Bad Condensation in Mornings

Anyone any idea why I get bad condensation problems on frosty mornings on a Volvo V40 with ECC?

The ECC system is working correctly and the drain vent has been checked and clear. But every time there is a frost on the screen I get terrible condensation until the system has thoroughly warmed up.

Never had thing like this before on cars with or without aircon.

Any ideas?

Cheers. Roger.

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Roger
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Blocked pollen filter?

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TimM

Tim, replaced that a month ago, yes it was blocked but it hasn't fixed the problem. Thanks anyway. Roger.

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Roger

My wife's had similar problems with her Mondeo. I've resorted to a dozen sachets of silica gel (£2.50 or so from 7dayshop.co.uk) which dries it out nicely.

We pop them in the oven for a bit each weekend (after every other day for the first two weeks).

Not orthodox, but it works.

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TimM

I'll give that a go - I have problems in my car too, but I know that the windscreen needs resealing. The fun bit is having to scrape more ice off the inside of the windscreen that outside!

Gareth

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Gareth A.

You haven't got the aircon system set to "recirculate" have you?

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PJML

Me too with my Berlingo van. First few miles of each day are spent with window open and steam floating out of the air vents :-) I wondered about the heater matrix, but the carpet is dry and it doesn't seem to be losing coolant.....who gives a toss, it's not mine :-)

Stuart Sharp

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Stu

No!

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Roger

I don't know what to dry out! The car doesn't and everything seems to be ok.

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Roger

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tommy

Agreed - thanks. Roger.

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Roger

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