Re: Snow at Birdoswald - well, a little

> B-)
>
> I've asked in alt.fan.landrover if heated jets are
> available most suggestions have been up the concentration
> of the washer fluid. I don't know whats in there but what
> ever it is it ain't strong enough.
>
> I googled an heated jets don't appear to be common, so I'll
> go for the easy solution and up the concentration of washer
> fluid. Trouble is it's a 6 litre reservoir and no means of
> seeing how full it is or isn't...

I never thought of heated jets. Don't know any cars in my price
range that have them.

Windshield washer fluid is essentially methanol-water. So a
chemical reference book like HCP would tell you that you need 15
weight percent to get -10C. Around here most are -40C which is
around 42% methanol. They probably add a drop of this or that to
the stuff to make it coloured and to make it less streaky. In
your area, 30% would probably meet all conditions (-26C).

They sell the washer fluid so cheaply that it is probably the
cheapest way to buy methnol!

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