Screenwash may save your life
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From: Derek Geldard on 14 Jun 2010 10:10 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:37:58 +0100, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >On 14/06/2010 09:18, Chelsea Tractor Man wrote: >> by stopping legionares disease developing in the reservoir > >Cheers for that. I regularly partake in a glass of windscreen wash when >I'm out for a drive. > You're not supposed to do that. You rub it in. Derek
From: Brimstone on 14 Jun 2010 10:18 "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:87mkfiFon5U1(a)mid.individual.net... > I've been adding blue screenwash for years and now the pump filters have > slowly gummed up with a sticky film. The bloke next door said it happened > to his last car as well, he's had no trouble for years since he stopped > adding anything. > Try changing your car more frequently.
From: bod on 14 Jun 2010 11:13 Brimstone wrote: > > "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:87mkfiFon5U1(a)mid.individual.net... > >> I've been adding blue screenwash for years and now the pump filters >> have slowly gummed up with a sticky film. The bloke next door said it >> happened to his last car as well, he's had no trouble for years since >> he stopped adding anything. >> > Try changing your car more frequently. > > > Ah! Never thought of that. Bod
From: Harry Bloomfield on 14 Jun 2010 11:48 boltar2003(a)boltar.world has brought this to us : > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:13:37 +0100 > "John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> Incidentally - Legionella is spread by an aerosol mist - not by drinking. > > This really is Scare Story of the Week isn't it. What next - don't change > your oil regularly and you'll be devoured by some mutant bug that lives on > dipsticks? Whoever did this "research" really needs to find something more > worthwhile to do with their time. > > B2003 The story sounded to be very plausible to me - do some research on Legionella. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 14 Jun 2010 11:50
on 14/06/2010, Chelsea Tractor Man supposed : > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:51:47 -0700 (PDT), Mike P wrote: > >> but I'd still like to know where the other 80% of cases >> are coming from ;-) > > isn't it usually water tanks? That is where it breeds, if the temperature is suitable and the washer tank is a perfect environment for it to breed in. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |