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Old May 6, 2016 | 06:02 AM
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Every window in my jeep does it and it's very annoying what is going on with it anyone know ? I do have a bad heater core but that goes away when I use the defogger and that is only the front windshield in the middle I'm am talking every single window stems up like I am taking a hot shower in my jeep
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Old May 6, 2016 | 06:12 AM
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Dirty glass will fog up faster then clean glass,And if your a smoker the smoke will stick to the glass.And replace that heater core.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 06:20 AM
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Fiesty couple hiding in your cargo area?
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Old May 6, 2016 | 09:10 AM
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Heater core major cause.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 09:21 AM
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Interior is damp either from the leaking heater core or another source (or both). Have you checked the carpet/pads front and back?
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Old May 6, 2016 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Fred/N0AZZ
Heater core major cause.
for every window ? Literally every window steams up
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Old May 6, 2016 | 11:19 AM
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I did notice that the hump in the middle behind front seats that part of the carpet is damp feeling I checked to see if anything was leaking bad in front passenger and didn't notice anything.i am going to be bypassing heatercore soon til
I can fix it. I also found this info
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Old May 6, 2016 | 11:40 AM
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Off hand I'd say it must be a decent sized leak. Imagine if you accidentally dumped a bottle of water, would you expect the entire Jeep to fog out?

Window seal, leaks through firewall and cowl are common. If your floor has holes...well that ain't good either. If the carpet is wet I would get it out or at least pull up some sections so you can see what's going on and of course fix the leak. If its the core bypass it now that spring is coming. If you leave the carpet in place at best it will get molded up and ruined at worst it hold moisture and rot out of your floor boards.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by jatoxico
Off hand I'd say it must be a decent sized leak. Imagine if you accidentally dumped a bottle of water, would you expect the entire Jeep to fog out? Window seal, leaks through firewall and cowl are common. If your floor has holes...well that ain't good either. If the carpet is wet I would get it out or at least pull up some sections so you can see what's going on and of course fix the leak. If its the core bypass it now that spring is coming. If you leave the carpet in place at best it will get molded up and ruined at worst it hold moisture and rot out of your floor boards.
yeah I'm going to bypass it I'll be checking under the carpet once it stops raining and it's nice out and try to solve this
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Old May 6, 2016 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikeythrash
for every window ? Literally every window steams up
That heater core may be dumping water into your passenger side floorboard. That side heats up a little more because the exhaust runs right underneath it. The moisture evaporates and has nowhere to go. Then it hits the cooler glass and condenses on it. Fog!

As a stopgap measure until you can get it all fixed right, go by Home Depot and pick up a couple of these:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/DampRid-1...G01K/100392067



They'll suck up the extra moisture and help with the fogging.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 02:12 PM
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I heard of a tip to keep the bathroom mirror from fogging up. Wash it with shaving cream. It might work on the windshield.
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Old May 7, 2016 | 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Big David
I heard of a tip to keep the bathroom mirror from fogging up. Wash it with shaving cream. It might work on the windshield.
your right that does work I watched a video on it guy tests out 5 things 2 of them worked awesome the shaving cream and rain x anti fog the rain x works the best I'm gonna get that
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Yeah, it works great. I forgot about it. I actually used it my old CJ7 years ago. I'd get in it every morning to go to work & I'd have to get a towel & dry all of the windows on the inside. It was a huge pain.
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Old May 8, 2016 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Big David
Yeah, it works great. I forgot about it. I actually used it my old CJ7 years ago. I'd get in it every morning to go to work & I'd have to get a towel & dry all of the windows on the inside. It was a huge pain.
yeah haha so the rain x stuff worked after that ?
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