Cheap Windshield Washer
PaPaPeng
away is methyl hydrate at $4.88 a 4 litre jug. Windshield washer is
mainly a solution of methyl hydrate (methanol) added to water to
prevent the water from freezing. My solution is to buy the methyl
hydrate and mix 1 liter of it with 3 litres of water to make
windshield washer. There is some of my mixture left in the bottle.
Its kept in the trunk. If it doesn't freeze I've got the mixture
right. If it does I'll mix another batch of 50:50 alcohol water. And
so on. Even 100 per cent methyl hydrate is still chaper than
windshield washer. I don't like the idea of 100 per cent alcohol
though as it is flammable.
<RJ>
a capful of auto-wash detergent ( or dish washing detergent )
a cupful of rubbing alcohol.
water
Works great.
( I don't know how freeze-proof it would be )
<rj>
Don K
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> In a 2 gallon plastic jug;
>
> a capful of auto-wash detergent ( or dish washing detergent )
> a cupful of rubbing alcohol.
> water
>
> Works great.
> ( I don't know how freeze-proof it would be )
From spring thru fall, I just add a squirt of dishwasher fluid to water.
I let the contents nearly run out by December and then start using the
blue stuff.
Don
throwitout
> In a 2 gallon plastic jug;
>
> a capful of auto-wash detergent ( or dish washing detergent )
> a cupful of rubbing alcohol.
> water
>
> Works great.
> ( I don't know how freeze-proof it would be )
Barely at all.
With any make your own washer, use demineralized water or else you'll
start getting buildup in the hoses.
Logan Shaw
> With any make your own washer, use demineralized water or else you'll
> start getting buildup in the hoses.
Listen to this man. I went through this twice (on two different cars)
before I finally figured out what was going on. On the first car, I
believe the entire pump had to be replaced. On the second, the spray
nozzles that are mounted in the hood is what had to be replaced. I
went to the Toyota dealership and got OEM parts, but they did not fit
quite right, and more importantly, the water sprayed too far[1], so
in order to hit the windshield (rather than the top of the car or the
trunk), I had to tap the button repeatedly to get little spurts of
water.
All that could have been avoided had I bought distilled (or deionized
or filtered) water. And distilled water will probably clean better
anyway: since it has essentially nothing dissolved in it, it picks up
water-soluble stuff pretty well.
- Logan
[1] And no, they weren't adjustable like the metal ones on old GM cars.
Rod Speed
> throwitout wrote
>> With any make your own washer, use demineralized water or else you'll start getting buildup in the hoses.
> Listen to this man.
No thanks.
> I went through this twice (on two different cars)
> before I finally figured out what was going on.
I've never ever got that effect, since before you were even born.
> On the first car, I believe the entire pump had to be replaced.
That wont have been because you didnt use demineralised water.
> On the second, the spray nozzles that are mounted in the hood is what had to be replaced.
Because the water you used had more minerals than usual.
> I went to the Toyota dealership and got OEM parts, but they did not fit quite right, and more importantly, the water
> sprayed too far[1], so
> in order to hit the windshield (rather than the top of the car or the
> trunk), I had to tap the button repeatedly to get little spurts of water.
You should have got the correct nozzles.
> All that could have been avoided had I bought distilled (or deionized or filtered) water.
Nope, not if the filtering hadnt got rid of the minerals.
> And distilled water will probably clean better anyway: since it has essentially nothing dissolved in it, it picks up
> water-soluble stuff pretty well.
Mindlessly silly. The real way to get it to clean better is
to put some extra stuff in with the water. And it isnt getting
the grime off the windscreen by dissolving it either.
> [1] And no, they weren't adjustable like the metal ones on old GM cars.
Then you should have got better ones.