Liquid Slugs

[monkey spanners]

This morning i found a good layer of frost covering the windscreen on the van and i'm a bit worried it might have liquid comming back

I managed to melt it with the heater and it was ok for the rest of the day, i think i'll check it in the morning tomorrow.

It must be a common problem as the neighbours car had frost on it too

[Colin G]

This morning i found a good layer of frost covering the windscreen on the van and i'm a bit worried it might have liquid comming back

I managed to melt it with the heater and it was ok for the rest of the day, i think i'll check it in the morning tomorrow.

It must be a common problem as the neighbours car had frost on it too

put a crankcase heater on your dashboard that shall boil it off

[Spencer.Guy]

Did you notice any Blackbirds nearby with sheepskin boots on, that may have eaten the liquid slugs that caused your problem?

[Colin G]

sheepskin boots! thats so last year. Credit crunch all into pvc now i hear.

[monkey spanners]

Whatever it is is getting worse there was about 6" of frost all over the van this morning and i had to get a broom to brush it away, and in fact it spreads for as far as i can see so someting has gone seriously wrong somewhere.

I'll try a crankcase heater on the dash but am having a problem getting a 12v one

[marc5180]

What superheat are you getting?

[Yuri B.]

If parking lot is sheded leave the van's side windows a bit lowered as you park it at the end of the day.

[monkey spanners]

What superheat are you getting?

Well the temp gauge on the dash is in the middle and i took the tyre pressure as 52 psi...

[desA]

^ Hahaha...

[desA]

Will this help?

[al]

Common misconception at this time of year, what you actually have is global warming, that's not ice its sand from the Sahara which has shifted northwards with massive temperature rises.......

al

ps have you tried insulating the suction line?

[monkey spanners]

Cheers Desa,

I've got some ant powder, i'll give that a go

Cheers Al,

I was going to insulate the pipework but that armflex is too expensive, there must be something cheaper I was thinking of saving up bubble wrap or something

[al]

paper bags could work and you'd probably get a grant for recycling?

al

[chemi-cool]

That will keep you nice and warm....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-HEATER-12v...item2eaa2aae53

Or.... you can come over and enjoy 22°C

[glenn1340]

Could be an idea to fit a low ambient starter kit to the windscreen or a hot gas valve to shunt exaust gas to the screen.
Maybe remove the screen altogether, oh happy days when they were just toughened and the screen would shatter instead of cracking. Just what you`d need this time of year.

[Colin G]

just remove the windscreen, buy a snorkle, googles and a balaclava.

[lowcool]

you on a rack system with defrost problems?

[Magoo]

This global warming thing is a real pain in the wallet.