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de icing windows ?
what do you guys use for de icing windows?
is there a after market heater for washer fluid ?
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Re: de icing windows ?
A lot of windshield reservoir fluids are flammable.
Don't think I'd want to use a "heater" in their proximity.
I use ~ 70% IPA/Distilled Water solution.
I keep it in a spray bottle by the back door,
where I can easily pick it up on the way out.
Bob
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Re: de icing windows ?
I remote start the car from my warm couch and let it run for 20 minutes
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Re: de icing windows ?
I have plug in heater for my car, it goes inline with the regular radiator coolant. I start my car and have almost immediate heat. When it's really cold the heat is not immediately, but the car warms up much quicker.
Some GMs have heated wiper tanks. I'm not sure how all that works on those to not be too hot to break the glass.
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Re: de icing windows ?
Originally Posted by MPBGT
Some GMs have heated wiper tanks. I'm not sure how all that works on those to not be too hot to break the glass.
I liked the one I had in my '08 Chevy P/U.
However:
It was recalled. Said to be a: Potential Fire hazard.
I reluctantly let them remove it; took the $100;
never replaced the unit with an aftermarket alternative.
Bob
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
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Re: de icing windows ?
Originally Posted by sito
what do you guys use for de icing windows?
is there a after market heater for washer fluid ?
If its thick then a scraper, if not a I use a de icing washer fluid from the local parts store.
Some cars have heated windshield washer fluid, not sure if they have aftermarket ones.
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Re: de icing windows ?
Don't most European brand cars these days have heated washer nozzles?
FWIW I haven't had (regular, unheated) nozzles freeze in a few years, but I use winter washer fluid that is good to -49°F.
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Re: de icing windows ?
The rear window has a defroster. Someccars might have this but every car should heat the glass where the wipers sit. My wipers are hidden at the bottom so they don't benefit when I defrost the windshield. The windshield defrosts and the area where the wipers sit is still icy
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Re: de icing windows ?
I've often wondered how prohibitively expensive it would be to heat windscreens the same way it's done for commercial aircraft. Unlike a car's rear window, the wires on aircraft windscreens are invisible at normal distances. They also must draw some serious current because they work within a few seconds.
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Re: de icing windows ?
Originally Posted by FUNX725
A lot of windshield reservoir fluids are flammable.
Don't think I'd want to use a "heater" in their proximity.
I use ~ 70% IPA/Distilled Water solution.
I keep it in a spray bottle by the back door,
where I can easily pick it up on the way out.
Bob
my 2009 Mercedes has an electric heater element in the washer fluid reservoir.
my Audi has heated nozzles.
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