Husky Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 preperation is key last night i lifted the wiper blades off the screen leaving them upright, with a wad of kitchen roll taped round the washer bit washers worked perfectly this morning however i forgot to put the back one back down this morning so its still up now Quote
jacr87 Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 My washers have been blcoked for 3days now. I have soaked the pipes and the jet with warm water and still nothing.. Any more ideas people?? Quote
Dene8 Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 My washers have been blcoked for 3days now. I have soaked the pipes and the jet with warm water and still nothing..Any more ideas people?? Same dude, no sign of water from my washers in 4 days...... tried everything to coax it out but its no good...! Temps here have never gotten above 0 deg tho' Quote
ianp Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Am I the only one that goes round all the windows with warm water before I start her up? I then let the car (and the seat ) warm up before going over the washer tubes again with warm water. I then give the washers a go before I finally set off. That way I have no probs. +1 Although it didn't stop them freezing up this morning! The warm water I put on froze on the wipers after a few miles Added a few litres of screeenwash this evening - no problems now. Quote
rtbiscuit Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 last night was the first night out of the garage for mine as i stayed over at my gradparents in york. got down to -5/-7 and mine worked fine this morning. Quote
SimonKevNorris Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Am I the only one that goes round all the windows with warm water before I start her up? I then let the car (and the seat ) warm up before going over the washer tubes again with warm water. I then give the washers a go before I finally set off. That way I have no probs. You have to be very careful with the temperature of the water - I used to have tepid bath water which I put on my car's windscreen (a number of years ago). In the end there was one morning where the water wasn't cold enough and I got a crack in the windscreen. I get the feeling that water at 'room temperature' would be good enough for the job. However with my past experience I won't be putting water anywhere near my 350Z's windscreen. I will be using de-icer! Does everyone use de-icer on the door windows to allow them to open? I've taken my car out a few times in the evening and I don't really like to hear that 'crack' as I open the door...... I was fortunate last year that I was working away from home during the winter and my car was in an underground carpark overnight so I never had these problems. Not so this year as my car is parked outside off-road. Quote
Stew Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 I will pour water out the cold tap on my windscreen. As long as it's above 0*C it'll melt ice efficiently. Quote
Husky Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 I will pour water out the cold tap on my windscreen. As long as it's above 0*C it'll melt ice efficiently. +1 -3 today, washer jets still fine Quote
geoff-r Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 My washer jets have frozen every morning this week leaving me with one hell of a salty windscreen on the way to work with nothing but a bottle of lucozade to de-ice it, and there's no way I'm using that! Quote
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