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MG Midget.... moisture under the bonnet

  • 12-01-2009 11:57pm
    #1
    CamperMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a 1978 MG Midget, and since moving it up from Wexford to Leitrim, I have noticed each morning when i open the bonnet, the whole engine bay is covered with moisture.. I have it under cover in a big shed, any ideas on how to prevent this happening, don't want it rusting away:eek:

    Thanks.

    Simon


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  • #2
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    CamperMan wrote: »
    Hi,

    I have a 1978 MG Midget, and since moving it up from Wexford to Leitrim, I have noticed each morning when i open the bonnet, the whole engine bay is covered with moisture.. I have it under cover in a big shed, any ideas on how to prevent this happening, don't want it rusting away:eek:

    Thanks.

    Simon

    Are you covering the car when it's warm? Possible condensation?


  • #3
    CamperMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭CamperMan


    K-Jet wrote: »
    Are you covering the car when it's warm? Possible condensation?

    No... the car is driven into the shed and that's it, there isn't a cover put over the car.....


  • #4
    MercMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Well maybe thats why Wexford is called the "sunny South East "

    Anyway it sounds like the shed is the problem, too much moisture in the air inside. Is it a concrete shed ?

    Believe it or not you would be better off leaving the doors and windows on the shed open !


  • #5
    Ballykine43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭Ballykine43


    You need to disperse at least some of the hot air from under the bonnet. Hot air holds moisture and as it cools you will have condensation. Leaving the bonnet open for a few minutes after you park to let some of the heat out should help


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