steaming up

[ScottyDog]

Just a quick question. Does anyone else have the same problem I do. When it rains, my windows really steam up bad, even with my fans on full blast. Also, in the cold weather, the ice, is does too, & I can barely see where I'm going.

 

[BrownCupra]

Mine gets a bit like that mate, is your headlining wet?

 

[davidsonley1]

yeah i get this too! end up having to have the fans on for ages before it even begins to clear up :S

 

[ScottyDog]

me too. my headlining dry tho. pain in the arse, especially in this weather

 

[seattoby]

yeah i get this pain in the ass. dont leave anything damp in ur car ie jumpers or anything lol

 

[G223]

try opening your front windows a tiny tiny tiny bit, like a 1mm gap

 

[BrownCupra]

try opening your front windows a tiny tiny tiny bit, like a 1mm gap

Aye thats a good trick to use mate....

If that car is steaming up really really bad on the inside then there must be water inside the car! i.e a smal rusty whole letting water inside the car or a foobard window seal!

If its just a lil bit of steam before the engine gets warm to clear the screen open the window and dont breathe for a bit

 

[crezz]

its all because of the magic,

i also dont breath in mine either,, soon passes

 

[Fl@pper]

give the glass inside and out a damn good clean

clean smooth glass won't let water stick to and hence no condensation

if you have a high content of damp inside the car (leak) it will be worse mind

 

[Dolly_Gti]

beat me to it, keep the glass clean moisture sticks to dirt. i came out of work today and nearly everyone had to scrape the ice off their screen, but mines wasnt too bad some screenwash and wipers later i was good to go.

im wondering if Rain-x stops ice forming as easily??? i mean it is alcohol based by the smell of it.

 

[old 'uns]

if you're brave you'll lift the carpets & see how wet they are underneath. bet there's a leak or a bung out somewhere if you get steamed up all the while.
don't think Rain-X helps that much, if it's icy, it's icy and you still need to scrape

 

[Fl@pper]

im wondering if Rain-x stops ice forming as easily??? i mean it is alcohol based by the smell of it.

been wondering that myself - still can't make it any worse anyway

 

[silverline1]

if you're brave you'll lift the carpets & see how wet they are underneath. bet there's a leak or a bung out somewhere if you get steamed up all the while.
don't think Rain-X helps that much, if it's icy, it's icy and you still need to scrape

a lot of water comes down the scuttle and rests under the passenger footwell

common problem, and the worst to trace

mines steams up from time to time also

 

[ScottyDog]

I have a hole in the plastic tray under the scuttle panel, so the water runs down the windscreen, in the hole, straight into the air intake box, & drips out where the heater resistor plugs in, right onto the passenger footwell!