B6 A4: windshield creaking in snowstorm
It's about -3C now (23F) and the windshield is making creaking noises
for quite a while after I start driving the car in the morning (snow's falling) I had the windshield replaced this august with the very same (french) glass which I think is the same that is used by ingolstadt on the new audis the car was sitting idle for the 24 hours after the new windshield was installed for the glue to cure properly. plus 25-30C heat back then should have helped the curing not sure if my a4 was drying in the hangar bay of the glass shop or outside in direct sunlight thoughts on this and the best time of year to do the inexpedient windshield replacement? |
B6 A4: windshield creaking in snowstorm
On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 22:51:17 -0800 (PST), AD > wrote:
>It's about -3C now (23F) and the windshield is making creaking noises >for quite a while after I start driving the car in the morning (snow's >falling) > >I had the windshield replaced this august with the very same (french) >glass >which I think is the same that is used by ingolstadt on the new audis > >the car was sitting idle for the 24 hours after the new windshield was >installed >for the glue to cure properly. plus 25-30C heat back then should have >helped >the curing > >not sure if my a4 was drying in the hangar bay of the glass shop or >outside in direct sunlight > >thoughts on this and the best time of year to do the inexpedient >windshield replacement? Is it actually the screen? On my A6 the trim below the screen can creak and the solution is to glue some material between the trim and the screen. -- (\__/) M. (='.'=) If a man stands in a forest and no woman is around (")_(") is he still wrong? |
B6 A4: windshield creaking in snowstorm
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> Is it actually the screen? *On my A6 the trim below the screen can > creak and the solution is to glue some material between the trim and > the screen. the sound seems to be from the bottom of the windshield u have a pic of your retrofit or a link to the part where your retrofit would have been? as I have difficulty following where and what you have glued to rectify this. thanks Mark |
B6 A4: windshield creaking in snowstorm
On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:27:27 -0800 (PST), AD > wrote:
>> >> Is it actually the screen? *On my A6 the trim below the screen can >> creak and the solution is to glue some material between the trim and >> the screen. > >the sound seems to be from the bottom of the windshield >u have a pic of your retrofit or a link to the part where your >retrofit would have been? Unfortunately not. Since having to replace the windowscreen the noise has not returned so I haven't reapplied the fix. >as I have difficulty following where and what you have glued to >rectify this. I found the solution by googling but I can't find it again right now. It may have been audiworld. There is an official Audi note on how to fix the problem (on the A6 anyway). I'll see if I can find it. -- (\__/) M. (='.'=) If a man stands in a forest and no woman is around (")_(") is he still wrong? |
B6 A4: windshield creaking in snowstorm
On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:10:36 +0000, Mark
> wrote: >On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:27:27 -0800 (PST), AD > wrote: > >>> >>> Is it actually the screen? *On my A6 the trim below the screen can >>> creak and the solution is to glue some material between the trim and >>> the screen. >> >>the sound seems to be from the bottom of the windshield >>u have a pic of your retrofit or a link to the part where your >>retrofit would have been? > >Unfortunately not. Since having to replace the windowscreen the noise >has not returned so I haven't reapplied the fix. > >>as I have difficulty following where and what you have glued to >>rectify this. > >I found the solution by googling but I can't find it again right now. >It may have been audiworld. There is an official Audi note on how to >fix the problem (on the A6 anyway). I'll see if I can find it. The fix basically involves removing the windscreen cowl (from the engine bay) and applying strips of felt along the edges of the cowl top & bottom and then replace. |
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