Windscreen washers

karl · Post by **karl** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:30 pm

Can anybody help.
The washers for both the front and rear have pact in, the wipers work, but in this weather not much good if the windscreen is covered in filth.
Also, Ive tried the old fix it method, (5lb lump hammer) still wont work, any ideas?

Dabs · Post by **Dabs** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:56 pm

Is it the pump thats gone or do the pipes need cleaning out.Also check the nozzles on the bonnet stick a pin in em they might just be clogged up.
Can you hear the pump when You squirt the water?

Dabs

dobby · Post by **dobby** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:11 pm

They haven't frozen have they?

karl · Post by **karl** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:15 pm

[quote="karl"]Can anybody help.
The washers for both the front and rear have pact in, the wipers work, but in this weather not much good if the windscreen is covered in filth.
Also, Ive tried the old fix it method, (5lb lump hammer) still wont work, any ideas?[I think it might be the pump, is it a complete unit that includes the bottle or are they seperate]

karl · Post by **karl** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:18 pm

[quote="dobby"]They haven't frozen have they?

[not frozen as it is filled with an anti-freeze solution

dobby · Post by **dobby** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:26 pm

It's just that mine were this morning and I'd used 50/50 screenwash. It took half an hour to defrost them.

Peg leg Pete · Post by **Peg leg Pete** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:33 pm

Ours was frozen too, strong mix of wash in bottle, but still froze, was a cold morning

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:55 pm

Absolutely - I've never found antifreeze helps. I suspect the volatile antifreeze may evaporate from the solution on prolonged contact with atmosphere (as in at the jet exit) near the jet so you get a 'cap' of ice just near the surface. Anyone want to do a thesis on it

Post by **francophile1947** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:58 pm

Antifreeze in washers won't stop the small amount in the tubes freezing - mine regularly freeze when the temp goes below freezing.

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:16 pm

I didnt think you could use anti freeze in the washers? does it not damage the wiper blades over time? I dont use screen wash either, i put a couple of drops of t.f.r. in the washer reservoir, and it hasn,t froze yet, touchwood...

Post by **francophile1947** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:27 pm

bigdaddycain
I think the antifreeze is actually screenwash fluid.
What's t.f.r?

karl · Post by **karl** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:08 pm

not frozen I checked, I think the pump might have pact in. I will have to strip it out this weekend, thanks everybody for your help.

dp bradford · Post by **dp bradford** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:47 pm

francophile1947 wrote: What's t.f.r?

I think he probably means Traffic Film Remover. BICBW

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:58 am

Yes mate traffic film remover. I swear by the stuff, i carry a diluted spray tub in the back of every car,brilliant for alloy wheels, a proper brake dust shifter that is

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:59 am

Er, ... Whats BICBW?

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