We have just had our first trip since buying the van, and traveled over some fairly dusty roads around Bourke, Broken Hill etc. Dust entered the van in the top and bottom rear storage areas and around the door. Fixed the door problem by covering the vent with cardboard. On one occasion I opened the dust hatch in the roof as advised and spent an hour at our next camp, cleaning dust off every surface inside. We love the comfort, tow ability, space, etc. seems a pity that an off road van has so many dust access areas. Can anyone help.??
Dust inside Expanda 16.49 2008 Model
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:welcome: to the forum iant here is a link that may help
http://www.expandasdownunder.com/sh...Proofing-your-Expanda?highlight=dust+proofing
http://www.expandasdownunder.com/sh...da-off-road-new/page2?highlight=dust+proofing
http://www.expandasdownunder.com/sh...Proofing-your-Expanda?highlight=dust+proofing
http://www.expandasdownunder.com/sh...da-off-road-new/page2?highlight=dust+proofing
Hi iant, sorry won’t be able to assist with the dust issue haven’t travelled any further than 250km’s since taking delivery of our van in September and possibly will only travel the distance of your first trip in our next decade but would like to welcome you to this forum as discovered by myself recently. If you wish to share any of the adventure I’m sure others would be enjoyed by some details or photos of your trip out west.
G'day iant and welcome to the forum. You don't say what size van you have but on our 14' we had a lot of dust in the top and bottom cupboards at the rear of the van and it was almost eliminated when the service agent packed the gap at the bottom edge of the rear fiberglass with silastic. It was acting as a scoop sucking the dust from low down and pushing it up the sides around the bed and into the top cupboard.
Cheers, Chartrock!
I've been planning to seal that gap not knowing if I really needed to, looks like I really need to!!!!
I'm also having some canvas vent covers that will stick on with velcro made up as discussed in the other threads.
I've been planning to seal that gap not knowing if I really needed to, looks like I really need to!!!!
I'm also having some canvas vent covers that will stick on with velcro made up as discussed in the other threads.
Just a thought but how do you think it would go by reversing the polarity of the shower exhaust fan and opening the vent a crack? Do you reckon it would pressurise the van enough to reduce dust? Perhaps use a VSR?
Yeah but I'm thinking that on top towards the back would be less dust then what might come through other lower points.
I think that the volume of air inside the van to the size of the fan youll be pushing the limit also if the hatch was open you would create a vaccum + your hatch would go west !!
I think ....
I think ....
Thanks "Cruza, Chartrock and Others" You have given me the solution and the photo helped a lot. Will let you know the results Cheers.
SD, it is just along the bottom of the fibreglass where it rolls under the rear of the van and goes completely across the van.
I did the same as Chartrock when we first got the van with the aluminium angle across the back edge where the fibreglass wraps under the van, also re-sealed the taillights as we found dust came in there too.
