Frozen washer jets

fivetide

GolfBravo wrote: »

The standard "concentrated" -5ºC Tesco/Asda/etc. screen wash is just a joke, it is absolutely useless in winter and you end up paying more than the £6 Lidl stuff (5l. bottle).

Also a Lidl user myself.

Brilliant work by bloke over the road, beliving he'd got a bargain at £2.50 for 2.5 litres of the -5 gubbins from Asda.

Corrected him in the nicest possible way!

andy8442

Inner_Zone wrote: »

Use Lidl screen wash, rated down to -60 deg C and can be diluted. While it won't get that cold. [STRIKE]don't forget the windchill factor of a car at speed .[/STRIKE]

I whole heartedly agree, Lidl screenwash is amazing stuff.

red_eye

derrick wrote: »

Is there anything that works to keep the windscreen washers from freezing on cold mornings?

Some one I know said this morning that for the last 17 years they had put anti freeze in the reservoir, could not give a dilution rate but said they had never had frozen jets/pipes or damaged paintwork or wiper blades, I was under the impression that anti freeze should not be used as it could/will damage paintwork and wiper blades, or is this the remedy?
Over the years I have tried many "remedies" none of which have worked.

This morning despite driving for nearly 2 hours the jets just would not dispense water, and the stupid way most vehicles these days allow the wipers to operate when no water is dispensed is just crazy! Some vehicles still use separate switches so that the driver is in control, i.e. if no water is dispensed then only a crazy would put the wipers on, another example is driving along having unknowingly exhausted the reservoir, press to clean windows, no water but 4 sweeps of the wipers resulting in a smeared windscreen, if they where separate switches and no water came out then I would not put on the wipers, as I could see through the windscreen, but not very well after the wipers had smeared everything.


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taa daahttp://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-accessories/engine-oils-and-car-fluids/antifreeze-and-screenwash/concentrate-screenwash/?545772190&0&cc5_701

espresso

red_eye wrote: »

taa daahttp://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-accessories/engine-oils-and-car-fluids/antifreeze-and-screenwash/concentrate-screenwash/?545772190&0&cc5_701

You have not bothered to read the thread have you and this is a money saving site!

What you have linked to is very poor value in comparison to the screenwash sold by Lidl - ten times the amount for £5.99 and at full strength it protects down to -60c. Therefore Lidl screenwash diluted 50/50 it would still be ten times cheaper for similar protection!

molerat

Lidl screenwash + heated jets (+ heated F&R screen) = no freezing . I don't buy de-icer either. Fill spray bottle with neat screen wash, works out at 60p for super de-icer.

red_eye

espresso wrote: »

You have not bothered to read the thread have you and this is a money saving site!

What you have linked to is very poor value in comparison to the screenwash sold by Lidl - ten times the amount for £5.99 and at full strength it protects down to -60c. Therefore Lidl screenwash diluted 50/50 it would still be ten times cheaper for similar protection!

why would you need -60 protection? I just pulled a link of euro becuase that was what I was on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&v=h4kBcm-ls8Y&gl=GB yes people do shop lift in lidl