RE: Misting air-con Quattro V8

[Alex Gray-OUPC <alex@oupc.bbc.co.uk>]

Many thanks to those peopel who reply to my posting and emailed me directly 
about the problem with misting up in my V8 Quattro. Pretty well everyone 
said the behing the air recirculation flap I would find a broken spring that 
meant the flap wasn't closing.

So at the weekend I pulled out the glove box (what do you call that in the 
US?), and checked around behind the flap - sure enough, broken spring! (And 
also a little condesate water lying in there.)

I've re-fashioned a hook on the broken end and replaced it (MUCH easier said 
than done). At normal settings, the flap stays closed unless I press the 
Recirc button, so all seems to be working as it should, but I've noticed is 
that on full a/c (ie with temp set to LOW) the system opens the recirc flap 
anyway - I guess this is in an attempt to get maximum speed of cooling by 
recirculating the air until the temperature is up a bit.

I can now only wait in hope that the misting is a thing of the past!

Alex
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From: Alex Gray-OUPC
To: Audi list
Subject: Misting air-con Quattro V8
Date: 08 May 1998 16:50

Please, please, does anyone know how to cure occasional but serious steaming 
up of Quattro 200 and V8 interior. I'm not talking about the usual little 
flush of humidity when an a/c starts up, but a real pumping of humid air 
into the vehicle. A little background...