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[terry paget]

2000 2.5 petrol manual estate
Last night above car needed fan on constantly to keep the screen clear. I have been advised before that the exit vents are behind the jack. There are vents in the doors to the rear light bulbs, but no route to outside. There are 2 black vent like plastic plugs behind the jack, but they have no holes in them. Had they such holes, they would emerge behind the bumper. What is the cabin air exhaust route?
Pic of plug follows.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/951gm7kmpob5gnt/vent50%25.JPG?dl=0

[05omegav6]

The plugs are the vents... clearer from tother side

Also side stowages ARE connected to the spare wheel well...

Trace the wiring loom in your pic

[chrisgixer]

The vents are little flaps in the grill in that pic.

That's it. Right there. In the pic. There is no more.

[chrisgixer]

I'd say there is another reason for the misting up.

[05omegav6]

Aircon not working and/or blocked scuttle the first culprits

[terry paget]

Gentlemen! You are quite right. I poked the flaps in the picture, and they opened backwards. And, yes, there is connection from the side rear light vents to the jack area. I have removed items blocking the rear light vents. The scuttle is clear. The aircon on this car has never worked. I reckon repairing failed aircon on a used car is uneconomic. But I have had this car for a year and have not noticed such bad misting up before. Last night I had a full load area and closed the load carrier. Could this be relevant?

[05omegav6]

My white estate doesn't have a cubic inch of unused rear stowage, cover closed, and with working aircon, never mists up, but with failed aircon it becomes a soggy mush inside... moral of the story... if you want your car to work as intended, its systems need to function as designed

And before anyone pipes up about cars never having aircon or climate control... they were designed differently, to function differently

[chrisgixer]

No ac turns the car into a mouldy smelly damp place to be. It WILL steam up if it's remotely cold outside. Any owner with cc can see this for themselves by turning Eco on(ac off) in the right  conditions the mist starts at the top of the windscreen and works down.

It might not be economical to repair, but the system IS designed to work with working ac as part of climate control. A programme within designed to control the climate. This includes steaming up windows as part of that climate control. As said

[terry paget]

You are right of course, aircon dries incoming air and is the best way of keeping cabin dry all the year round. But since I spent £1000 failing to get my Senator aircon working  I accept failed aircon and live with it.
 My memory is failing, but I don't think my earlier cars could keep their screens dry without fan assistance. My 1960 Mini had a fug stirring device. My 1938 Austin 10 (rod brakes, very exciting) had no kit to keep the screen clear, so I carried a chamois leather for the purpose. A trick I was given was to carry a potato, cut it in half, and smear it over the screen to keep it clear. I have never tried it, but pass it on for what it is worth.

[EMD]

You are right of course, aircon dries incoming air and is the best way of keeping cabin dry all the year round. But since I spent £1000 failing to get my Senator aircon working  I accept failed aircon and live with it.
 My memory is failing, but I don't think my earlier cars could keep their screens dry without fan assistance. My 1960 Mini had a fug stirring device. My 1938 Austin 10 (rod brakes, very exciting) had no kit to keep the screen clear, so I carried a chamois leather for the purpose. A trick I was given was to carry a potato, cut it in half, and smear it over the screen to keep it clear. I have never tried it, but pass it on for what it is worth.