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My 3am Commute To Work Got 10x More Annoying.
14 years ago
Every time I run the heater it's the same damned thing: Fog. On the front windshield. On the INSIDE of the car where the windshield wipers can't clear it. So I have to grab a towel and press extremely hard against the glass and wipe the windshield every 2-3 minutes of my commute until it's sufficiently warm inside that I can turn the heater off. Which lasts for five minutes and then it gets cold again. Rinse, lather repeat process.
So yeah, not sure what's causing it or why it's happening. I don't remember having this issue last year. And it doesn't make sense why the interior would fog up when it's on the heater and not the A/C. I can understand it fogging up on a muggy summer night on the OUTSIDE of the car from me running the A/C, much the same way condensation forms on the side of a glass with iced drink inside. But this isn't the same kind of fogging over: it doesn't present large droplets of moisture. It's a very fine mist that requires me to put some serious muscle behind the towel I wipe the surface with, only to have it come back within minutes, as I said earlier.
So very frustrating, and I've got no real answers why it's happening.
'91 Toyota Camry, by the way.
So here I go, off to deal with this again when I go to leave for work in just a few minutes from now -_-
So yeah, not sure what's causing it or why it's happening. I don't remember having this issue last year. And it doesn't make sense why the interior would fog up when it's on the heater and not the A/C. I can understand it fogging up on a muggy summer night on the OUTSIDE of the car from me running the A/C, much the same way condensation forms on the side of a glass with iced drink inside. But this isn't the same kind of fogging over: it doesn't present large droplets of moisture. It's a very fine mist that requires me to put some serious muscle behind the towel I wipe the surface with, only to have it come back within minutes, as I said earlier.
So very frustrating, and I've got no real answers why it's happening.
'91 Toyota Camry, by the way.
So here I go, off to deal with this again when I go to leave for work in just a few minutes from now -_-
--Rick
When it's cold outside, running the heater will cause the cold windshield to fog. And vica versa.
Blow something cold on the windshield, and it should de-fog.
I think.
Bunners.
(the dial or buttons where it shows feet, head, both, weird symbol that usually means defogger etc.)
(Also, could it possibly be moisture from your breath condensing on the windshield until the heater warms up?)
The idea would work if I were a rich person, but with gas prices these days I just don't have the money to spend. :/
Oh, I would kill to have a regular 9-5 work schedule again!
So I totally feel ya on that one >.<
I have a 1KW power inverter and large heater in my truck for mornings so it doesnt have to idle for 20 minutes to warm up the interior (big diesel motor).