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Griso dashboard condensation issue

Matias

Tuned and Synch'ed
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Lisboa, Portugal
Hello everyone,

The moisture condensation on Griso's dashboard seems to be an old discussion...
I went through this forum (and other's...) and I ahve seen all kinds of attempts to solve it: drilling vent holes, installing dissecant breathers, etc. - all seems to be complicated and risky to the electronics...
Does anyone, along these years, has found a practical solution for this problem?
My dash started to be just a little foggy in cold sunny, but is prgressively turning worse...

Thanks in advance guys.
Matias
 
Bout the best I can come up with is to ride towards the sun. When the sun is beaming straight at the gauges mine fogs up.
I've pulled the cover and sealed the shit out of it with clear silicone then put another coat all the way around covering the joint. Still fogs up. Cut the teensiest tiniest vent hole but it still fogs up.

I guess there needs to be some kind of vacuum to draw moist air out. Think I read where someone used the balance ports to draw a vacuum whenever the bike is running. Have no clue where I saw it though.
 
Hi guys, thanks for the feedback.
Kubbie, I think the moisture gets inside through the vents, not through the cover. I was hopping I could improve with some extra vent holes, but it seems it didn't work for you...Is it easy to disassemble the unit? I'm affraid all those plastic tabs start breaking during the process...
Brian, heating up the inside won't help. It evapotates the moisture inside, which will condensate on the dashboard glass and walls (due to the outside colder temperatures.
A question: once the moisture get's inside during humid weather(through the vents)will it be able to get out through the same vents with dry wetaher or will it remain there forever?

The vacuum systems mentioned on the forums could work, but it seems complicated to install...depending on the vaccum values they could also make the air pressure sensor inside the dash give false redings to the eingine.

BR,
Matias
 
Excuse me for insisting guys...
Do you think this moisture will get out if the the instrument with the hot weather?´
I have this bike for 9 years now. It allways had some condensation in sunny cold days, but I don't recall being so severe as it is now...
It's a fact that we had a very rainy and humid week followed by cold sunny days. I don't ride in the rain and the bike stays in a garage, but still the humidity in the air finds it's way through the vents.
I just wonder if it will go away as the weather gets warmer and drier...

BR,
Matias
 
If you can safely hang a trouble light with an incandescent bulb near the dash It may generate enough heat to help dry things out. Be sure not to place it near any plastic or painted surface.

Something like this

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or this

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