The warning comes after health experts discovered professional drivers were five times more likely to be infected with the dangerous bug, which is found in warm, stagnant water.
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Dunno about legionnaires but I found the slime mould of all slime moulds in one screen wash tank. Pretty much filled the tank.
When I used to drive various works transits as part of my job, I remember one of the washer bottles turning stagnant. Bloody awful, it was, and once it was there it never went away no matter how much it was used & topped up!
Stu
Ditto, grey slimy and almost an alien life form. The only way I found out was it blocked the pump inlet. I guess it had been growing for a few years out of sight.
Washed it out with hot water and detergent and it was growing back in a few weeks, finally dosed it with a load of bleach overnight and it hasn't come back.
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