Audi: Water washer bottle.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:38:01 -0000, "Stephen Gray" <com>
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Ok, not Canada, but Austria does get cold too at times :-))

Sorry, but adding additive is the thing I do. Mostly 50/50. Instead of
additive you can also use spirit. It smells a bit different but you
can get it in large quantities for a lower price. Basically it's the
alcohol which keeps the water from freezing.

And yes, mine too would not defrost just by itself while driving. The
additive has to be in there from the start. Btw. the nozzles are
heated on my 99 A6, so there I never have a problem.
 

Regards

Wolfgang
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:38:01 -0000, "Stephen Gray" <com> wrote:
 

Very expensive? Really?

In the northern States you can buy a gallon jug of pre-mixed washer fluid
that'll stay liquid down to at least -20°F for around one US dollar (probably
two Loonies for our monetarily-challenged neighbors to our north ;-)

It should be noted that four liter bottles of drinking water would cost at
least twice as much as the gallon of washer fluid...

/daytripper
'00 s4 6spd

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Something's wrong with this picture. Apparently, the additive you're using
is pure detergent and *no* antifreeze (Something I don't think I've ever
seen in the US; *all* commercial additives and mixtures I know of are
antifreeze compounds.). Under those circumstances, *of course* it will
freeze up! You need an additive or mixture that has a freezing point below
your lowest temperatures.
 
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Well, 'tripper is right. I flicked the rear washer on the Jeep last night
at 0F and it 'spewed' just fine. I thought about trying it this morning
at -11F, but I know from last night that the wiper blade is still frozen
stiff at the wrong curvature. >:^[

However, if you *had* some stuff in your system that froze up, you need to
*purge the lines* when you get the good stuff into the reservoir.
Otherwise, it *still* won't work. In the extreme case, I've pulled the
lines so I could take them into the house and get them warmed up and emptied
out.

FWIW, I'm using the RainX fluid that costs about *twice* as much (unless you
find Walmart closing it out at $.75/gal. like I did when I bought a 15
gallon, ~10-year supply!). I also use RainX on the glass, so three things
work in my favor. First, I don't need to use the wipers nearly as much
because most liquid, including salt mixtures, just rolls off (snow and ice
chips off much easier, too); second, the fluid remains liquid; and third, it
replenishes the RainX coating as I use it.
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)

-11F? Geez, it's 68 degrees here at the Super Bowl!


--
Stephen Clark
89 Audi 100
Houston, Texas USA

See my Audi in the Registry at www.audiworld.com!

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 12:44:09 -0600, "Stephen Clark" <not>
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But when you open your eyes you remember you're still stuck in Houston :-p

/daytripper - who spent a year in Houston one month. yuck...
'00 s4 6spd

Damn, daytripper, we're tryin' to change our image down here!


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Stephen Clark
89 Audi 100
Houston, Texas USA

See my Audi in the Registry at www.audiworld.com!




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Hmmmm, you do mean US$1 = CDN$1.32, right?


Romy

I add a pint of alcohol to the gallon of the -20F fluid to avoid the problem
of the premix fluid freezing due to wind chill after being sprayed on a cold
windshield.


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