 Foam/sponge flew out of my air vents, How to replace these - are they needed? |
 Aug 20, 2007 - 12:24 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Aug 1, '06 From UK - Southern Central Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Hi all, I rarely use the air con or fans in my car as i like opening windows instead.
One sunny day (a rare occasion in UK), I turned on the climate control/air con and it was on full blast. I was smacked in the face by bits of grey foam pieces from each of the vents. I guess these 'bits' just perished with age. I am wondering if I should replace these - do they do anything special, is it worth repairing? Has anyone done these before - if so, how do you do it? --------------------  san0.:GT-SS2:. |
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Aug 20, 2007 - 12:26 PM
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Same happened to me the other day. I really hate the A/C on this car, so I rarely use it. At night and on cloudy days, it gets too damn freezing cold and during sunny days, it doesn't cool at all.
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Aug 20, 2007 - 12:34 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 29, '07 From Philly Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
not to worry, if i am correct they are only lineing around the outsside/behind the vent to keep it stable when positioned....with age they deteriate and break apart...happens with every car so i wouldnt worry about it at all.....good luck even trying to find them things...you would prolly have to take them off of another car and that would be more of a hassel then anything
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Aug 22, 2007 - 7:22 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 22, '07 From Bay Area, California Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
mine flew off about a month ago, i just peeled that stuff off. Everything works fine.
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Aug 22, 2007 - 10:07 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 8, '07 From Houston, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I noticed that foam stuff when I was replacing some console things a while back. It was deteriorating nicely too
 Anyway, I believe that it is to keep only the circulated air in the system. Since the fuzzy stuff fell apart, I have noticed that even when I have my fan and entire CC system completely off, it still gently pushes some hot air out of the middle vents. -------------------- |
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Aug 26, 2007 - 10:40 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 3, '05 From USA/Virginia Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
when taking out my heat/ac unit i noticed this stuff was looking decrepit. i was sorta thinking some weatherstripping might work as a replacement.
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