 Why does my windshield haze up when I drive my 914 ? |
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| levonfarra |
 Sep 11 2007, 11:07 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 173 Joined: 10-February 07 From: Encino, CA Member No.: 7,521 Region Association: None  |
When I drive my teener, the windshield kinda hazes up and it will not go away on its own I need to carry a towel around so that I can wipe it clean
Anyone seen this problem before? What causes it and how do I fix it? thank you for your time! Levon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) |
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| jimtab |
Sep 12 2007, 12:04 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(levonfarra @ Sep 11 2007, 09:07 PM)  When I drive my teener, the windshield kinda hazes up and it will not go away on its own I need to carry a towel around so that I can wipe it clean Anyone seen this problem before? What causes it and how do I fix it? thank you for your time! Levon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) Levon...if your windshield doesn't fog up....the terrorists win....actually you may have a leak in the system that is letting "pollutants" in....oil and such....my guess. |
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| PeeGreen 914 |
Sep 12 2007, 12:28 AM
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Just when you think you're done...wait, there is more..lol Group: Members Posts: 10,219 Joined: 21-September 06 From: Seattle, WA... actually Everett Member No.: 6,884 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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QUOTE(jimtab @ Sep 11 2007, 11:04 PM) QUOTE(levonfarra @ Sep 11 2007, 09:07 PM) When I drive my teener, the windshield kinda hazes up and it will not go away on its own I need to carry a towel around so that I can wipe it clean Anyone seen this problem before? What causes it and how do I fix it? thank you for your time! Levon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) Levon...if your windshield doesn't fog up....the terrorists win....actually you may have a leak in the system that is letting "pollutants" in....oil and such....my guess. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) You may need to look at you exchanger ducting. It could be allowing the air with the "pollutants" in. If you don;t have them then make sure the holes are capped. |
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| Toast |
Sep 12 2007, 12:38 AM
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Not bad for carrying sway bars. Group: Members Posts: 3,377 Joined: 20-January 04 From: Las Vegas Member No.: 1,580 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Mine has done that for years.
What is happening is that the oil that has dripped onto the heat exchangers burns up as they warm up, but the oily/smokey particles comes up through the vents and deposits on the window (and a little on the dash it too.) Even if you have your heater off and your levers all the way left. Mine was that bad once; where I carried napkins with me and wiped off my window all the time. When the oil leak was reduced it wasn't bad. It is even better when the leak is stopped. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| sww914 |
Sep 12 2007, 01:27 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,439 Joined: 4-June 06 Member No.: 6,146 Region Association: None |
Don't breathe in the car, the glass won't fog up anymore.
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| So.Cal.914 |
Sep 12 2007, 06:23 AM
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"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
It's the 'Hounds of the Baskervilles', every time they show up it gets foggy.
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| URY914 |
Sep 12 2007, 07:30 AM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 121,070 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Try some ammonia mixed 1/1 with water to clean it. With both doors open of course.
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| SGB |
Sep 12 2007, 08:19 AM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
I get oil film too. For me, its blowby coming from the oil vent/catch can thing mounted on my firewall. It films up everything in the engine compartment. I need to route a line to a carb intake to burn the stuff up. I would not expect such problems on a car that still had the FI and pollution controls intact.
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| mrhurtalot |
Sep 12 2007, 10:08 AM
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VRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOM! Group: Members Posts: 323 Joined: 5-October 06 From: Yukon, Oklahoma Member No.: 6,996 |
breathe thru your nose.
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| dflesburg |
Sep 12 2007, 10:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,720 Joined: 6-April 04 From: Warm and Cheerful Centerville Ohio Member No.: 1,896 Region Association: None |
When welding on the boxed longs be sure to use enough heat to catch those pesky paper tubes on fire, then cut out the pipes on the firewall that used to connect to the paper tubes, weld up steel over where the holes were....
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