L200 Washers

Anyone else have trouble with the washers not working in this cold weather
in the northeast? I'm wondering if they ever thaw out, or do they require
special fluid?

 

My LW300 hasn't frozen yet with plain old undiluted washer fluid. Temps have
been ranging between 0 - 20 below for the last few weeks.

Dana C. Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

 

Been using the blue fluid that comes in gallon bottles. No problems at all
freezing.
My only problem is ice on the hood sometimes covers over the sprayers. Rear
sprayer has some schmutz in the nozzle and needs cleaning but otherwise is
ok.

Now, my old Voyager, that had a problem with the wiper mounted sprayers that
were in a region of high pressure. Ice melt got forced back into the hoses
and froze solid, forcing the removal of the hose and sprayer to get thawed
out. The sprayers did give much better coverage than the fixed stream
prayers on the Saturn.

Oppie
20 miles north of NY city.
14F this morning

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| Anyone else have trouble with the washers not working in this cold weather
| in the northeast? I'm wondering if they ever thaw out, or do they require
| special fluid?
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Been using the blue fluid that comes in gallon bottles. No problems at all

Some of the blue stuff is ok but others I find sucks bad. A buddy of mine had
his reservoir freeze solid with the blue stuff in it, on the way to go skiing
one day. I find the blue stuff does freeze on the windshield quite often though
when it gets real cold.

Where exactly is 20 miles north of the city? I'm not that far from you.....

 

Double check the temp rating on the "blue stuff".

We once bought a bottle that said goes to 20 degrees, not -20 degrees that
we are used to buying.

 

Digression ...I saw an electric washer fluid warmer at JC Whitney (not that
I would ever need it), however if the tank wasn't heated I'm guessing the
pump would never get any fluid. Maybe not such a cool (or warm) idea after
all...

you.....

 

you.....

Live in White Plains and Work in Hawthorne, NY

Oppie

 

Where exactly is 20 miles north of the city? I'm not that far from

Ahhhh......I'm about 40 minutes Northwest of Newburgh(over the mtn). Just North
of Ellenville if you know where that is.....

 

Double check the temp rating on the "blue stuff".

Yeah, the blue stuff definitly comes in different ratings.

It was funny, when my buddy's blue stuff was frozen solid in the reservoir, he
had some orange stuff with him, dumped it in on top of it and it immediatly
unfroze it......pretty neat.

 

Yeah.

Hey Jonnie, what DOES frozen precipitation look like? Ever seen it?

 

Only on TV when we watch the mandatory White Christmas movie at Christmas!!!
(grin)

 

| >> Where exactly is 20 miles north of the city? I'm not that far from
| >you.....
| >
| >Live in White Plains and Work in Hawthorne, NY
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| Ahhhh......I'm about 40 minutes Northwest of Newburgh(over the mtn). Just
North
| of Ellenville if you know where that is.....
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Got a pretty good idea. We used to spend a fair amount of time in the
Liberty - Ellenville area. Also had an Aunt near Oneonta.

Talk to you later, neighbor.
Oppie

 

I've even had the Turtle Wax Liquid Fire freezing on my windshield.
It has been sub-zero some days for the last couple of weeks.

Ken Olson
Clarksville MI
59 mile marker on I-96, about 1/3 of the way from Grand Rapids towards
Lansing.