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Clouding windscreen effect

  • 17-08-2007 4:54pm
    #1
    mike65
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    What causes that strange effect where some cars have a milky cloud at the corners of the rear or front screen?

    Mike.


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  • #2
    peasant
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    At the front screen i would say that it's water ingress through a faulty seal.
    Water creeps between the two layers of glass (capillary forces and all that...) and affects the laminate.

    On the rear screen it has to be dirt:D ... they're not laminated


  • #3
    ciarsd
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    Delamination - as seen on newish Octavia's - particularly the vRS.


  • #4
    colm_mcm
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    I've seen lots of VW's and old mercs with this problem, no cure except replacement.

    Is the VRS windscreen different to on regular Octavias?


  • #5
    MortgageBrkr
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    Usually happens when the window screen has been replaced.


  • #6
    maidhc
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    My mondeo has it at the 4 corners. Definitely water between the glass and laminate.

    Hammer meet windscreen, windscreen meet autoglass...


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  • #7
    ciarsd
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    colm_mcm wrote:
    I've seen lots of VW's and old mercs with this problem, no cure except replacement.

    Is the VRS windscreen different to on regular Octavias?

    Really not sure colm. A friend of mine is having his replaced under warranty - dealer is aware that its a common issue 'on the vRS' (his words) - can't see why the screen could be any different, unless its heated or something?:confused:


  • #8
    maidhc
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    ciarsd wrote:
    Really not sure colm. A friend of mine is having his replaced under warranty - dealer is aware that its a common issue 'on the vRS' (his words) - can't see why the screen could be any different, unless its heated or something?:confused:

    Well the Ford Capri Mk2 3.0 had a different windscreen to the 1.6 and the 2.0. It also had a different windscreen rubber and the glass manufacturers were different. Neither windscreen was interchangable... and guess what... there was absolutely no reason for this! :)

    Sometimes car manufacturers do odd things!


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