Winter here - cold feet.

Winter here - cold feet.

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robstvr

Original Poster:

3,217 posts

269 months

Tuesday 18th December 2001
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Doesn't seem to matter how hard the fan blows, or how i set the vents on my chimp, my feet freeze in winter. How can i get more air out of the footwell blowers?

.mark

11,104 posts

277 months

Tuesday 18th December 2001
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Stupid question #1:
The vent is open isn't it?

Dumb Ass Point #1:
If the answer to the above is 'Yes' then close the vent in the passenger footwell, that will help.

Sorry for stating the obvious!

NoisyGriff

573 posts

269 months

Tuesday 18th December 2001
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Here's the solution I used last winter.
This only really works if you keep the car in a garage, because in heavy rain when the car is stationary, this can let water into the driver's footwell.
Take the cover off the clutch fluid reservoir bay. It's the bulge on the RHS of the engine bay (you'll need good old black mastic to put it back properley).
This allows a very good flow of hot air from the engine bay into the cabin via the footwell (esp if the window is a smidge down).
I left mine off all winter. The car didn't get wet and my toes were warm and toasty.
I found this by accident when topping up the clutch fluid - I couldn't be bothered to put the cover back for a day or two and hey presto.