Re: How do you know if the air con is packing up?

Sounds more like you have some water getting in somewhere, making the
carpets damp/wet, then evaporating while parked and condensing on the
windows.

"chas" <headinabucket@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Driving my Puma is no pleasure at all these days but I can't afford to
> change it yet. Despite having heated front and rear windscreens, the side
> windows are constantly misted up with condensation running down them - and
> this is with the air con on full. I've tried every combination of
> heater/blowers etc... to no avail.
>
> I'm sure this is a problem that has been creeping up for a while but now
> the cold weather is here I've really noticed it to the extent it totally
> distracts me when driving as I seem to be spending all my 'driving' time
> trying to keep the side windows clear - and short of driving with them
> wide open nothing works.
>
> This may be a stupid question but is the air con packing up - or has it
> already done so? I've had the car the from new and it's now 5 years old
> and I don't recall ever having such a problem as this and I don't see any
> other cars on the road with the same problem.
>
> Yesteday the left over condensation from over night was a sheet of ice
> INSIDE the car!
>
> If it is the air con - how much will something like this cost to put
> right. I'm not a mechanic by any means.
>
> many thanks
>
> chas
>


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