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stevedf · Mar 7th, 2003, 12:18 PM

Anyone find that after rain or cleaning the car that when lowering and raising the driver's side window that you get water and 'muck' on the inside?

Any advice to alleviate this would be gratefully received!

Hat · Mar 7th, 2003, 02:34 PM

yep, this is a well recognised & common problem. Your dealer should know all about it. My dealer stripped out the weather seals, cleaned & dried them & re-fitted. They're absolutely fine now.

nfo · Mar 7th, 2003, 02:54 PM

i need to have this done too!
just finished cleaning them a few min. ago!
funny!

OllyBlox · Mar 7th, 2003, 04:22 PM

Mine does this too. Cheers for the tip.

Brushy · Mar 7th, 2003, 04:27 PM

Glad that this problem has been adressed. There was a thread running last year about this and I can't remember if a solution had been found at that time.

Cheers Hat ( see you on the 23rd)

goin440 · Mar 7th, 2003, 04:39 PM

I noticed the water likes to slip off the front windshield and pool up at the front top corners of the passenger windows. Add to it this winter's road-grime muck: very nasty looking ses-pools, especially with a tinting contrast.

Anybody getting soap suds under the door too?

oldnell · Mar 7th, 2003, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by goin440
I noticed the water likes to slip off the front windshield and pool up at the front top corners of the passenger windows.

This has always annoyed me. You're driving along with the wipers on. The wipers push the water to the edges of the screen and the wind then blows the water around the A pillar and into the side windows. Wind then keeps the pools of water at the top of each window. I wonder what happens if, after collecting a huge pool of water at the top of your window, you open the window. Does the water come into the car?

Hat · Mar 7th, 2003, 05:57 PM

well volunteered oldnell! let us know what happens

Hat · Mar 7th, 2003, 06:01 PM

ps nice stripes olly! very individual

tscheez · Mar 7th, 2003, 06:42 PM

Does the water come into the car?
If you are not carefull it can, at least it has to me. I have also made the mistake of cleaning the windscreen with the window down and got myself a little wet. It was kind of annoying.

Jake

Paul · Mar 7th, 2003, 07:30 PM

Search for streaky or greas* window in the faults and fixes forum and you will see this is pretty common.

Almost every MINI I've ever driven or been driven in (and that's quite a few) have this problem to some degree or another.

oldnell · Mar 8th, 2003, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hat
well volunteered oldnell! let us know what happens

LOL!

Not wanting to tempt fate, but my car doesn't seem to be afflicted by the greasy window problem.

Why did I say that. I just know that next time I drive the car it will develop the fault.

Hat · Mar 8th, 2003, 12:30 PM

it's been discussed before but Rain-X helps keep those unsightly pools of water away from the side windows

Mar 7th, 2003, 12:18 PM	#1
stevedf MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Yorkshire Local Time: 10:58 PM Posts: 3 Offline	Dirty windows? Anyone find that after rain or cleaning the car that when lowering and raising the driver's side window that you get water and 'muck' on the inside? Any advice to alleviate this would be gratefully received!

Mar 7th, 2003, 04:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
OllyBlox Loud and Proud Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Wimbledon Local Time: 11:58 PM Posts: 252 Offline	Mine does this too. Cheers for the tip. 2001 MINI One, Chilli Red, 130 BHP, Big Grin! 2003 MINI Cooper S, Chilli Red, 163BHP, Even Bigger Grin!

Mar 7th, 2003, 04:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
goin440 Numb from Jäger Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Indiana Local Time: 05:58 PM Posts: 561 Offline	I noticed the water likes to slip off the front windshield and pool up at the front top corners of the passenger windows. Add to it this winter's road-grime muck: very nasty looking ses-pools, especially with a tinting contrast. Anybody getting soap suds under the door too? -goin440 IB/IB MC

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Mar 7th, 2003, 02:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hat cook pass babtridge My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2002 Local Time: 11:58 PM Posts: 15,866 Offline	yep, this is a well recognised & common problem. Your dealer should know all about it. My dealer stripped out the weather seals, cleaned & dried them & re-fitted. They're absolutely fine now.

Mar 7th, 2003, 02:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
nfo MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2002 Local Time: 05:58 PM Posts: 332 Offline	i need to have this done too! just finished cleaning them a few min. ago! funny!

Mar 7th, 2003, 04:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Brushy V twin land Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: On the edge Local Time: 11:58 PM Posts: 5,906 Offline	Glad that this problem has been adressed. There was a thread running last year about this and I can't remember if a solution had been found at that time. Cheers Hat ( see you on the 23rd)

Mar 7th, 2003, 05:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
oldnell MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gloucester Local Time: 11:58 PM Posts: 992 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by goin440 I noticed the water likes to slip off the front windshield and pool up at the front top corners of the passenger windows. This has always annoyed me. You're driving along with the wipers on. The wipers push the water to the edges of the screen and the wind then blows the water around the A pillar and into the side windows. Wind then keeps the pools of water at the top of each window. I wonder what happens if, after collecting a huge pool of water at the top of your window, you open the window. Does the water come into the car?

Mar 7th, 2003, 05:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
Hat cook pass babtridge My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2002 Local Time: 11:58 PM Posts: 15,866 Offline	well volunteered oldnell! let us know what happens

Mar 7th, 2003, 06:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Hat cook pass babtridge My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2002 Local Time: 11:58 PM Posts: 15,866 Offline	ps nice stripes olly! very individual

Mar 7th, 2003, 06:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
tscheez MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Garnerville, NY Local Time: 05:58 PM Posts: 43 Offline	Does the water come into the car? If you are not carefull it can, at least it has to me. I have also made the mistake of cleaning the windscreen with the window down and got myself a little wet. It was kind of annoying. Jake

Mar 7th, 2003, 07:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 11:58 PM Posts: 40,709 Offline	Search for streaky or greas* window in the faults and fixes forum and you will see this is pretty common. Almost every MINI I've ever driven or been driven in (and that's quite a few) have this problem to some degree or another.

Mar 8th, 2003, 09:19 AM	#12 (permalink)
oldnell MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gloucester Local Time: 11:58 PM Posts: 992 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Hat well volunteered oldnell! let us know what happens LOL! Not wanting to tempt fate, but my car doesn't seem to be afflicted by the greasy window problem. Why did I say that. I just know that next time I drive the car it will develop the fault.

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Mar 8th, 2003, 12:30 PM	#13 (permalink)
Hat cook pass babtridge My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2002 Local Time: 11:58 PM Posts: 15,866 Offline	it's been discussed before but Rain-X helps keep those unsightly pools of water away from the side windows