Misting up!

[lucozade]

With all this cold weather and not having the pleasure of a garage my car is misting up badly. So much so that the inside surface of the windows have ice forming.

My car is bone dry inside having now sorted the issue with the soaking carpets.

Is anybody else suffering from this?

I would ask my dealer (CN) to help out but since they never seem to bother their arse with anything it seems pointless at this stage. Oh how I wish I had another dealer nearby.

[Mr Noble]

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[lucozade]

Mr Noble said:

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Yes, did think of this but since none of my other cars have ever needed this and my 3R didn't do this last year I'm not prepare to make the spend.

I don't think my neighbours would react well if i put a cover on every night. Might bring the tone of the place down a little you see !

[AMG Merc]

lucozade said:

With all this cold weather and not having the pleasure of a garage my car is misting up badly. So much so that the inside surface of the windows have ice forming. My car is bone dry inside having now sorted the issue with the soaking carpets. Is anybody else suffering from this? I would ask my dealer (CN) to help out but since they never seem to bother their arse with anything it seems pointless at this stage. Oh how I wish I had another dealer nearby.

Well, IMHO Greg is correct! If your environment is that cold and damp you need to cover the car (or at least the top half). Also, are you putting your a/c on with heat to clear the windscreen?

[lucozade]

[quote=AMG Merc
Well, IMHO Greg is correct! If your environment is that cold and damp you need to cover the car (or at least the top half). Also, are you putting your a/c on with heat to clear the windscreen?[/quote]

Yip, agree, Greg is correct. However, as I say this did not happen last year, I've got a suspicion I need to get some of the rubber seals looked at - AGAIN.

I am putting a/c on with heat yes.

[350plus]

My 3R is the same.

It doesn't help that some of the feed pipes for those inadequate demisting vents are scrunched down to virually nothing under the dash, especially on the passenger side.

Even with a/c the demisting performance is really poor.

[m12_nathan]

lucozade said:

With all this cold weather and not having the pleasure of a garage my car is misting up badly. So much so that the inside surface of the windows have ice forming. My car is bone dry inside having now sorted the issue with the soaking carpets. Is anybody else suffering from this? I would ask my dealer (CN) to help out but since they never seem to bother their arse with anything it seems pointless at this stage. Oh how I wish I had another dealer nearby.

I'd respectfully suggest that the formation of ice on the inside would be somewhat difficult if it were "bone dry"

I had a leak from the rear window and it used to ice up on the inside loads for ages after it was fixed, I went to b and Q or similar and bought a little box designed to dehumidify the air (layer of the stuff they use in packaging that I cannot remember the name of - silica maybe?), left on the rear parcel shelf the box filled up with water! I'd recommend doing the same to try and get as much water out of the inside of the car environment as possible. It was about a fiver from memory.

[colindl]

I too had wet carpets recently and although the carpets are now dry, the car has developed the same demisting problem. The quickest solution i have found is to put the air con on with heat, and make sure that it is set on full power on the air recirculation setting. This seems to clear the screen alot faster.

[lucozade]

m12_nathan said:

I'd respectfully suggest that the formation of ice on the inside would be somewhat difficult if it were "bone dry" I had a leak from the rear window and it used to ice up on the inside loads for ages after it was fixed, I went to b and Q or similar and bought a little box designed to dehumidify the air (layer of the stuff they use in packaging that I cannot remember the name of - silica maybe?), left on the rear parcel shelf the box filled up with water! I'd recommend doing the same to try and get as much water out of the inside of the car environment as possible. It was about a fiver from memory.

- It's a mistery right enough. The carpets are bone dry even after washing the car twice now.

All windows seemed pretty well sealed including the rear screen. Perhaps it's something to do with the windscreen being replaced.

[amg merc]

lucozade said:

Perhaps it's something to do with the windscreen being replaced.

Aha! Could well be the source of ingress - maybe have it re-done - I did with my rear as the first time it wasn't sealed.

[joust]

colindl said:

I too had wet carpets recently and although the carpets are now dry, the car has developed the same demisting problem. The quickest solution i have found is to put the air con on with heat, and make sure that it is set on full power on the air recirculation setting. This seems to clear the screen alot faster.

The main issue is that even if the carpets "feel" dry, they will still have moisture in them and the surrounding areas.

Best bet would be to get a small dehumidfier (some examples here that I googled www.4air.co.uk/index.php/cPath/860395437_2500/google/deh02) and leave it running constantly for a week or so.

That should get the water out of the car. If it still does it then you are correct in that you have a leak that is letting in damp air/water in from somewhere.

J

[paulcundy]

Sorry Luco, but as a doctor I have to ask, could you be the source of the moisture? If so treatment is available and relatively painless these days.
Regards
Paul C

[lucozade]

paulcundy said:

Sorry Luco, but as a doctor I have to ask, could you be the source of the moisture? If so treatment is available and relatively painless these days. Regards Paul C

hee hee took me ages to work out who "Luco" is !

Erm, I don't have a moisture problem that I'm aware of although I'll check just to be sure

[Podie]

A cheaper option is to get some large packets of silica gel... ask your IT department if they've had any equipment delivered recently (Dell docking stations comes with some huge packets!). I leave five in the Chimaera at this time of year, and it doesn't mist up...

[M12_Nathan]

Silica Gel, thet's the stuff I bought to fix my misting issue

[medusa]

I have a 3R that lives outside, I have no water ingress that I am aware of, no problems with freezing inside yet, but I also struggle to demist even with the aircon & heater running, seems to take forever.

[MisterX]

I bought one of those litte free-standing dash-top fans that plug into the lighter socket and are meant to blow cool air in your face in summer. By turning it around and pointing at the windscreen I get it clear quite fast (or at least half of it clear!).

[lucozade]

MisterX said:

I bought one of those litte free-standing dash-top fans that plug into the lighter socket and are meant to blow cool air in your face in summer. By turning it around and pointing at the windscreen I get it clear quite fast (or at least half of it clear!).

Yeah there is loads of them on Ebay for no more than £15. Might get one to try it.

[lucozade]

for anybody else interested I found these, mini portable Dehumidifiers:

www.airandwatercentre.com/store/SEURLF/ASP/SFS/CID.4/PID.111/SFE/productdetails.htm

[MisterX]

lucozade said:

for anybody else interested I found these, mini portable Dehumidifiers: www.airandwatercentre.com/store/SEURLF/ASP/SFS/CID.4/PID.111/SFE/productdetails.htm

Looks interesting. A catch is that you have to plug it in for ten hours when the crystals are 'exhausted' but you don't get early warning about how much drying power is left in them Maybe best to plug in and give them a burst of a few hours drying out every couple of days?