Emptying washer fluid

The Pug washer bottle is completely frozen at the moment. Did a trip up North, ran out when I was nearly there, the two stations I called into did't have any washer fluid so I had to just use water. Turned to a block of ice by the time it took to get to the next filling station. Ho hum, it'll defrost eventually..
 
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.
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Fox buys 5ltr containers, so to have a 10% mix he would need a 25ltr tank which is somewhat unlikely. :)

I know my Saab takes 5ltrs, so just add 1.5 of screenwash and then top up. This gives me a minimum of 30% which is well below -10°c protection with the screenwash I use and hasn't caused me a problem yet.
 
Alibaba99 said:
Fox buys 5ltr containers, so to have a 10% mix he would need a 25ltr tank which is somewhat unlikely. :)

I know my Saab takes 5ltrs, so just add 1.5 of screenwash and then top up. This gives me a minimum of 30% which is well below -10°c protection with the screenwash I use and hasn't caused me a problem yet.
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WTF kind of screenwash do you use then that is good for -10 with only a 30% concentration?
 
Anybody who puts pure water into their car anywhere is an arse, be it radiator or washer fluid
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I just used 3 liters of water with 1 liter of denat. alcohol past year when I couldn't be arsed to buy 5l of screenwash for 8€, this worked out cheaper as it's just 2€ for 1l of denat. alcohol and tap water is extremely cheap/practically free.

Have used water as coolant temporarily in the galant too, to get it home. Without adding anything else
 
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