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[Selseybill]

What i did to stop the jets freezing was re-route the tubing and cable tided the tubing to the top rad hose.Once the engine was hot the water in the washer hose would heat up and de-frost the jets when used hence unfrozen jets and the screen gets a nice warm wash.
I have done this to my last 4 cars and it's worked a treat.

[waspy]

What i did to stop the jets freezing was re-route the tubing and cable tided the tubing to the top rad hose.Once the engine was hot the water in the washer hose would heat up and de-frost the jets when used hence unfrozen jets and the screen gets a nice warm wash.
I have done this to my last 4 cars and it's worked a treat.

Good idea

[Ken T]

Do you remember the old days, when they didn't have a non return valve in the washer line ?. This meant that the water mix would drain back into the washer bottle, and if it were heated it would stay warm ready for the next use.

Nowadays, the water stays in the pipe, and as its not warmed, the pipes will freeze up, even though the water in the bottle may be unfrozen, despite the heated washer jets. This is a little bit curious considering the engine is directly beneath them and so presumably there is a fair amount of heat being radiated from it.  I just travelled from Leicester to Gomersal tonight, washers were working fine at the beginning but froze within an hour or so.

And there is an exhaust pipe, not a million miles away dumping lots of Kjoules of heat as fast as it can. A shame the heat can't be redirected where it is most needed.

Ken

[Gaffers]

What i did to stop the jets freezing was re-route the tubing and cable tided the tubing to the top rad hose.Once the engine was hot the water in the washer hose would heat up and de-frost the jets when used hence unfrozen jets and the screen gets a nice warm wash.
I have done this to my last 4 cars and it's worked a treat.

Good idea

Any pics/how-to? 

[Selseybill]

No pic's as sold car now. it's a easy 5 min job just re route the washer tube from the bottle to the bonnet.You may need to buy some extra tube but that's cheap from motor factors or halfrauds and a couple of ties.

[bigbus13]

I use carplan concentrate no problem in freezing, saw 11.5 below last week.

[Auto Addict]

Never had a problen with freezing using quality screen wash.....and the washer bottle is located where it is becasue beleave it or not, it provides crash protection...

Which you've proved many a time.....