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Old 12-01-2010, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Gilly View Post
Windscreens pop out when it's very hot, not very cold. You can get a stress crack when it's very cold sometimes though.
Thanks for the response I've never seen it happen - but I can imagine that the steel contracts at a rate faster than the glass and so the hole in which the glass is set gets smaller - thus popping the glass out... it could be an old wives tale of course!

If it were to happen like that just think you could start off in your diesel in Florida say and drive north until your diesel waxes and your engine stops and then to top it all your sodding windshield pops out too - bummer...
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