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  • Finishing off the Carplan stuff through the summer.... Then It'll be Opticlean stuff from Vauxhalls for the winter as the Carplan stuff could'nt cope even when neat.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Vectra has heated washer jets :p
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  • ElkyElky
    ElkyElky Posts: 2,459 Forumite
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Are you mad! :eek: Have you seen what washing-up liquid does to your paint work? The salt content in the liquid alone, is enough to burn the lacquer off your paint and that's without considering the effects of ammonia and other chemicals such as solvents.

    I have a 4x4. If I worried about what it looks like, I'd go insane. You should have seen the damage when it had an altercation with a tree, a bit of washing up liquid burning the paint off is nothing. Could look like a run down rust bucket for all I care, as long as the engine does what it's supposed to do. :p
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  • ElkyElky
    ElkyElky Posts: 2,459 Forumite
    birkee wrote: »
    Oh, I missed this one.
    Frozen water expands, and can split your windscreen washer bottle and / or fittings.

    Perhaps but as I said.. it hasn't bothered me and hasn't bothered my car. :cool:
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  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
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    ElkyElky wrote: »
    I have a 4x4. If I worried about what it looks like, I'd go insane. You should have seen the damage when it had an altercation with a tree, a bit of washing up liquid burning the paint off is nothing. Could look like a run down rust bucket for all I care, as long as the engine does what it's supposed to do. :p

    That doesn't make recommending it to others a good idea.
  • skiddlydiddly
    skiddlydiddly Posts: 1,005 Forumite
    Does anyone know of one with a high methanol content?Most seem to list either ethanol or 5% undisclosed chemicals.I want a reliable source of one ready mixed with methanol to use in a water injection tank rather than have to source, transport and store flammable methanol.
  • ElkyElky
    ElkyElky Posts: 2,459 Forumite
    LandyAndy wrote: »
    That doesn't make recommending it to others a good idea.

    It's upto others whether they do it or not. I'm not forcing anyone or holding a gun to your head lol.
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  • fadetogrey
    fadetogrey Posts: 1,648 Forumite
    I may have mentioned this before but is there any reason why motor companies could not wind the hose for the washers round the heating hose and so warm up the water in it?
    counting down the time I got left.:beer::beer:
  • skiddlydiddly
    skiddlydiddly Posts: 1,005 Forumite
    Its a good idea but I think the freezing problems stem from when the engine isn't running eg parked overnight and the reservoir freezes.
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    Holts five litre bottle form Costco, half the price of what the retailers charge.
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