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Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:05 am
by Wilxay
Has anyone else experienced this with their 9 month old polo?!
I cleaned this car VERY thoroughly only 6 days ago (wheels off, wheel arches, polished and waxed)
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Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:29 am
by helloimjammie
I'm dreading getting this! Seen it happen to a few cars, I think its moisture build up, must a way to clean it?
Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:47 am
by Wilxay
It just makes my car look unloved which I can assure you is far, far from the truth.
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Re: Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:48 am
by AJ_7
My Polo is coming up to three years old, it has been cleaned religiously and I have the same problem. I'm still undecided whether I'm going to ask my local dealer to replace the seals under the manufacturers warranty or not as I don't think they should be going mouldy after three years. I would normally just ask for them replacing but once you start messing around with seals you are opening up a world of pain with future wind noise etc...
AJ
Re: Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:17 pm
by ben4012
This is not a warranty issue. Just clean it off.
Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:29 pm
by Wilxay
I think I agree with you Ben but why would it form if I don't go three weeks without cleaning it?
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Re: Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:12 pm
by AJ_7
ben4012 wrote:This is not a warranty issue. Just clean it off.
Clean it off with what? I've pressure washed it off a few times, the more you clean it the worse it gets. It is mould after all which grows in areas of consistent damp so cleaning it off is not a solution.
Re: Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:34 pm
by Mart!n-GTI-DK
It's mot mould... It algy.
Re: Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:00 pm
by ben4012
With whatever works, a brush, a cloth, a fingernail. Either way don't let it get you down.
Re: Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:31 pm
by skipster
Yes - I have got this on our GTI, I have just left it to be honest.
Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:56 pm
by chrispy.
I have got a tiny bit forming on mine, and am getting a squeek from the window
Will be cleaning this right off!
Re: Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:05 pm
by RUM4MO
It is the price you pay for living in a country with lots of wet weather and maybe clean air! Unless VAG impregnated all external "rubber" seals with something nasty, this will always happen to cars left outside - I tend to garage my cars so get none of that at all.
Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:38 pm
by Wilxay
This isn't forming on rubber it's forming on felt. And I've only noticed it forming since this time last week when I give it a deep clean.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:58 pm
by Roundsquare
Ive always thought it was fall out from trees.
I did get it on my wifes Suzuki but by using G101 it cleaned it up and its never come back.
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Re: Green mouldy stuff in window edges.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:52 pm
by RUM4MO
Wilxay wrote:This isn't forming on rubber it's forming on felt. And I've only noticed it forming since this time last week when I give it a deep clean.
Yes, but that "felt" is really plastic/rubber with a bit of added "feltish" synthetic material on/in it.