cold feet

[mark202]

Can anybody shed any light on why my feet get cold and knees hot when driving my Cerbera 4.5, it seems worse at speeds over 50 mph. I've checked the seals around the steering and the footwell is always dry. Before you say it I do adjust the airvents!! Has anyone else experienced similar?

[FourWheelDrift]

Obvious to say but there are 2 vents one under the wheel and one in the sidewall of the tunnel (just checking )

Have you checked the door seal rubber, most draughts find there way in from there

[mark202]

door seal ok, vent closed, but possable air leak up under column

[cerealsurfer]

Almost guarenteed to be an unbalanced heating/cooling vent positioning. Due to the common pressure ducting that's used by TVR.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=226204

[kevin63]

mark202 said:

door seal ok, vent closed, but possable air leak up under column

I would also look at the link cerealsurfer suggest.

[SXS]

I used to get the same problem, I just slowed down when it was cold... sure fix...

[mark202]

thanks for the help, but i do not have a cold vent in the near side. have made some adjustment but still cold i think the cold in let hose is split

[cerealsurfer]

Dealers tend to use Gaffa/duck tape to seal the joins in the pipes under the dash as they are prone to leaking even if fitted correctly..

[mad mark]

I am currently looking into this also. I have got the later version, with the two eyeball vents under the steering column. I have noticed that none of the pipes have a very tight seal and leak, also the main cold feed connecting pipe, (that goes into the wing in the drivers side) is also a piss poor fit. I am currently sealing all the pipes to reduce these leaks. Opening the passenger vent will reduce the pressure on the drivers side, and help reduce the draughts in the footwell, but not solve the problem.
Also check, I'm sure you have, that the hot air feed to the lower vent is connected, mine wasn't.