Mercedes-Benz: SL500 windshield wiper fluid

In message <com>, Don
<com> writes 
My slk requires the same.

I am told it is because both our models have plastic headlamp lenses and
the blue stuff can frost / etch the lenses. Maybe we are both being
duped, but it could be expensive to switch to the blue stuff.

owen

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Owen Jones

"Owen Jones" <demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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After using the concentrate for several years I switched over to using the
plain stuff. I don't see any difference. I always thought that the reason
they recommended the concentrate was because it contained detergents that
prevent windshield streaking that MBs are notorious for.

h

MB windshields have for years been produced by a vendor who uses a process
that causes the glass to leach out mold oils. This has got on for years. MB
resists any and all calls to change suppliers. The problem is particularly
acute with the single wiper configurations. MB sells little tubes of
additive that are mixed with the washer fluid and help cut the stuff on the
surface of the glass. A friend is an MB service rep, he claims the best
thing to do is add a capful of Dawn dishwashing soap to each fill of washer
fluid. (Naturally, this being a practical but non-technical solution, MB
will not acknowledge it as a "fix".)

"H" <net> wrote in message
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Thanks for the advice guys. To me the blue stuff for 99 cents a gallon
makes more sense than blending some concoction. It looks like there is
some heating element down in the reservoir that holds all this. But
the blue stuff isn't flammable so who cares. The blue stuff it is.

Don


On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 21:47:38 GMT, "H" <net> wrote:
 

So a cap full of Dawn with the blue stuff or the MB mixture? This is a
strange story about their windshields. My car has the single wiper.

Don


On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:21:19 -0600, "Gerald G. McGeorge"
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The windshield problems with MB are WELL KNOWN !!!!! In fact, some folks even
suggest polishing your windshield with jewlers rouge to remove some of the
endless pits that form. And of course you must never use liquid detergent as
that will remove the paint that it drips down on. The realllllllly amazing
thing is that when you take the kar in to Hanz und Franz for the several
hundred dollar check ups, they can not afford to throw some of that stuff into
the washer bottle!!!! For a while there, my windshield wipers woudl run out of
fluid every time I picked it up after a visit to that little piece of the
fatherland. Yeah it really makes you wonder about what they do with all that
money they take in for routine check ups. Could it go to ... Jerkin Shrimps
retirement plan??????

mcbrue softglassedly under the bridge in the trailer down by the river

96 S420

Just use the cheap stuff. The MB crap is a rip and doesn't do any better
than the blue stuff from the grocery store! Add a capful of Dawn and see
forever!

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McBrue, you know too much about these cars to be hangin' out in trailer all
day. "Soft glass" is it, my '00 E Class has a million pits on the windshield
after only 31k miles. 5 more months and I can give the thing back to MBNA,
never to return. Actually, the car's been fine, but MB service SUCKS!

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