heater matrix put some K seal in the radiator and see if that stops the misting

Is K seal like Radweld ?

No comparison; K-Seal works, Radweld don't.

+1
Always carry a bottle out on the trail just in case.

Thanks all, I'll check it out again in full daylight this morning, and see how I get on.

If you don't want to spend any money crack an egg into the rad. Not a permanent fix but will work


Dan