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swoz
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heated font windscreen
« on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 10:51am » |
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hello again gents, can any one help with a slight problem the heated front screen on my scorpio clears the passenger side in one clean block but my side i get a couple of pathetic stripes, can anyone tell me whats wrong and is it a big job to solve, as in the past i put my fate in your capable hands i know you will come through for me as all ways,
thanks swoz
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Octavian_P
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #1 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 11:03am » |
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Check the earth grounding of the windshield, (look at it's down cornes with the bonet opened) , but i think the heated element insde is braking apart.
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #2 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 11:21am » |
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thanks for the quick reply i will check and let you know what i find
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #3 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 2:50pm » |
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if it is parts/strips not heating,i would suspect the elements breaking down,which basically means a new screen,if half of the screen appears not to be working,then fuses and relays come into the equation then...
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Re: Relays ?
« Reply #4 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 3:03pm » |
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Hi,
Could anyone tell me which relays are involved here (drivers side heating element) and where they are located?
Many thanks (again)
John
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #6 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 5:30pm » |
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You can tell that winter's here  with the growing number of heated windscreen posts - mine is banded too - most of Driver's side works but not a lot of the Passenger's. I'm not sure that the heated mirrors are heating either . Out with the tester on Saturday and hoping that someone throws a pebble as the screen 
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #7 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 5:35pm » |
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What is the score with insurance on windscreens - do they have to replace it like for like or could you end up with a normal unheated one ?
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #8 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 5:45pm » |
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stone chips in the screen also break the elements
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #9 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 9:23pm » |
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Just spent £35 on new heated door mirrors, to have a quickly cleared windscreen on these frosty mornings would be great but I really can't justify the expense when the screen is otherwise flawless. Can't be many scorps around that have a working original heated windscreen.
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #10 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 9:23pm » |
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on Nov 22nd, 2005, 2:50pm, craig wrote:| if it is parts/strips not heating,i would suspect the elements breaking down,which basically means a new screen,if half of the screen appears not to be working,then fuses and relays come into the equation then... |
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Can't this do the job?
http://www.clasohlson.no/images/products/N/hi/B/340786_B_2004-06-29_1648 43.jpg
It's a conductive paint, which is designed to fill cracks in (amongst other things) window heaters.
They're sold here in Norway for around £17 per bottle.
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #11 on: Nov 22nd, 2005, 9:40pm » |
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elements are inside the glass, so no
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #12 on: Nov 23rd, 2005, 10:33am » |
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Okay, just thought the standard was putting the element on the window, inside the car, not inside the window. I think my old mk3 Granny had the heater element on the window. Haven't checked on my Scorp yet though.
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #13 on: Nov 23rd, 2005, 10:58am » |
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The rear one is on the glass the Windscreen ones is inside the glass between the two layers of lamination.
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #15 on: Nov 23rd, 2005, 4:52pm » |
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Or follow a lorry which is dropping stones! 
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #16 on: Nov 25th, 2005, 6:13pm » |
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First of all, the left and right hand sides of the windscreen are heated seperately. If you are getting a few strips on one side, then the element in the screen is not breaking down, and it is not a fuse or relay problem. If a fuse or relay were faulty, then you would have nothing at all, as the electrical circuit would not be completed. If the screen element was breaking down, the same would apply. Non completion of an electrical circuit = nothing.
The problem lies with an insufficient current, to power the circuit fully, therefore you probably have a dirty, or corroded connection somewhere.
A good starting place is under the bonnet at the bottom corner of the drivers side of the screen. There are two wires under the edge of the screen with spade connectors. Undo one connection, and check the voltage across it. reconnect it, then do the same test on the other one.
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Re: heated font windscreen
« Reply #17 on: Nov 25th, 2005, 8:44pm » |
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Mines the same, drivers side if fine. Passangers side is striped when clearing 
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