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Car Forum / BMW Cars / October 2007Washer Fluid
I have topped up my windscreen washer bottle using 1/10 screenwash. Should I put neat cocentrate in the intensive wash bottle? >I have topped up my windscreen washer bottle using 1/10 screenwash. >Should I put neat cocentrate in the intensive wash bottle? NO Try using an egg cup full of liquid sugar-soap in the washer bottle - does fantastic job of removing grease and other sh.t.  SignatureSir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen hsg@h-gee.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK On Oct 17, 4:02 pm, h...@h-gee.co.uk wrote: > >I have topped up my windscreen washer bottle using 1/10 screenwash. > >Should I put neat cocentrate in the intensive wash bottle? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > h...@h-gee.co.uk > Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK Intensive or ordinary bottle? >On Oct 17, 4:02 pm, h...@h-gee.co.uk wrote: >> >I have topped up my windscreen washer bottle using 1/10 screenwash. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Intensive or ordinary bottle? I use it in both especially in the winter. As you know it cleans paintwork fantastically so don't use too much as it might just remove all your polish too. After all we only want to clean the screen and headlamps. DON'T over do it remember egg-cup (chicken's eggs not Ostrich Eggs) Sir Hugh of Bognor SignatureI used to be an Egotistical Meglomaniac - but now I'm just perfect! Hugh Gundersen hsg@h-gee.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK > >> On Oct 17, 4:02 pm, h...@h-gee.co.uk wrote: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > What, an eggcup in each of THAT caustic stuff? >> >>> On Oct 17, 4:02 pm, h...@h-gee.co.uk wrote: [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >What, an eggcup in each of THAT caustic stuff? Are you sure that it's Sodium Hydroxide based? It may be strong but I did say NOT much and don't go mad - just a little keeps it all clean. SignatureSir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen hsg@h-gee.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK >I have topped up my windscreen washer bottle using 1/10 screenwash. > Should I put neat cocentrate in the intensive wash bottle? Depends where you are. I usually put ~5% in the regular bottle and about 10% in the intensive - less in summer, more in winter. If it is very cold where you are put more [methanol] based washer fluid in. > >> I have topped up my windscreen washer bottle using 1/10 screenwash. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Can you explain? I have a water bottle and a concentrate bottle as far as I am aware that is! I thought one took water, and the other took fluid that it mixes with the water. I'm obviously missing something here - I assume I need to read the manual! >> >>> I have topped up my windscreen washer bottle using 1/10 screenwash. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >the water. >I'm obviously missing something here - I assume I need to read the manual! One is for the screen washer - mix solution with water for everyday use. The other is DEEP CLEAN and takes almost neat screen wash. However, I don't know if the two are mixed when you pull the column stalk to deep clean or whether it just sucks from the concentrate tank but I do know that it always needs filling when I use the washers with the lights on so I presumed (E38 740i) that one was for the lamps and the other was for the screen. Handbook doesn't say much about it. Sir Hugh of Bognor SignatureI used to be an Egotistical Meglomaniac - but now I'm just perfect! Hugh Gundersen hsg@h-gee.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK > Can you explain? I have a water bottle and a concentrate bottle as far > as I am aware that is! I thought one took water, and the other took > fluid that it mixes with the water. I'm obviously missing something > here - I assume I need to read the manual! You should. They are separate systems with separate controls. The washer is normal - you use a mixture of water and screen cleaner as normal. The intensive wash uses a different fluid. If you've been using plain water in the normal washer it probably hasn't worked that well. ;-) Signature*On the seventh day He brewed beer * Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. > >> Can you explain? I have a water bottle and a concentrate bottle as far [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > sh.t! >> >>> Can you explain? I have a water bottle and a concentrate bottle as far [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> > sh.t! Thinking about it - the set-up I had imagined would leave the water vulnerable to a freeze! Any tips on after-market intensive cleaners (apart from sugarsoap) > Thinking about it - the set-up I had imagined would leave the water > vulnerable to a freeze! > Any tips on after-market intensive cleaners (apart from sugarsoap) For us Yanks, what, praytell, is sugarsoap? >> Thinking about it - the set-up I had imagined would leave the water >> vulnerable to a freeze! >> Any tips on after-market intensive cleaners (apart from sugarsoap) > >For us Yanks, what, praytell, is sugarsoap? TSP, or Trisodium Phosphate. SignatureDan. >> Thinking about it - the set-up I had imagined would leave the water >> vulnerable to a freeze! >> Any tips on after-market intensive cleaners (apart from sugarsoap) > >For us Yanks, what, praytell, is sugarsoap? An old style detergent that is used to was household paintwork prior to sanding and repainting. Often used commercially in the past it now available in DIY stores in the decorating section either in powder form to be mixed as in the old days or liquid in bottles or plastic containers. It is quite good stuff and not that dangerous as one would expect as today's rules and regulation have reduced the effectiveness of commercially available cleaning materials to the general public. I used to us a product called G850 that was a trade only car degreaser/cleaner. This is also available in 5L containers in the UK (renamed now) and similar must be available in the US - Try the phone book for car paint suppliers for degreasers or there must be a franchise of "Auto-Smart" in your area and, although trade only, the guy will sell anything on board to anybody and I will vouch that this would be my first port of call if I could only catch the local guy going in my direction - only ever see him going the other way! But whatever you use only use a very small amount. Sugarsoap - about an egg-cup full per gallon (4Lit -US Gall) Sir Hugh of Bognor SignatureRemember. You may honestly believe that you understood everything you thought I said but what you thought you heard wasn't exactly what I said. hsg@h-gee.co.uk hsg@bognor-bill.co.uk bognor-bill@bb-trading-uk.com E38 Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK >>>> Can you explain? I have a water bottle and a concentrate bottle as far >>>> as I am aware that is! I thought one took water, and the other took [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > vulnerable to a freeze! > Any tips on after-market intensive cleaners (apart from sugarsoap) Just wander into Halfords and have a look around. There are two things you need: - 1. Detergent suitable to remove traffic film. 2. Methanol to stop it freezing (although this will dissolve oil) If you are somewhere very cold then buy a cheap one that smells strongly of alcohol and use a 25 or 33% mix. Too much detergent and it will remove wax from the paintwork. > If you are somewhere very cold then buy a cheap one that smells strongly > of alcohol and use a 25 or 33% mix. Too much detergent and it will > remove wax from the paintwork. The pump on my intensive wash bottle started leaking on my E39. Might have leaked slightly before getting so bad I replaced it. And on removing the whole lot to replace the pump I discovered the fluid had removed the paint under the reservoir down to the bare metal and rust had started. ;-) After this it occurred to me just how much protection base coat only gives to the under bonnet areas? Signature*He who laughs last has just realised the joke. Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. >> If you are somewhere very cold then buy a cheap one that smells strongly >> of alcohol and use a 25 or 33% mix. Too much detergent and it will [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >After this it occurred to me just how much protection base coat only gives >to the under bonnet areas? This is why it's important that your valve covers leak a little bit, so there will be a nice protective coat of oil on everything under the bonnet. This is why MGs and Humberts last so long; the protective oil film. --scott Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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