From: Mr Pounder on 6 Jun 2010 13:30 "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:bsCdnapXi-kqOpbRnZ2dnUVZ8rmdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > "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. Bod is talking out of his bum. Mr Pounder >
From: Mr Pounder on 6 Jun 2010 14:15 "Silk" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:hug9gt$a1s$2(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On 06/06/2010 14:37, bod wrote: > >>> About a year ago, I had to clean the goo out of my filter because the >> screen wash stuff I was using clogged up the filters. > > That's because you're using that cheap shite Firth uses. In my opinion, > that shows a typical slapdash attitude all too prevalent today. Yeah!!!!!!! Mr Pounder
From: Ed Chilada on 6 Jun 2010 14:19 On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 17:03:41 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: >ARWadsworth <adamwadsworth(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> Thats just crud/grit in the water supply. If it was limescale build up at >> that rate your house taps would fail every year. > >Last time I looked, a washer jet on a car was the same diameter as a >pin. The taps in my house vary but few of them are less than 15mm >diameter. The amount of water (and therefore limescale), that passes through the average tap is miles more than a washer jet, even when you scale to size.
From: Mr Pounder on 6 Jun 2010 14:37 "Halmyre" <no.spam(a)this.address> wrote in message news:MPG.26758bba14dfaa698a37d(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <hufpbg$hra$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, me(a)privacy.net says... >> On 05/06/2010 18:17, Steve Firth wrote: >> >> > I must go into the pre-mixed screenwash market. There's obviously a lot >> > of money to be made. >> >> I only use the proper dealer supplied VW/Audi/Skoda concentrated stuff > > Is their stuff any different from any other stuff? > > -- > Halmyre > > This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your > head clean off. HELL! I love that sig. Mr Pounder
From: ARWadsworth on 6 Jun 2010 14:44
"Silk" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:huglup$vif$2(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On 06/06/2010 17:41, ARWadsworth wrote: >> "Silk"<me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message >> news:hugg85$lc6$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>> On 06/06/2010 16:19, ARWadsworth wrote: >>> >>>> Thats just crud/grit in the water supply. >>> >>> Don't be stupid. There's no "crud/grit" in the UK water supply. >> >> So our tap water is as pure as Princess Di then? > > That's an odd analogy. I'm not really sure what you mean. Anyway, UK > tap-water is as good as anything most of the time. There are always > exceptions, but they're statistically unimportant. No foreign bits ever got stuck up her pipe work then? Adam |