Just a quick warning to check the level of your Windscreen Washer Fluid as if its nearly empty (or empty) the fluid can run back out of the pipes leaving them "Non primed" and allowing the pipes and nozzles to freeze. Once frozen they are very difficult to defrost with the temperature below freezing making driving on salted roads impossible.

I just picked up a 2007(57) Vogue TDV8 which had been allowed to run dry and after filling with washer fluid I had a very "Interesting" journey round the M25 from surrey with a very smeared windsreen and frozen nozzles.

To fix I poured warm water over nozzles and hand squeezed the freed pipes under bonnet to find remove any frozen sections. Only after about 15 minutes with the engine running did they finally start working again.

Be warned keep it topped up

The nozzles themselves are heated, and the system has a 1 way valve in so the tubes should drain back into the tank... However if you dont use anti-freeze in there then the 1 way valves get damaged and as you say all the fluid will drain out of the lines... 

Gazellio wrote:

I just picked up a 2007(57) Vogue TDV8 which had been allowed to run dry and after filling with washer fluid I had a very "Interesting" journey round the M25 from surrey with a very smeared windsreen and frozen nozzles.

Fox wrote:

Gazellio wrote:

I just picked up a 2007(57) Vogue TDV8 which had been allowed to run dry and after filling with washer fluid I had a very "Interesting" journey round the M25 from surrey with a very smeared windsreen and frozen nozzles.

One of the high milage ones you asked about?

No this is 42000 fsh unmolested original Vogue in beautiful condition in Silver/Jet/Burr-Walnut.

Very pleased with it.

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

The nozzles themselves are heated, and the system has a 1 way valve in so the tubes should drain back into the tank... However if you dont use anti-freeze in there then the 1 way valves get damaged and as you say all the fluid will drain out of the lines...

Thanks Dan I did not know the technical reason but as the tank was dry and the system did not work after refilling I figured "frozen" as the car was covered in deep snow when I collected it. It started working after poured warm water on nozzles and I hand massaged the tubes after refilling it with Screen wash. Perfect now

Most screenwash is barely frost proof, the stuff you buy in the petrol stations is generally only good for -5, and even then there is a considerable amount of "slush" in the fluid that will block the pickup filter.

The ones that advertise protection to -45c! only give that level of protection if used neat. And that gets expensive! 

mine tells me when its low on washer water...  ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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So far my ingenious mix of water and meguiars hyper wash car shampoo has worked a treat, no smearing, hasn't froze up at all and makes for some interesting frozen bubbles. 2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

scarey wrote:

mine tells me when its low on washer water...

as my washer bottle has no bumper in front of it, it is permanently frozen solid  No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

The nozzles themselves are heated, and the system has a 1 way valve in so the tubes should drain back into the tank... However if you dont use anti-freeze in there then the 1 way valves get damaged and as you say all the fluid will drain out of the lines...

As a cost of around £6.00 I would nust replace them anyway. I supose you could measure the resistance or something?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genuine-Range-Rover-...56405809bb

Dan 

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

As a cost of around £6.00 I would nust replace them anyway. I supose you could measure the resistance or something?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genuine-Range-Rover-...56405809bb

Dan

Thanks dan, i'll save this link and will try and confirm if they're busted first. Cars going in for a MOT next week so will add this to the list

Still can only get one washer jet to work , drivers side just not working at all have tried the guitar string method , the compressed air method ............ Nowt