IceMan Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 they seem to be thisty - from empty I add 6 pints of water/wash mix and still it wants more - how big is the windscreen wash tank? Ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Originally posted by IceMan they seem to be thisty - from empty I add 6 pints of water/wash mix and still it wants more - how big is the windscreen wash tank? Ice About as much as that hole in the bottom of it will take! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceMan Posted January 10, 2003 Author Share Posted January 10, 2003 About as much as that hole in the bottom of it will take! yeah funny...! Actually the reason I ask is that when I got the car it was obviously filled up as the screen wash laster ages compared to when I refilled it with 6-pints later. I need to know so that I can fill it up without risking the screenwash going all over the battery! Ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubus1 Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I bought a 5 litre bottle from the garage the other day. And... guess what, i used about 3/4 and it overfilled and went all over the battery. that tought me a lesson. Cuba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Can't tell you how much they take but it must be a lot. I've done 20,000 miles in mine sice I've owned it and I've only fillied it up once! If only that were the case with fuel too:innocent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Word of warning. Never pull out in front of Matt's Supra, the windscreen is filthy and he can't see out properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Originally posted by Matt Harwood Can't tell you how much they take but it must be a lot. I've done 20,000 miles in mine sice I've owned it and I've only fillied it up once! If only that were the case with fuel too:innocent: Your windscreen must be really dirty then Matt.!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Nah, I just keep changing windscreens! - 4 last year, courtesy of Autoglass Perhaps I just wash my car more than you lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Originally posted by IceMan they seem to be thisty - from empty I add 6 pints of water/wash mix and still it wants more - how big is the windscreen wash tank? Ice Fill it until it overflows, the alakaline in the screenwash will dilute or kill any acidity on top of the battery and remove any verdigris from the terminals :-) Having gone 8 months without ANY washers on my 2 Volvo estates, `cos I'm too idle to find out what's up with them, I am not giving you much sympathy here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceMan Posted January 11, 2003 Author Share Posted January 11, 2003 Having gone 8 months without ANY washers on my 2 Volvo estates, `cos I'm too idle to find out what's up with them, I am not giving you much sympathy here So how do you cope with the constant wintery salt/grit/sh*t mix thrown up by cars in front?! A few seconds of that and I can't see! Ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Originally posted by IceMan So how do you cope with the constant wintery salt/grit/sh*t mix thrown up by cars in front?! A few seconds of that and I can't see! Ice He hangs his head outta the window. lol :baa: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Originally posted by Matt C He hangs his head outta the window. lol :baa: Ace Venture stylee! That would be a sight! Gaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Originally posted by kubus1 I bought a 5 litre bottle from the garage the other day. And... guess what, i used about 3/4 and it overfilled and went all over the battery. that tought me a lesson. Cuba I think it takes 7 or 8 litres from memory. A lot. I've went about 6 months between filling up the bottle! And most of that is winter driving! Gaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Originally posted by gazwalker That would be a sight! Gaz. That would be P*SS funny!!! I remember at one stage my wipers went on a car, had to attach a bit of string to them.....a mate then had to pull them long every now and then to wipe the rain from it. Tried the stick head outta window routine.....I was absolutly saoking within minutes and couldn't really see to great either TBH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Originally posted by IceMan So how do you cope with the constant wintery salt/grit/sh*t mix thrown up by cars in front?! A few seconds of that and I can't see! Ice I am embarassed to say i just let the wipers grind a hole through the mess, or I try and get behind a truck and hope it splashes up something more wet than solid... I REALLY should get them fixed, one car has a leaking washer bottle, so the level drains to about a cupful as soon as it is refilled, the other has no washers at all, a very scratched screen and a 5 litre container of water / screen wash in the passenger footwell for when progress gets too risky to safely continue. Terrible, I know, I know... Tomorrow, I'll look tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Originally posted by Chris Wilson I am embarassed to say i just let the wipers grind a hole through the mess, or I try and get behind a truck and hope it splashes up something more wet than solid... I REALLY should get them fixed, one car has a leaking washer bottle, so the level drains to about a cupful as soon as it is refilled, the other has no washers at all, a very scratched screen and a 5 litre container of water / screen wash in the passenger footwell for when progress gets too risky to safely continue. Terrible, I know, I know... Tomorrow, I'll look tomorrow! Its cause you are too busy sorting us lot out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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