Ice on the inside of windscreen
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DonkeyApple said:
Matt UK said:
Thanks all. The wife mentioned a while back that the rear washer wasn't working. I'll make that my first port of call.
True PHer.
Bet if it was your car you'd have fixed it the dy you noticed.
Women - equal, but less able.
mk1matt said:
Agreed. I need to do ours again. I got the filter out ok, but couldn't get the new one back in without removing the wiper mech.
It's worth the hassle though. I just changed the pollen filter (a 30 second job on this car!) on my e46 and it has definitely made a difference to the level on condensation on the inside of the screen.
+1 amazed at how much difference changing the pollen filter had on my car with condensation. Probably the first time it had been changed, if nothing else, the fan blew harder because it wasn't trying to push air through a 12 yr old clogged up filter. It's worth the hassle though. I just changed the pollen filter (a 30 second job on this car!) on my e46 and it has definitely made a difference to the level on condensation on the inside of the screen.
Pollen filter change made a lot if difference on the BMW recently.
Our old car had freshly showered people in it every morning for many years in all weathers for the short trip to the train station, it suffered terribly from condensation.
We tried silica moisture traps and they worked to a point, but we still ended up scraping ice into our laps every morning. I once found a decent sized pool of water in the spare wheel well.
The only real answer, just like in a house, is adequate ventilation and heating. I removed a bung in the wheel well and always cracked the sunroof each morning, that seemed to help.
Our old car had freshly showered people in it every morning for many years in all weathers for the short trip to the train station, it suffered terribly from condensation.
We tried silica moisture traps and they worked to a point, but we still ended up scraping ice into our laps every morning. I once found a decent sized pool of water in the spare wheel well.
The only real answer, just like in a house, is adequate ventilation and heating. I removed a bung in the wheel well and always cracked the sunroof each morning, that seemed to help.
HustleRussell said:
The water is getting in somewhere. Rear light membranes? Door membranes? Boot seal? Leaking windscreen? Leaking heater matrix?
Going to investigate the pipe from the tank to the rear wash pipe. Also going to change pollen filter. How would one spot and confirm a leaking heater matrix?
Twin Turbo said:
Mrs TT's Galaxy had the hose to the rear wash/wipe come loose in the passenger footwell (front). This soaked the carpets but it was during the summer, so no icing problem!
Check that first.
+1. Our Galaxy has done this twice now. There is a plastic hose connector under the passenger door trim that blows off during freezing temps. Probably needs a tiny jubilee clip or similar. Check that first.
We just don't use the rear wash wipe anymore - pretty useless anyway as it is located at the base of the vertical rear screen, as opposed to the top where it should be.
Matt UK said:
The wife's VW Sharan is waking up in these cold mornings with more ice on the inside of the windscreen than on the outside!
Some people don't take active steps to keep the interior of a car dry, treating it as an appliance rather than thinking about how they should be using it. Because of this, even if there are no other causes of water ingress, it is possible for moisture to build up to the point where it can freeze on the inside.Much of this can be ameliorated by warming up the cabin during a journey, and periodically opening and closing the windows to let the moisture-laden air escape. Alternatively, if you have air-conditioning, consider changing to the economy setting for the last few minutes of a journey to dry out the system - something that might be mentioned in the handbook.
RYH64E said:
HereBeMonsters said:
pthelazyjourno said:
I had ice on the fooking dashboard!!!
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