R58 Frozen wiper washer fluid
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Frozen wiper washer fluid
So I bought a car that was in California now of is in Maine my wipemywasher stopped spraying.I looked at the bottle the blue fluid was slushy half frozen.I called the dealer he said to add new fluid that is good to -20°, he said wait till it warms up Tuesday it will be in the 50s he said try it then .I am hoping no permanent damage was done.We will see.
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Great news wiper washer working again.I sprayed it till it was empty and refilled with the good stuff good to -20 below freezing .It is 45 f here today finally. Thank you all for the advise this forum seems to be very responsive and I am glad to see I found a group that are into the r58 as much as me.
#5
I live in the part of Florida where a freeze is VERY unusual ... use diluted windex!
Last edited by Capt_bj; 02-04-2019 at 02:19 PM.
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When I lived in the mid-west -- this before I bought my Mini -- the local truck stop station I most often used would set out a pallet of windshield washer fluid in 1 gallon jugs.
I'd wait until there was a prolonged -- couple of days -- of temperature below freezing and then go pick up a couple of jugs of fluid with no slush/ice in the jugs. Never had any problems with the stuff freezing. And one car had the engine in the back so there was no engine heat to thaw the washer fluid reservoir or lines should they freeze.
I'd wait until there was a prolonged -- couple of days -- of temperature below freezing and then go pick up a couple of jugs of fluid with no slush/ice in the jugs. Never had any problems with the stuff freezing. And one car had the engine in the back so there was no engine heat to thaw the washer fluid reservoir or lines should they freeze.
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#8
I use the orange ranix stuff and i have not had that stuff freeze up but i did have the blue stuff before freeze up like in cold weather like we had last week.
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