Weird hose behind glovebox?

[mohammad]

what does the brownish clear hose in the right of this photo located behind the glovebox do?

[foama]

That's the cleaning fluid hose, going to the spray nozzle of the rear lid.

[dspace9]

My old Ford wagon's rear wiper had its own washer jug in the trunk area.

Mohammad, have you noticed any difference with your cabin's air quality, now having a cabin filter in there?

[mohammad]

Mohammad, have you noticed any difference with your cabin's air quality, now having a cabin filter in there?

with the heat maxed out I used to get a slight burning smell of like dust burning, i no longer get that. This was a big thing for me because without A/C I drive around in the rain with Max heat and its like a sauna all to prevent the windows from fogging.

Unfortunately the filter i bought is the cheap kind so other odors such as vehicle exhaust from other vehicles i still smell. Ive had a filter in for a few months now it is definitely doing something as it did darken from what appears to be dust and it did catch like 2 leaves.

[dspace9]

with the heat maxed out I used to get a slight burning smell of like dust burning, i no longer get that. This was a big thing for me because without A/C I drive around in the rain with Max heat and its like a sauna all to prevent the windows from fogging.

Unfortunately the filter i bought is the cheap kind so other odors such as vehicle exhaust from other vehicles i still smell. Ive had a filter in for a few months now it is definitely doing something as it did darken from what appears to be dust and it did catch like 2 leaves.

This might sound silly, but try cleaning your windshield with windex, like you would do for a bathroom mirror or house window.

I did this to the interior of my Mirage's windshield, and there was a TON of gunk I just kinda got accustomed to looking through. What a difference! I don't think I'm getting that fog up as much now.

Remember how I mentioned that ITEKT product for repelling rain like Rain-x? ITEKT is now one of the official Accessories for new 2022 Mirages lol. Mitsu is also selling weathertech products, alongside touch-up paint pens, bug deflectors and ITEKT kits.

Try one of the cabin filters they sell at NAPA auto parts, not sure the brand since I threw out the box, but made in Europe somewhere and the quality is good. I just think the fan runs weird sometimes now. By weird I mean a bit more noisily.

[mohammad]

This might sound silly, but try cleaning your windshield with windex, like you would do for a bathroom mirror or house window.

I did this to the interior of my Mirage's windshield, and there was a TON of gunk I just kinda got accustomed to looking through. What a difference! I don't think I'm getting that fog up as much now.

Remember how I mentioned that ITEKT product for repelling rain like Rain-x? ITEKT is now one of the official Accessories for new 2022 Mirages lol. Mitsu is also selling weathertech products, alongside touch-up paint pens, bug deflectors and ITEKT kits.

Try one of the cabin filters they sell at NAPA auto parts, not sure the brand since I threw out the box, but made in Europe somewhere and the quality is good. I just think the fan runs weird sometimes now. By weird I mean a bit more noisily.

Thanks for the advice, i got Rain-x interior and exterior sprays but im too lazy to use them applying a coating on your windows every few weeks for the 1 day every month or 2 i drive in the rain isnt worth it to me. Ive got a youtube video where i show you how to clean the blower motor, it helped a little bit with the noise as dust and leaves kinda made the fan spin off balance and shake.

[dspace9]

I worry some of those products leaving a glare at night. Maybe they have improved the recipe over the years.

My windshield has a lot of tiny scratches, probably from my ice scrapers, and at least one good scratch from a stone. Depends on the light but then the scratches really show. My Mirage is parked outside all the time.

How's your driver's seat holding up? I got a tear in mine bum area and my jeans got caught in the fabric the other day.

[7milesout]

this might sound silly, but try cleaning your windshield with windex, like you would do for a bathroom mirror or house window.

Legit.

[7milesout]

with the heat maxed out I used to get a slight burning smell of like dust burning, i no longer get that. This was a big thing for me because without A/C I drive around in the rain with Max heat and its like a sauna all to prevent the windows from fogging.

Unfortunately the filter i bought is the cheap kind so other odors such as vehicle exhaust from other vehicles i still smell. Ive had a filter in for a few months now it is definitely doing something as it did darken from what appears to be dust and it did catch like 2 leaves.

Oh, oh, oh, I get your meaning now. When you said in another post you have the Poverty edition, that means you have no A/C. I had to read the above post a 2nd time to figure it out. Your situation does present a challenge. I had a vehicle in the past that I had to drive and the A/C was not working. To the best of my memory, besides having a clean windshield (on the inside) probably helped the most, cracking down the windows to get some additional "fresh" airflow in the car helped somewhat too.

With an A/C, the recommended settings are A/C on, and FRESH mode. So I figured (without the A/C) that cracking open the windows (and tolerating some rain intrusion) was best to help with circulating fresh air. Of course I had my factory hvac on FRESH as well even when the A/C wasn't working. I still had foggy windows, but any other setting would make it worse.