My windows fog up like you wouldn't believe...

[kenratboy]

...inside and out.

Mostly outside, if it is below freezing, I can scrape them, turn the defroster on (I have tired using the AC, mild temp, and full heat), and it almost INSTANTLY ices over. Other cars around me do not. Only way to clear it is to scrape, and drive as fast as I can to get air over the windshield, and it clears up. Not good. If it means anything, the windshield is pretty well-worn (scrapes and such), so there is lots of areas of stuff to stick. But this is not normal.

Same on the inside, the windows seem to fog up very easy. My brothers older, shittier Volvo does not have this problem.

What can I do? It is not safe and I hate scraping the windshield a half-dozen times, then making a fast, blind drive to clear it off...

Thanks!

I am about ready to send my car to the crusher and get a Subaru or something

[CamNub]

You do got the a/c thing set to air from outside right?

[bowlofturtle]

Do you get hot heat from the vents aleast? Never hear of the outside freezing. I know if your windows fog up a lot it could be your evapator gone bad.

[kenratboy]

I have tried every combo.

I know using the AC dries the air and takes care of the windows, I have tried that and everything else and it doesn't work too well.

Yes, the outside freezes. I scrape the window 100% off (no residue) and it immediatly (as little as 20, 30 seconds) freezes over with the thin layer of ice, which I scrape off, and it freezes again. This is after my car has been sitting in 10, 20 degree weather for hours.

[500KCamry]

Weird problem.

Now don't laugh, this is not a long term solution, but when I play hockey rub liquid dish soap on my glasses and this stops them from fogging up. Maybe there's a commercial product you can treat your windshield with.

[95camguy]

there is a product made by rain-x. i believe it is called "rain-x anti fog" should be sold at pretty much any auto parts place or wal-mart. ive never used it but i always see it next to the rain-x. comes in a black or dark gray box. good luck.

[95camguy]

heres the link for the product. scroll down to the 3rd item. http://www.rainx.com/frame_auto_new.htm

[kenratboy]

95camguy:

I'll need to try that, thanks!

[felkajamine]

i got the same exact problem in my cam, windows fog up real bad, the back isnt really a problem cause of the rear defroster but the side windows and my windshield do exactly like ratboy's does, and it's actually kinda ironic that this thread come up, cause i was just about to ask u guys about it today .....i think im gonna try the anti-fog stuff and see how it works

[virtualkuz]

I think the actual problem has to be discussed here. If this car is icing up when other cars around it are not then the moisture has to be coming from somewhere. Does it only ice up when it is running? If so, there are two places you could be getting moisture from. #1 coolant leak, #2 exhaust leak. I would tend to think you don't have a coolant leak because you would be smelling the coolant and it would be running dry. An exhaust leak, however, could be almost unnoticeable. Plenty of water vapor is created in the combustion process and it could be coming right out the back of the engine bay where the hood meets the firewall and condensing and freezing on your windshield. At 10 or 20 degrees F there is almost no ability for the air to hold on to humidity, especially the kind of humidity that would condense on the outside of your windshield. Your car is making the water vapor.

[WhiteRabbit]

so has anyone tried this rain-x yet?

[Hajoca]

I have used RainX antifog in my previous car, my old cavalier. It had a cracked heater core and the steam was causing the 'fog'.

I think kenrat boy has a plugged evaporator drain, so ther would be some water there in with the heater core, and until it is dry, it will always fog.

Check the area between the hood and windshield... you know where the wipers are? that is the passenger compartment air intake for the heating and cooling system, if there is wet leaves and other stuff there, that can cause the problems too. Leaves rot, clump and fall in.

[95camguy]

Originally Posted by kenratboy

I am about ready to send my car to the crusher and get a Subaru or something

damn a 5-speed. ill take it off your hands!!!

[Pineapple]

1st clean all the glass. Use some good glass cleaner that leave nothing behind. Its the dust on the glass that attract moistore not the glass. Make sure you're venting outside air into the car. Its the temp different on the outside and inside of the glass causing fog. Use RainX windshield water. You can clean the outside glass then use a towel to put the RainX windshield on them. The most important is clean glass.

[WhiteRabbit]

is rain-x anti fog safe to use on tint?