Emptying washer fluid

Howard · 25 Dec 2010 at 18:34

Does my Mondeo have heated jets?

mjt · 25 Dec 2010 at 18:38

[TW]Fox;18075670 said:
5 litres of concentrate for £3.85

Yeah, concentrate was of course cheaper, but I can't be arsed with that.
Open bottle, put funnel in cap, pour liquid, close cap. Job done.

Anyway, this was some nuclear grade -20C ****.

[TW]Fox · 25 Dec 2010 at 18:39

mjt said:
Yeah, concentrate was of course cheaper, but I can't be arsed with that.
Open bottle, put funnel in cap, pour liquid, close cap. Job done.

Open bottle. Put funnel in cap. Pour in half the liquid. Fill rest with water from hose. Close cap. Job done

DM · 25 Dec 2010 at 18:39

quitye right t
o you just pour thAT in

InvaderGIR · 25 Dec 2010 at 18:42

Mark I think it's time to stop with the booze and have a nap.

Howard...go ask your car?

Howard · 25 Dec 2010 at 18:44

IT wonm't tell me

I just wondered if anyone with a mk3 mondeo or ST220 knew for sure :cool:

InvaderGIR · 25 Dec 2010 at 18:45

If it was an option (not a clue) then nobody will know.

Clarkey · 25 Dec 2010 at 19:10

Focus has them so it would be poor show if a Mondeo didn't. Anyway it's not hard to see, just open the bonnet, are there wires going into the jets?

DM · 25 Dec 2010 at 19:20

InvaderGIR said:
Mark I think it's time to stop with the booze and have a nap.

Howard...go ask your car?

no ur right im going toi bedd soon

loltim · 25 Dec 2010 at 19:21

mjt said:
Anybody who puts pure water into their car anywhere is an arse, be it radiator or washer fluid

meh, never had a problem just using tap water.

ajstan · 25 Dec 2010 at 19:57

Howard said:
IT wonm't tell me I just wondered if anyone with a mk3 mondeo or ST220 knew for sure

Yep they do, standard across all trim levels - even my LX does

- Comes on when you heat front windscreen

Howard · 25 Dec 2010 at 19:58

Cool thanks :cool:

Alibaba99 · 26 Dec 2010 at 10:42

Mon said:
To defrost the pipes , I'd try boiling water all over the tank and pump and the jets, if that fails just chuck it in a garage and put a fan heater under it for a couple of hours much easier than taking it apart..

For screen wash I'm currently using 95% methanol 5% water, its a waste product from my Biodiesel production so free and good down to about -90 degrees

And will rot out the pipes, tank, damage the windscreen rubbers and pump internals.

Overlag · 26 Dec 2010 at 16:31

shifty_uk said:
It's not an exterior issue, my hoses are patted down with a luke warm sponge when defrosting the car everyday. Generally run the car for 30-50 minute motorway trips so that should be plenty of time.

cold air rushing through engine bay means that water tank will be sub 0 still.

i had to park up for 30minutes to get mine defrosted. stupid tesco stuff only works down to -2c when undiluted! its like 50% diluted when you buy it :mad:

got some halfords stuff (-37c diluted to -10c) and its still going strong... although its not dropped below -3c yet. Doh. lol.

Overlag · 26 Dec 2010 at 16:32

[TW]Fox;18075712 said:
Open bottle. Put funnel in cap. Pour in half the liquid. Fill rest with water from hose. Close cap. Job done

how do you know what mixture you have though?

half the bottle of screenwash + rest water may be like a 10% mix in some cars.

Clarkey · 26 Dec 2010 at 17:13

Just mix it up in a jug, easy peasy. Asda stuff must have changed since last time I bought it though, I filled up with roughly 80% mix and now it's frozen again, that's never happened before.

Overlag · 26 Dec 2010 at 17:31

Clarkey said:
Just mix it up in a jug, easy peasy. Asda stuff must have changed since last time I bought it though, I filled up with roughly 80% mix and now it's frozen again, that's never happened before.

Yeh I found the same with Tesco stuff. I mix it in old bottles and on the old bottle it says -10c. Yet the new ones say just -2! Same product, same barcode.

[TW]Fox · 26 Dec 2010 at 18:12

Overlag said:
how do you know what mixture you have though?

half the bottle of screenwash + rest water may be like a 10% mix in some cars.

Read the bottle, duh.

Overlag · 26 Dec 2010 at 18:56

[TW]Fox;18081083 said:
Read the bottle, duh.

I think you missed my point? You are saying put half a bottle in and then top up with water but how do you know how much screen wash is in the tank already? Do you know how big the tank is? etc. 50% of the screen wash bottle then topping up with water doesn't make it a 50% mix in the car. Half a bottle then filling up the rest of the tank with water may lead to a 90% mix on something like a i10, but on bigger cars with bigger tanks could lead to a really weak mix? Id rather premix the stuff before putting it in a tank i cant even see, that way its always got the correct mixture?

But then does it really matter

Street · 26 Dec 2010 at 19:10

I've had exactly the same problem with my car for the last week.. The temperature in Liverpool hasn't really gone about -5C and mines frozen solid. No noise from the pump or anything. I have heated washer jets but the bottle is right down in the front of the car away from the engine so has all the cold air hitting it when I'm driving.

Even managed to blow the fuse on the jets for my headlights as they got too frozen up..

Clarkey said:
Just mix it up in a jug, easy peasy. Asda stuff must have changed since last time I bought it though, I filled up with roughly 80% mix and now it's frozen again, that's never happened before.

I'm using the Asda stuff in my car, its crap. Its pretty much neat in there and its still frozen!