[s-cars] Heated Washer Nozzles

Wed Jan 17 19:11:58 EST 2007

Matt,

  I was just in Tahoe City and there seems to be a red one with NV plates, probobly someone from Income Village.

  The owner of German Motors in Lake Forest has 3-4 of them. His wife has the pearl white for a daily driver, seen it a few times.

  There's (that I know of) 2 '93's in South Shore, a Black/Black owned by a friend and my pearl. There's also a pearl white S6 on the NV side, seen it poking its nose out of a garage.

  Been cold and I run the Prestone De-Icer and it hasn't frozen yet.

  Paul
  S.Lake Tahoe, CA.

"matt ludwig." <urs6avant at gmail.com> wrote:
  man, all this tahoe talk! i grew up there partially and am there a 
couple times a year. : )

there are 2 UrS4's i know of on the north shore; one tastefully done 
black/black ('93 i would guess) and a white '92 w/ something like 
400k on it that is in decent shape. that same guy has a '95 S6 that 
he literally has sitting on jack stands w/ all the fluids drained he 
will transfer all parts over too when his S4 finally dies. it's got 
like 40k on it or something i think! nutty.

matt ludwig.

1995.5 S6 Avant
South Portland, Maine

On Jan 17, 2007, at 1:23 PM, Matt twentyV wrote:

> I stock up on fluid when I'm at Tahoe, as I've been
> unable to find true winter fluid in the bay area. I
> cracked a reservoir on my '91cq before I figured that
> out!
> -Matt
> --- Theodore Chen wrote:
>
>> speaking of washer fluid, mine froze during a trip
>> to lake tahoe this
>> past weekend (where the temperature hit -5 degrees),
>> and the windshield
>> washer didn't work at all. when i got back to the
>> bay area and the car
>> warmed up, the low washer fluid went on. i refilled
>> the washer reservoir,
>> only to see the fluid dripping out below the car.
>> :(
>>
>> haven't had a chance to look at it closely yet. but
>> i did look at the
>> label on the bottle of blue washer fluid. it says
>> "antifreeze" and then
>> "provides protection against freezing down to 32
>> deg. F".
>>
>> -teddy
>>
>> --- Vincent Frégeac wrote:
>>
>>> With a mix of summer fluid and water at -8C, I
>> don't think the open circuit
>>> heated washers are the problem. Remember, this
>> will only heat the washers,
>>> not the tubing, pump, tank, etc. where the mix
>> will keep freezing.
>>>
>>> I found that the heated washers are only useful
>> when you leave the car for a
>>> week or more and the alcohol evaporates in the
>> washer nozzles. Except that
>>> particular case, the only solution is to use a
>> washer fluid that does not
>>> freeze in winter.
>>>
>>> At least, change for a mix of winter fluid (any
>> -40C), preferably pure
>>> winter fluid. I've not seen yet a winter fluid
>> that will react with Rain-X
>>> or stain the paint. Some summer fluid does some
>> weird thing depending on the
>>> detergent but usually winter fluids don't. I've
>> also found that the cheaper
>>> the winter fluid the best. All the fluids with
>> fancy additives such as
>>> Rain-X and similar does not leave the windshield
>> as clean as the no brand
>>> name, .99¢ a gallon, blue stuff.
>>>
>>> My .02¢ of washer fluid
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Vincent.
>>>
>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>> De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la
>> part de Mark Strangways
>>> Envoyé : 15 janvier 2007 11:00
>>> À : Sean Douglas; 'S Car List'
>>> Objet : Re: [s-cars] Heated Washer Nozzles
>>>
>>> I have never found that windshield washer fluid
>> stains the paintwork, I find
>>>
>>> it odd actually that it would.
>>> Sounds like it may result in a few lawsuits :-)
>>>
>>> You can get a winter mixture of rain-x that will
>> not freeze, I believe you
>>> mix that with some water (not sure, from memory of
>> years ago).
>>>
>>> My choice is the blue fluid, for winter windshield
>> washer and summer water
>>> injection, good stuff all round.
>>> Except I have to buy it by the boxes in the winter
>> because they don't seem
>>> to sell it in the summer, just that detergent
>> crap.
>>>
>>> Mark (side tracked on a snowy day) S
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Sean Douglas" 
>>> To: "'Mark Strangways'" ;
>> "'S Car List'"
>>> 
>>> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:47 AM
>>> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Heated Washer Nozzles
>>>
>>>
>>>> I would run 100% washer fluid but I find that the
>> alcohol reacts with the
>>>> windshield treatment (Rain-X) and smears, while
>> straight water or a
>>>> mixture
>>>> of winter fluid does not.
>>>>
>>>> Also, the alcohol tends to stain the paintwork.
>>>>
>>>> Sean
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Mark Strangways
>> [mailto:StrangConst at rogers.com]
>>>>> Sent: January 15, 2007 6:07 AM
>>>>> To: Sean Douglas; 'S Car List'
>>>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Heated Washer Nozzles
>>>>>
>>>>> 1st suggestion... run 100% washer fluid.
>>>>> 2nd replace washer jets, if they are at 500,000
>> ohms then they are open.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Sean Douglas" 
>>>>> To: "'S Car List'" 
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:03 PM
>>>>> Subject: [s-cars] Heated Washer Nozzles
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to diagnose my heated windshield
>> washer nozzles.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm getting 12V at the connector and the
>> resistance across each nozzle
>>>>> is
>>>>>> about 500K ohms. Bentley does not seem to
>> have a spec for this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To be honest, not sure if they are working,
>> but in -8 Celsius, the
>>>>> washer
>>>>>> fluid is frozen. Perhaps, it's frozen in the
>> plastic tubes?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm running about a 50/50 ration of washer
>> fluid to water.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sean Douglas
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1997 S6
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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