Technical Inside and outside ice

[pete123]

Hi got in my multipla this morning the inside and out of window screen was ice I brought car with spare wheel missing and tryed to block little whole up could the inside ice be because of this and both sunroofs etc frozen

 

[pete123]

Covered hole up at rear while driving drivers side mists up but not passenger gonna try and bend the doors a little will get bk with progress

 

[Devious]

Ice internally means that condensation/moisture within the vehicle has frozen alongside the exterior.
If you drive around with the heater on full chat, with the windows slightly open you will help to dry the vehicle out.
Have you got any/puddles/damp patches etc?

 

[allbluedave]

my citroen does that. might be down to it having sun roofs and not a solid roof. mine has two sun roofs and i have to deice both sides of the wind screen. bloody annoying

 

[pete123]

Mine is the elx version sunroofs freeze up as well gonna try a few different things will update with a fix

 

[Paddynabs]

Me too! I think it's a combination of the large amount of interior space and the large area of glass in the car. I found the only way to avoid it is not to try and wipe the windows and leave it to the heating & fan. Easier said than done sometimes!

 

[EvoStevo]

My cars have always done this.

Something to do with driving home with the heater on.

Next time I should use the heater to clean the screen then turn it off.

How to clear the water off would be good - perhaps I need a chamy instead of a microfibre cloth.

 

[pete123]

Over night I put some pound shop rain away on the inside of the windows and after a -4 night no ice this morning also did cover up the little hole where spare whelk winch is and closed sunroof covers could be a permanent fix coming on also I noticed that I didn't leave the vents for heating on front window left it on the floor setting ..... Prob start a ice rink on the floor of car now lol

 

[dulciedo]

Spare whelk?? Must be wet in there! (Sorry, I couldn't help it!)

 

[pete123]

No not really nothing comes in because where the winch cable used to be my aftermarket exhaust is bent across it so nothing was coming in as thread says problem was solved with the above posts

 

[disgusted]

Set fire to it...

 

[pete123]

Set fire to it...

To what my lovely multi? Owes me to much money and only insured for 150 scrap value

 

[rc3675]

Cleaning the windows may help too.

I'm not suggesting that they look dirty, it's just the general stuff that builds over time. What happens is moisture is held against the window by the dirt. Overnight this moisture turns to condensation as it cools, and if it's really cold, then freezes. By cleaning off the dirt the problem is solved. (Wiping the condensation just smears the dirt and hence why it looks worse next time).:yuck:

I willing to bet that rain away had something like isopropol alchohol in it? 'cos that's a very effective cleaning agent for glass.

 

[pete123]

Or could be something to do with a sunroof leak I found a week later solved now though thanks for reply

 

[FiatFleetFamily]

Or could be something to do with a sunroof leak I found a week later solved now though thanks for reply

Just make sure the front side of each seal does not shift,. when you close the sunroofs, as for some reason they do this and this creates the condensation and hence not air tight.

 

[pete123]

Ow ok will do hand break cover failed and hand break stuck on