<VV> windshield washer fluid freezing on windshield
JVHRoberts@aol.com
JVHRoberts@aol.com
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:41:15 EST
Well, I have been known to spike up the concentration of methanol by quite a
bit, say, 50% methanol to 50% washer fluid. Not only doesn't it sheet over, it
melts frost like RIGHT NOW!
It helps I have a cheap source of methanol too. <G>
Adding a good dose of isopropanol helps as well.
John
In a message dated 12/22/2004 5:57:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Corvair@fnader.com writes:
The blue stuff will sheet over at temps well above 20 below...it just won't
freeze solid in bulk and ruin your washer system.
I've found that the purple stuff (I think it claims 40 below) to be better
and Prestone deicer to be the best (at not freezing...does a poor job of
cleaning)...
Or consider a gas heater!!! ;-)
Bill
>Has anybody found a solution to the problem of windshield washer fluid
freezing on the windshield? (Short of actually warming the car up first, that is.)
It drives
me nuts- hit the washers on a cold winter morning to clean the glass, and
ZAP! you can't see AT ALL through the layer of ice. I thought that stuff was
supposed to be good to 20 below, or something.