Thread: Sloshing from aircon on defender 98

Originally Posted by malleefowl

My drains don't appear to be blocked.The must be a build up of rubbish in the unit.Is it a big task to remove and clean.Any one got a pic of the unit out of the vehicle?
Thanks

An easy but messy way is to blow compressed air or nitrogen in through the drains and the vents.

Remove the fan blower and pump the compressed air/nitrogen through the coil.

This can cause the cr*p to be blown into the cabin - and will take a bit to clean up. But if you pop clean tissues/rags over the vents they will collect most of the ****.

After it's cleaned out use a sprayable eculyptus oil or tea tree oil (ask Bursons for ERG ABS (anti bactrial spray)) - spray it through all the vents and the drains. These kill the bacteria and stop the gunk building up. You could use wd40 or the like but eculyptus or tea tree is far better smelling.

I had a similar problem with my RR, clear drain hoses etc but dripping on passengers floor. The insulation around the pipe connections in the cabin was not complete. It is a bitumen based black sticky stuff, and once I added some more (got it from an aircond man) to complete the covering, stopped the condensation and freezing moisture that when the air cond was switched off, would melt and drip.... have a look at the insulation before you pull it all apart.