pintobean11

I would search but since I don't know what this is search terms are not working out so great. Since I purchased my car about a month ago I have noticed this foam like crap coming out of the center vents. When you touch it, it breaks right apart like it's "dry rotted" or crumbling. I figured it may be the cabin filter falling apart but then I found out these cars don't have them. Or do they?

Sorry for the sub par pics....

sk8kingda3rd

Looks like the foam crap that sits between the air duct in the dash and the one that goes to the vents on the center console piece.

hyperblu

Correct ^^ only solution is to remove the dash and reseal the ducts with silicone or replace the duct all together.

pintobean11

Would the whole dash have to be removed or just the bezel?

hyperblu

The ducting goes from the hvac panel to the drivers side vent and to behind the glove box... The foam is in every section, so the dash would have to be pulled (not hard)

pintobean11

well eff that, I guess I'll continue to wear sunglassess.

98cdmej6

or rock some ski goggles

DSMAddicted

ROFL.

Is it an EG?
If I recall correctly you can replace/remove the foam stuff (at least some of it) by pulling just the center black piece (the same you would remove to change your cluster).

pintobean11

It's a 97 so unsure of the "e"?

Also, I plan to take the middle bezel off this weekend to see if there is anything I get too. Is there a how to or a DIY for how to do this somewhere on the site? Not sure of what to really search for...

alphalanos

what if you just put the blower on high for a while to see if you can get most if it out

ef9_lover

iTrader: (1)

this rarely happens to eg's 92-95 .....97 is ek... every ek ive been in or ownd has had this problem lol. what i did was took the vents out put the ac on blast and let everything fly outta there. after 20 mins of everything coming out i stuck my arm back there and cleaned it up more. never had the problem again

NotAJDMFanBoy

The foam seals between a lot of places for the hvac system. You'll have to pull the dash to pull it all out. Maybe find some really thin weather stripping or something to replace it with.

pintobean11

There is something wrong with my HVAC so it's either all or nothing. That's mainly why I've noticed this stuff bc I don't turn my a/c off so it's always on 4.

DSMAddicted

That may be true, but my EG sure did have that and still seldomly spits a piece at me.

pintobean11

Anyone know about this?

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

Why would they? It's about as vague a description of a problem that I've seen. "something wrong" and "all or nothing" tells me zip. When do you notice that it works? When does it NOT work?

NOFX

If I were you I'd probably start at the easiest places instead of pulling the entire dash, which is a job in itself.

When you remove the black climate control bezel section (don't try to pry the vents off of it - they will break!) there will be foam around the "joint" where that piece connects to the vent ducts in the dash. Replace that with new foam of some sort.

Remember you said that it's just coming from the middle vents, so it can't be ALL of the foam in the system. That stuff might be on it's way out soon, but in my experience most of the foam that falls apart is the easier to reach stuff. There is some in the blower assembly too, if you want to check that (there are DIYs in this section - it's behind the glovebox).
What do you mean exactly? You didn't really say what's wrong with your system.

Do you mean it only operates on the "4" setting?

If so, then it might be a bad blower motor resistor, which should be somewhere near your blower assembly. It will probably cost iirc $30 from Autozone? These get old and tend to go bad.

MeCrObS

You could just do a stage 1 weight reduction and take out your A/C components haha joke. But i will say. i live in FL also and i have never had A/C in my EG...you get used to the heat, and you'll have all the space you could ever need for a Turbo lol

NOFX

I personally would LOVE to have the a/c components for my '88 HF. Unfortunately it never came with them originally and no one added them before I bought the car. Wouldn't have needed them in WA, but it'd be nice to have here in DE with the humidity.

If I want to turbo later I can work around a/c components.