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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / January 2005It's Maddening!!!
Every time it either snows or we get a light rain and a freeze my doors freeze shut. The locks are fine it's the doors that freeze shut and I can't open them. I've been lucky, so far, and usually one door will open, and it's usually a rear one so I have to crawl over the seats and console to get in, start the car and let it run so it heats up. Once I get the heater going and it warms up the doors defrost and open fine. Is there something I can do to, besides putting the car in a nice heated garage, that will stop this? Spray the rubber gaskets with silicone spray. Mark > Every time it either snows or we get a light rain and a freeze my doors > freeze shut. The locks are fine it's the doors that freeze shut and I [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > heated > garage, that will stop this? A little silicone, sprayed on the rubber door moldings, works fine mike hunt > Every time it either snows or we get a light rain and a freeze my doors > freeze shut. The locks are fine it's the doors that freeze shut and I can't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Is there something I can do to, besides putting the car in a nice heated > garage, that will stop this? > A little silicone, sprayed on the rubber door moldings, works > fine > > mike hunt Thanks. I'll have to run out and get some today. Why is it the simplest fixes are always the hardest to figure out yourself!? > > A little silicone, sprayed on the rubber door moldings, works > > fine [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks. I'll have to run out and get some today. Why is it the simplest > fixes are always the hardest to figure out yourself!? That's why we ALL enjoy answering AND asking questions on these ng's. I for one have had my head 'under a hood' for ~50 years; but learn some mighty 'good stuff' on here. (Plus, silicone is much nicer to use than leaving your door half-ajar!!!) Good luck. s Careful! You want "silicone spray lubricant"...NOT silicone gasket material, silicone damping fluid, etc (there are many, many silicone-based solids and liquids.) I'd recommend you spray it on a cloth swatch or piece of sponge, then rub in onto the weather seal; if you spray it directly, it could end up in a bunch of places you don't want it. >> > A little silicone, sprayed on the rubber door moldings, works >> > fine [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >'good stuff' on here. (Plus, silicone is much nicer to use than leaving your >door half-ajar!!!) Good luck. s webpa > Careful! You want "silicone spray lubricant"...NOT silicone gasket material, What a fun joke that'd be! Believe me. If I were THAT dumb, I'd deserve to have my doors glued shut!!! :^) No offense intended. >> Careful! You want "silicone spray lubricant"...NOT silicone gasket >material, > > What a fun joke that'd be! Believe me. If I were THAT dumb, I'd deserve >to have my doors glued shut!!! :^) webpa Oh, None taken. But I'll bet that somewhere, someone HAS to have that explanation or they would glue their doors shut! > No offense intended. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > webpa I agree with that. Mark > Oh, None taken. But I'll bet that somewhere, someone HAS to have that > explanation or they would glue their doors shut! [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> webpa When one services thousands of vehicles annually, as we do in our business, many of the simplest lowest cost things become obvious. ;) mike hunt > > A little silicone, sprayed on the rubber door moldings, works > > fine [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks. I'll have to run out and get some today. Why is it the simplest > fixes are always the hardest to figure out yourself!? |
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