Steamy Windows!

[davoaj]

Morning Guys and Girls!

Quick question, missed my train in this morning mainly because the windows wouldn't clear on the car! I've noticed this recently since moving to a house from an apartment where the car always used to be tucked up in a nice warm underground garage.

Does anyone else find that the windscreen takes ages to clear on the inside? It's as if there is not enough power or heat coming out of the blowers!

Sorry for the rant, just don't like getting in to work late in the credit crunch! Come to think of it, probably shouldn't be on here in the credit crunch either!! 

Cheers

[bacillus]

Are you referring in particular to the front screen?

If yes, are you using the top left hand button on the climatic controls to clear the screen?

[davoaj]

Yeah, everything else is ok. It's just the front screen.

And yes, i'm using the top left button with the picture of the windscreen on it. I've got the vent open on top of the dash as well.

[Steve78]

Where I live the last 3 weeks temps have dropped as low as -10 some mornings and I have never had a problem.  I just press the button for the windscreen & rear screen, turn the heat level up to high and it clears with relative ease.  I make sure I get all the thick ice off the windscreen too otherwise I'll be there all day.....

Are you using enough heat?  It also pays you to keep the glass clean inside & out as moisture seems to love to cling onto a dirty screen....

[rskardon]

I've had a bit of steam up recently, normally its just if you have had anything wet in the car in recent weeks or got in with a wet coat etc...

The trouble is that the car is kind of a closed environment so i find that if you have had steam up for a while sometimes its good to crank the heat up and have a window/sunroof open a bit when driving once in a while, this allows the hot (moist) air to escape and should reduce the issue in future days.

The other thing is to keep the inside of the screen really clean as this helps, as do the variius anti-mist products you can buy,

cheers,

R

[TeddyKGB]

Also use recirculation when clearing mist on cold mornings - gets it done much quicker

[corgi]

Agree with all that's been said above. You might want to consider changing your pollen filter (not sure on the age of your car) - a blocked pollen filter can cause or exacerbate steaming up...

[andrewparker]

When people say use full heat level, surely there is no heat until the engine is up to temperature?

[KentBladeboy]

Always had this issue with car when its very cold temps. Car lives outside and steams up as soon as car is started. Tried every known setting to man and makes no difference. Pollen filter is changed evry year, so thats not the issue, just have to sit and wait for it to clear.
I think some cars suffer and others do not, used to have this on an E36 BM years ago with climate never got to the bottom of it.

[carl1]

if you have really damp mats that doesn't help either