SAM LOVERS HER TOYOTAS 91 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Morning All, Has anulybody else woken up to frozen doors on their Aygo's? For me its bothe driver and passenger. If I pull any harder the handles will surely snap off! I for one on my street cleaned off all the snow on my car last night, paying especial attention to around the doors and wiper mechanisms for this particular reason, but they still froze shut. Any prevention methods guys? Drive safe all! Sammy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiz201 94 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 yes, usually just give them a good tug. I had the boot button frozen once or twice as well. Only way to prevent it is to put a full cover over the car, or put it in a garage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TonyHSD 778 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 They froze at the seals, I usually go around all rubber seals with silicone spray or vaseline on cloth before the winter October and have no problems after that. Best way to spray something with alcohol or other non freezing agent into them through the gaps. If you have Winter screen wash concentrate just put into spray bottle and give it a try, pulling the doors with too much force can damage the rubber seals, and they are not cheap. Good luck. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SAM LOVERS HER TOYOTAS 91 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 11 hours ago, TonyHSD said: They froze at the seals, I usually go around all rubber seals with silicone spray or vaseline on cloth before the winter October and have no problems after that. Best way to spray something with alcohol or other non freezing agent into them through the gaps. If you have Winter screen wash concentrate just put into spray bottle and give it a try, pulling the doors with too much force can damage the rubber seals, and they are not cheap. Good luck. Exactly what I needed! I just bought some silicone spray recently, I assume this might be a messy option, or is it white grease im thinking of! I think ill try the vaseline option tomorrow morning. See how that goes down. Both my drivers and passenger seals have tears in them in places...and for that reason I haven't replaced them! Too darn expensive!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FROSTYBALLS 3,427 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Try pushing on the doors to break any ice between the seals and the door. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TonyHSD 778 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Silicone wd-40 or similar that is good for the rubber, spray onto cloth and apply all over the seals, if you spray directly, yes will be messy and you may miss some parts. 🙂👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SimonIG10 5 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 You can buy small containers of silicone grease on Ebay. Its good practice to rub into all rubber seals as does seem to re-invigorate them a bit and I guess will stop the freezing up. Not sure WD40 is good for rubber seals? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TonyHSD 778 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 4 minutes ago, SimonIG10 said: You can buy small containers of silicone grease on Ebay. Its good practice to rub into all rubber seals as does seem to re-invigorate them a bit and I guess will stop the freezing up. Not sure WD40 is good for rubber seals? Wd-40 red cap is even dangerous to use on rubber and will make it swelling and deteriorate . Wd-40 specialist silicone spray is specifically made for use on rubber and plastic parts and it is a good stuff, I use it a lot on brakes, seals, door locks, brake cables on e scooters etc. This one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303512750520 wd-40 has a series of different lubricants and I have a lot of them, they are helpful for cars and around the house. 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Puglet 24 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Agree, use silicone spray, I discovered it late in my motoring life, but when one my leccy windows stuck years ago it sorted it, cheap fix that one!, so now all our cars have migrated to leccy rather than keep-fit windows, do them and other rubber parts/seals couple times a year. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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