+++SiWagon TIP: QUICK Winter Warming & Defogging
SiWagon
Council Member
This is the quickest way to Warm up during winter.
1)Turn the temp knob to the hottest point.Once you warm up you can lower it later.
2)Adjust the fan speed knob to # 1,2,3, or 4 as needed.
3)Slide position knob to the center vent(the 1 to the far left I think).
4)Close the passenger louver vent & the center louver vent(furthest away from you of the two).
5) Slide the knob(under outer vent)to the left.This is to stop the outside air from blowing in.
6)Adjust the 2 closest vents so the warm heat blows towards each of your hands.It works the best if the center vent is barely open.This evens out the air flow to both hands.
7)Slide the upper knob to recirculate the inside air.
This works 'cuz when you close the other 2 vents it increases the velocity of the heat to your hands.
Quickest way to DEFOG the front window.
This step should be done before doing the above heating steps.This tip defogs way faster than using just the heater.That's why I always get AC.A lot of guys want to remove the AC,but the whole thing only weights 50lbs(approx.23 kilos) not like early Camaro AC that weights 200lbs.
A)Turn temp. knob to hottest point.
B)Slide knob to defog position(far right).
C)Adjust the fan speed knob to # 1,2,3, or 4 as needed.
D)Hit the AC button.
This works 'cuz the AC removes the humidity(that causes the fog).It takes the heater much longer to warm-up & defog.
1)Turn the temp knob to the hottest point.Once you warm up you can lower it later.
2)Adjust the fan speed knob to # 1,2,3, or 4 as needed.
3)Slide position knob to the center vent(the 1 to the far left I think).
4)Close the passenger louver vent & the center louver vent(furthest away from you of the two).
5) Slide the knob(under outer vent)to the left.This is to stop the outside air from blowing in.
6)Adjust the 2 closest vents so the warm heat blows towards each of your hands.It works the best if the center vent is barely open.This evens out the air flow to both hands.
7)Slide the upper knob to recirculate the inside air.
This works 'cuz when you close the other 2 vents it increases the velocity of the heat to your hands.
Quickest way to DEFOG the front window.
This step should be done before doing the above heating steps.This tip defogs way faster than using just the heater.That's why I always get AC.A lot of guys want to remove the AC,but the whole thing only weights 50lbs(approx.23 kilos) not like early Camaro AC that weights 200lbs.
A)Turn temp. knob to hottest point.
B)Slide knob to defog position(far right).
C)Adjust the fan speed knob to # 1,2,3, or 4 as needed.
D)Hit the AC button.
This works 'cuz the AC removes the humidity(that causes the fog).It takes the heater much longer to warm-up & defog.
Comments
if you dont drive immediately:
better gently revving the engine after start, idle doesnt get it hot
so quick, maintained engine less than 5 minutes to top temp
(and i drive an automatic, har har)
: )
try not parking in your garage
or migrating to the tropics
This is some funny s**t, specially coming from a guy in California!!
I like the tip about using AC in winter. I'll have to try this.
I guess us Central Canada Canucks (I live in the province right above North Dakota so, if you've seen the movie Fargo, you know what I'm talking about), who live with cold conditions from October to April, can always learn a few new tricks.
Cheers !!
After freezing my ass off on the way to work one time too many today, I'm picking up a 195* thermostat and installing it tonight.
And, of course, make sure your cooling system is FULL of coolant. If it's running low, the system is less effective at transferring heat away from the engine, and therefore into the interior of the car.
buy a cheap ass car seat-heater thingy...
AND IT WORKS!!! Using exactly the same test, after cranking my heat after the engine warmed up, I had to turn it DOWN because I was burning up. 8) I'd rather have the ability to get too much than not be able to get enough. The real test will be later this week, where high temps in the single digits will make me think I'm in the Great White North...
Do NOT try and warm the engine up with the heat on - it will take literally 15 minutes or so longer than normal if it's cold out. It's been literally 15 degrees each morning here in my part of GA and I made the mistake a few times of leaving the heat on whilst the car was warming up. 20 minutes later and the temp guage was barely off the "C" and the inside of the car was still cold.
I cranked he car up and left it running with no heat on and within 10 minutes it was at operating temps and once the heat was turned on full blast, center vents the inside was warm in no time. If you hold the gas at 3000rpm or so the engine warms up very quickly - this is completely sfe as even honda service manuals usually require you to hold the engine at 3000rpm or so to wait for fans to come on before doing many diagnostic checks, including idle speed, etc.
Also something most people don't think of when trying to rapidly heat the interior is that if you put the blower on recirculate, and the vent mode on split face and feet 50/50 the actual temp is hotter, because the blower pulls the recirculating air from the floorboard, just under the dash. Once it draws the already hotter air to recirculate it gets that much hotter. Once it's burning hot you can out it back to face and get the entire cabin toasty.
One last thing is that in sheer temps the lower fan speeds, 1 and 2, yield hotter temps than if you have it on full blast 3 or 4 fan speed. Same goes for A/C. the air coming across slower yiels hotter temps when on full hot; colder when on full cold.
overheating...combined with fan switch - 4 (high speed)