Tried my Mondeo washers the other day after filling up the bottle but very little came out the jets ...I then realised it was probably same thing as what had happened a couple of years ago so looking at the front bumper confirmed this ...fluid spewing on to the road ...the tubing had popped off the pump . Not a clever design point having it placed where it is behind the bumper/headlight area .
Any Mondeo owners know ways of preventing this freezing .
Use more washer fluid:-)
You probably thought that was a smart answer :-) I bet you don't mean fill the bottle up to the top. Have you seen the weather outside ?
I think he means make it more concentrated....
The stuff i use recommends 1:4 in winter with 1:3 in extreme conditions.....
Its a damnsite more than you might think.....
Your other option is to add some meths to it, but it has much the same effect and meths has gone monsterously expensive reacently.
Tom
It was a good answer. SImple enough use a more winter based screen wash which will not free up to certain temperatures.
Yup, actually it depends on how cold it is, neat isn't unreasonable if it's really cold, it depends on which fluid you buy.
I know .My reply was intended to be light hearted ..Mebbe you missed that .
I did realise.:-)
I'm already using 1:4 so looks like I need to try 1:3
What's a damn sight more ? lol
Yeah.I recall using Meths years ago ( for this purpose of course) but can't remember what effect it had ...have a funny feeling it messed the w/screen and also the smell in the car ..lol
He doesn't sound as thick as you! What do you think is in screenwash? Why do you think he was telling you to put more in the tank? If you just use water which will freeze then I can see your problem. My washer jets have not frozen yet and my car has been outside at -5c and not in it's heated garage.
Obvious place to leave the car in such weather.
Oh FFS ..Read again what I said I knew exactly what was meant .Idiot !!
-5C ..Quite warm your way then ?
Yeah. That Halfords pre-mixed winter screenwash seems to do the job.
In message , IanT writes
Since you don't really need that apostrophe in the above sentence, can I borrow it?
I probably think that was a smart answer. ;-)
I've experienced it myself and it wasn't anywhere near neat. YMMV.
You'd be wanting to have words with whichever cowboys sprayed your "laquer" then.
When you put the tube back on dry it off and superglue it, mine used to come off every couple of months, I asked a garage what they did and superglue was the suggestion.
Mine hasn't come off for about 18 months.
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Aah...That's a thought .I did see a suggestion to use small hose clips rather than just leave the tubes pushed on ...iirc I think the pump nozzles have a lip at the end ....hope they havent snapped off
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Kipling" saying something like:
Has it, indeed? Lucky I've got a barrel of it, from 2004.
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote
That's a saucy vintage - ready for drinking in four or five years?
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