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From: Silk on 6 Jun 2010 09:57 On 06/06/2010 14:37, bod wrote: >> About a year ago, I had to clean the goo out of my filter because the > screen wash stuff I was using clogged up the filters. That's because you're using that cheap shite Firth uses. In my opinion, that shows a typical slapdash attitude all too prevalent today.
From: bod on 6 Jun 2010 10:04 Mortimer wrote: > "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:871mkiFm4cU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> Most screenwash additives clog up the filters in the washer pumps >>>> with goo, over time. You're better off just using filtered water and >>>> no additives, IMO. >>> >>> Rubbish. >>> Water does not clean a dirty windscreen and screenwash does not clog >>> up a pump. >>> You are talking out of your bum. >>> >>> About a year ago, I had to clean the goo out of my filter because the >> screen wash stuff I was using clogged up the filters. >> Since I've used filtered water 'only', I've not had a problem. >> >> ps, plain filtered water normally cleans my screen, without any >> additives. > > Then you are lucky. I normally use screenwash but when I ran out of > windscreen washer water a few days ago I had to use plain water from a > garage forecourt and it doesn't clean the grease, crud and dried insects > off the windscreen anywhere near as well and it leaves it streaky. I > really must get some concentrated screenwash and added it to the tank... > > I can't imagine that a bit of alcohol in screenwash can cause goo that > would clog up the washer pump etc. > > Well, it did. If you are getting streaks on your windscreen, then your wipers may need changing or you possibly have some sort of grease or wax on your screen. The screenwash is called 'Devcol' and contains an antifreeze, plus it bubbles up when squirted, so it must have some sort of detergent(teepol maybe) in it. Bod
From: bod on 6 Jun 2010 10:08 Silk wrote: > On 06/06/2010 14:37, bod wrote: > >>> About a year ago, I had to clean the goo out of my filter because the >> screen wash stuff I was using clogged up the filters. > > That's because you're using that cheap shite Firth uses. In my opinion, > that shows a typical slapdash attitude all too prevalent today. > > I am no expert on screenwash and I doubt if most motorists are. I am also not a cheapskate, I just asked for screenwash. Also assumed that screenwash was, well, screenwash. Why do you jump to this conclusion? Bod
From: Steve Firth on 6 Jun 2010 10:34 brass monkey <a(a)b.com> wrote: > old son. Yes, clear case of you being a chav. If the nym wasn't proof enough that phrase confirms it.
From: ARWadsworth on 6 Jun 2010 11:19
"Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:7uWdnR9RMbHgO5bRnZ2dnUVZ7qSdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > "ARWadsworth" <adamwadsworth(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hiNOn.29650$Zg1.8910(a)newsfe10.ams2... >> >> "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:1jjo0zk.unduuz4u1xe2N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... >>> ARWadsworth <adamwadsworth(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Does hard water cause a problem to a cars windscreen washer reservoir >>>> or >>>> nozzles? I live in a soft water area and I fill up with nothing but tap >>>> water and sometimes I add some screenwash if I can be bothered/have >>>> some >>>> available. >>> >>> Eventually. Hard water causes a deposit of limescale inside the wash >>> water container and can cause scale in the pump if the container is not >>> kept topped up. It also causes limescale to form anywhere where the >>> water is exposed to the atmosphere - usually at the jets which don't >>> take much to block up. >> >> But has anyone actually suffered from this? >> >> I only need to move 15 miles West of where I live to get very hard tap >> water. I have never heard of anyone there suffering from scale blockage >> on washer jets. > > I live in a hard water area. I've always used tap water to which I added > the appropriate amount of screen wash (concentration depending on > summer/winter). > > Every few months I've found that my windscreen washer jets become partly > clogged: the flow out of one of the four jets (two jets per nozzle) starts > to become more feeble or maybe even disappears, requiring me to find a > suitably fine piece of wire to insert into the jet so as to unclog it. > > I've always assumed that this is due to limescale building up on the jet. Thats just crud/grit in the water supply. If it was limescale build up at that rate your house taps would fail every year. Adam |