the cold thread!

:cry: my threads been stolen :(

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Originally Posted by grooge

was -4 when i was out doing deliveries yesterday morning. the cold doesnt bother me much aslong as its not just as cold as last winter.
the milk i was delivering would start freexing in the time it took to move it from a heated unit into the van. and would continue to freeze until they were completely solid and that was with the heaters on full blast.
you could hear the glass bottles cracking as the milk expanded inside them!

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Goodness...i didn't even realise you could still get milk in glass bottles...:)

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Originally Posted by mowgli

important tip............

DO NOT USE A SCRAPER OR DEICER....

run some warm water from a tap into a plastic milk bottle, walk to the car & pour it on the screen, then get the wipers going. 10 second startup

AND NO IT WON'T CRACK THE SCREEN......think about it, you put your heater on and that doesn't crack it....

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No more than lukewarm water or you may crack the screen dependant on how cold it is outside, and err do you sit and wait till your engine is at running temp before turning your blowers on?


No you dont, you turn them on and they blow cold and gradually warm up and the screen warms up gradually too, hence no crackage, if you left your screen frozen over and let the heaters get to full temp then bang em on full you might risk cracking the screen like in the advert but i dont know anyone that does that:p

Would be nice to go australia over the winter, have Christmas dinner cooked on a bbq next to the sea :) sounds my kind of christmas. Bbq turky and pigs in blankets, yum yum.

also if you have a chip it will go bang

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Originally Posted by mowgli

important tip............

DO NOT USE A SCRAPER OR DEICER....

run some warm water from a tap into a plastic milk bottle, walk to the car & pour it on the screen, then get the wipers going. 10 second startup

AND NO IT WON'T CRACK THE SCREEN......think about it, you put your heater on and that doesn't crack it....

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is this a joke? or the most stupid thing ive ever read on the net:wtf:

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Originally Posted by Rob

also if you have a chip it will go bang

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bollards. we've only been defrosting cars, pickups, tractors, diggers,& lorries for the last 25 odd years & never had one go.

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bollards. we've only been defrosting cars, pickups, tractors, diggers,& lorries for the last 25 odd years & never had one go.

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Maybe it will maybe it wont... wouldnt want to try it, its a bit hard finding windscreen that are decent for novas, even in the scrappys

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Originally Posted by Rob

also if you have a chip it will go bang

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I have a chip in my windscreen..... according to them at autoglass, its not big enough to repair ( size of a match head or smaller):confused:

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Originally Posted by Miss Stig

I have a chip in my windscreen..... according to them at autoglass, its not big enough to repair ( size of a match head or smaller):confused:

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pour hot water on it and wait for the BANGlol

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Originally Posted by Spudly

No more than lukewarm water or you may crack the screen dependant on how cold it is outside, and err do you sit and wait till your engine is at running temp before turning your blowers on?


No you dont, you turn them on and they blow cold and gradually warm up and the screen warms up gradually too, hence no crackage, if you left your screen frozen over and let the heaters get to full temp then bang em on full you might risk cracking the screen like in the advert but i dont know anyone that does that:p

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heated window elements don't crack the glass.....

and i regularly wait for a vehicle to warm up before turning on the blower. and i still haven't managed to make one crack.. and we use tap warm water, not boiling kettle water.......

it is on the windscreen for a couple of seconds at most & it melts the ice & then the wipers get rid of it before it refreezes, it doesn't try to warm the glass up..

i'll carry on doing it with people telling me i'm wrong... i'm used to it now

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Originally Posted by mowgli

heated window elements don't crack the glass.....

and i regularly wait for a vehicle to warm up before turning on the blower. and i still haven't managed to make one crack.. and we use tap warm water, not boiling kettle water.......

it is on the windscreen for a couple of seconds at most & it melts the ice & then the wipers get rid of it before it refreezes, it doesn't try to warm the glass up..

i'll carry on doing it with people telling me i'm wrong... i'm used to it now

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o well even i do that, i thought you ment hot boiled water you used lol

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Originally Posted by alex_maris

is this a joke? or the most stupid thing ive ever read on the net:wtf:

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this is rich......lol

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Originally Posted by Yorkie

o well even i do that, i thought you ment hot boiled water you used lol

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read my first post... tap water...

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Originally Posted by mowgli

this is rich......lol

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statement stands, first head skimming is a myth, now poor hot water on a frozen screen, what a load of old tripe!

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Originally Posted by alex_maris

pour hot water on it and wait for the BANGlol

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Noooooooooooo....... because then i would be forced to use one of the novas..;)

On way home from work yesterday night we drove through a blizard i would have pics but dont have a camera phone.

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Originally Posted by alex_maris

statement stands, first head skimming is a myth, now poor hot water on a frozen screen, what a load of old tripe!

