Washer fluid
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I always dilute it to about 75% water. It usually freezes in the jets if the temp is well below freezing, and even using it neat they still freeze.
If your stuff freezes easily it must be mostly a soap mixture and if I was faced with the cost of removing bumpers and replacing jets etc I'd suggest dumping a little alcohol in the mix during the cold spells as added insurance against freeze-ups.
(That would be methanol, not good quality Scotch )
(That would be methanol, not good quality Scotch )
I suppose you could use that "Black & White" crap that Britrail used to serve, it's probably cheaper then the Tesco washer fluid and it is 40% alcohol.Z4 Beemer said:mcbeee said:
I think the stuff I bought out of Tesco says that it works down to -5 and thats using it neat.
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Yep, most of our stuff is -40 too but the cheap (wallymart) stuff can sometimes turn to slush in extreme cold. I only had my washer fluid go slushy once and it was minus 40. I was more relieved that the truck started and didn't really care about the wipers, as long as the heater worked.
WTF was I doing outside in -40? Working, aaargh. :x Once I went deer hunting in -42 and the gear oil in my 77 Capri froze while I was driving down the highway. Jeezis, I won't do that again....
I can tell you for sure that if the explorers that landed here had landed in the winter they would have taken the bottom half of this continent and left the top bit for the Pilgrims who came later. It's either that or they wanted to be in some place that reminded them of the northern tip of Scotland on a bad day.
WTF was I doing outside in -40? Working, aaargh. :x Once I went deer hunting in -42 and the gear oil in my 77 Capri froze while I was driving down the highway. Jeezis, I won't do that again....
I can tell you for sure that if the explorers that landed here had landed in the winter they would have taken the bottom half of this continent and left the top bit for the Pilgrims who came later. It's either that or they wanted to be in some place that reminded them of the northern tip of Scotland on a bad day.