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i said head skimming isn't needed 99% of the time, but garages love to charge for doing it & making more money....simple as that....

and i must be wrong to use warm tap water to clear ice, because i've only been doing it for 25 years..... i suggest you try to de-ice a scania windscreen at 4am with a can of de-icer by the time you've got to the other side, the first side is refrozen because the deicer has evaporated....you'll soon find that 4 pints of warm water is far more effective.

i keep saying WARM water, not HOT, not BOILING, i think png should get an optician to offer discounts.....

next time i get a frosted screen, i'll film it & post it up for people to insult me over.... can't say fairer than that....

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read my first post... tap water...

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i did read, but i was skimming because there was so many pages to read, my apoligies :P

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Originally Posted by mowgli

i said head skimming isn't needed 99% of the time, but garages love to charge for doing it & making more money....simple as that....

and i must be wrong to use warm tap water to clear ice, because i've only been doing it for 25 years..... i suggest you try to de-ice a scania windscreen at 4am with a can of de-icer by the time you've got to the other side, the first side is refrozen because the deicer has evaporated....you'll soon find that 4 pints of warm water is far more effective.

i keep saying WARM water, not HOT, not BOILING, i think png should get an optician to offer discounts.....

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i hope people dont take yor advice, as there would be loads of cars broken down with bodge job headgaskets and and blown screens from chucking hot water on them!! what next? cant waitlol

you really need your eyes testing......WARMwater..........



please explain to me why you should skim every single head.............in your own words, without one of the LET owners helping you............

your talking rubbish! steve told you aswell!! stop digging a hole and pipe down, warm water will smash a screen. fact!!, so you can get down from your small pony now!!! just because your old dont make you right!

ive had 2 go with a chip and my dad had a heated focus screen go due to the chip in it.

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Originally Posted by Rob

ive had 2 go with a chip and my dad had a heated focus screen go due to the chip in it.

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thank you rob!!

I use warm water too I've never broken a screen. I have watched a chip become a full screen crack in seconds with the blowers on though

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Originally Posted by alex_maris

your talking rubbish! steve told you aswell!! stop digging a hole and pipe down, warm water will smash a screen. fact!!, so you can get down from your small pony now!!! just because your old dont make you right!

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Hate to piss on your bonfire but i have used WARM water plenty of times, many a cold morning i've gone out with the kettle ( containing WARM water) to defrost my car and every car i've owned, never smashed a screen yet.

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Originally Posted by alex_maris

your talking rubbish! steve told you aswell!! stop digging a hole and pipe down, warm water will smash a screen. fact!!, so you can get down from your small pony now!!! just because your old dont make you right!

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i've been wrong for 25 years them, i apologise, and i will go away and have a large horlicks to help me sleep tonight, then i'll be wrong again tomorrow....

and if i ever find someone who owns a vehicle that i swapped the head gasket on & it failed, i will apologise publically to them, but so far, it hasn't happened.....and if it does, i'll let you know.

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Originally Posted by mowgli

i've been wrong for 25 years them, i apologise, and i will go away and have a large horlicks to help me sleep tonight, then i'll be wrong again tomorrow....

and if i ever find someone who owns a vehicle that i swapped the head gasket on & it failed, i will apologise publically to them, but so far, it hasn't happened.....and if it does, i'll let you know.

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crack on!!

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Originally Posted by Miss Stig

Hate to piss on your bonfire but i have used WARM water plenty of times, many a cold morning i've gone out with the kettle ( containing WARM water) to defrost my car and every car i've owned, never smashed a screen yet.

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your time will comelol

Someone needs to breack the ice on this thread lol

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Originally Posted by Yorkie

Someone needs to breack the ice on this thread lol

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chuck some hot water on it, that should be a good cracklol

Last year I went out on a break-down, as I was rooting through the boot of the car to get the tow eye, the bloke comes out with a kettle of boiling water... *CRACK* ooops lol

Hot water- free and easy
De-icer- expensive and easy
Scraper- LOL no chance

finally proof that it only happens with boiling water!!!!!!!!!! and i bet he stood there saying that never happened before..............

Just dont use cold water makes it worse!

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Originally Posted by Paul

Just dont use cold water makes it worse!

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paul , if it was your OWN car would you chuck it on, or do you do it because its just a work van and your lazy and dont care if its blows up!!lol

Own car tend not to use in the ice, use the van! My car gets de-icered tho ...

I put warm water on my screen all last winter, because it was a banger i didn't care, even threw some salt in with it lol

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Originally Posted by mowgli

i said head skimming isn't needed 99% of the time, but garages love to charge for doing it & making more money....simple as that....

and i must be wrong to use warm tap water to clear ice, because i've only been doing it for 25 years..... i suggest you try to de-ice a scania windscreen at 4am with a can of de-icer by the time you've got to the other side, the first side is refrozen because the deicer has evaporated....you'll soon find that 4 pints of warm water is far more effective.

i keep saying WARM water, not HOT, not BOILING, i think png should get an optician to offer discounts.....

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2 words for de-icing a scania night heater on warms the cab melts the ice and you have a nice warm cab to get into:thumb: