MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: nc35 on July 05, 2010, 03:48:33 pm

Title: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: nc35 on July 05, 2010, 03:48:33 pm
Per the header.

Noticed the little symbol when I start up, wondered if it actually works.  Without having to empty my water bottle to find out.

Secretly expecting disappointment with it to be an option with a winter pac or similar...

Wifes Pug seems to have more toys as standard, as she keeps telling me  :signLOL:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: Neimad on July 05, 2010, 03:56:34 pm
Secretly expecting disappointment with it to be an option with a winter pac or similar...

Correct for 10...  :wink:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: markymark on July 05, 2010, 04:06:59 pm
Per the header.

Noticed the little symbol when I start up, wondered if it actually works.  Without having to empty my water bottle to find out.

Secretly expecting disappointment with it to be an option with a winter pac or similar...

Wifes Pug seems to have more toys as standard, as she keeps telling me  :signLOL:
Well you need more toys to play with when your sat at the side of the road broken down! :laugh: :happy2:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: golfgti06 on July 05, 2010, 08:50:12 pm
you cant play with toys if your using all your 200bhp lol :evilgrin:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: jhtrophy on July 05, 2010, 08:54:34 pm
Per the header.

Noticed the little symbol when I start up, wondered if it actually works.  Without having to empty my water bottle to find out.

Secretly expecting disappointment with it to be an option with a winter pac or similar...

Wifes Pug seems to have more toys as standard, as she keeps telling me  :signLOL:
yeah but do they work!!! had a gti 180 for a bit and it had all the toys but they never all worked!!
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: mk2mexico on August 31, 2010, 04:19:13 pm
so no gti has a washer level sensor in the bottle?
my 06 gti has no winter pack so it should not work ?
is this the case :surprised:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: andrewparker on August 31, 2010, 04:41:30 pm
Mine does come on when there isn't much water left, however I don't know if I have the Winter Pack or not. What else does it have?
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: ILoveTuna on August 31, 2010, 06:04:07 pm
Mine works no idea what packs i have got, its all very complicated....  :signLOL: :signLOL:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: kevinm on August 31, 2010, 06:16:09 pm
My car has xenons and no winter pack but has the level sensor :happy2:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: rdfcpete on August 31, 2010, 06:20:08 pm
Per the header.

Noticed the little symbol when I start up, wondered if it actually works.  Without having to empty my water bottle to find out.

Secretly expecting disappointment with it to be an option with a winter pac or similar...

Wifes Pug seems to have more toys as standard, as she keeps telling me   :signLOL:
Well you need more toys to play with when your sat at the side of the road broken down! :laugh: :happy2:

 :signLOL: True that Mark.

Just to note nc35, I've got the winter pack + Xenons and I've never had a low fluid level warning for the windscreen/washer fluid levels but I've topped it up plenty of times, just as I knew it was low - I.e. it has to get very low (few squirts left) before it tells you.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: Matt23 on August 31, 2010, 07:05:51 pm
Mine does come on when there isn't much water left, however I don't know if I have the Winter Pack or not. What else does it have?

I think the winter pack includes heated seats and heated windscreen washers and headlight washers.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: andrewparker on August 31, 2010, 07:15:52 pm
Mine does come on when there isn't much water left, however I don't know if I have the Winter Pack or not. What else does it have?

I think the winter pack includes heated seats and heated windscreen washers and headlight washers.

Haha, got none of that!
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: cmdrfire on August 31, 2010, 07:21:18 pm
Got the warning on mine, though I think I have the Winter Pack.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: ILoveTuna on August 31, 2010, 07:25:26 pm
I dont have heated seats but have got washer warning so dont think i have winter pack....
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: Nasir on August 31, 2010, 07:40:11 pm
I think if you have xenon headlights then it has the low fluid warning as you get the bigger 5L washer reservoir instead of the 3L. Do you have xenons ILOVETUNA?
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: ILoveTuna on August 31, 2010, 08:11:04 pm
I think if you have xenon headlights then it has the low fluid warning as you get the bigger 5L washer reservoir instead of the 3L. Do you have xenons ILOVETUNA?

Indeed i do...  :drinking:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: Richn83 on September 01, 2010, 09:28:26 am
You get the low washer warning if you have the larger washer fluid tank, and this comes with having the headlamp washers, with either winter pack or with xenon headlamps.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: RedRobin on September 01, 2010, 09:46:46 am

Mine does come on when there isn't much water left


....I hope you don't use just water in your screenwash system. I've read that what you use is critical for the jets.

My 05-plate 06-build has Xenons, Winter Pack, no heated seats, and gives warning when washscreen is nearly empty. I always carry spare fluid in the car as I got caught out one filthy morning driving towards a blinding sun on a wet and dirty M-way.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: andrewparker on September 01, 2010, 11:17:57 am
Mine does come on when there isn't much water left
....I hope you don't use just water in your screenwash system. I've read that what you use is critical for the jets.

Nah, I use the concentrated washer fluid from Sytner VW, diluted with water.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: RedRobin on September 01, 2010, 11:32:24 am
Mine does come on when there isn't much water left
....I hope you don't use just water in your screenwash system. I've read that what you use is critical for the jets.

Nah, I use the concentrated washer fluid from Sytner VW, diluted with water.


(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FDetailing%2FStickers%2FThumbShades.jpg&hash=ab5e893140795e16baf0ef950f14d5fe24ed5f27)
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on September 01, 2010, 07:04:20 pm
Mine does come on when there isn't much water left
....I hope you don't use just water in your screenwash system. I've read that what you use is critical for the jets.

Nah, I use the concentrated washer fluid from Sytner VW, diluted with water.
Make sure it is the genuine VW screenwash fluid in the grey 1 litre bottle, rather than the cheap shyte Quantum screenwash which is just meths and will clog your jets - which VW stealers also sell.  The genuine VW stuff will go down to minus 70deg C when used neat, so check.  :wink:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: stealthwolf on September 01, 2010, 07:22:33 pm
I got caught out one filthy morning driving towards a blinding sun on a wet and dirty M-way.
Did you not check beforehand?

Before every long journey (typically the weekend before and the night before), I check all fluids and top up where necessary. Even one day when I was using the washers almost every twenty minutes or so over a 200-mile drive, I still had a fair bit left.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on September 01, 2010, 08:01:08 pm
Before I fiddled with my headlamp washer settings in VCDS, I could empty a full washer bottle in a day!  :stupid:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: Edition30 on September 01, 2010, 09:40:26 pm
I had a rant about this when mine ran out, ridiculous that it doesnt come as standard as should highline  :fighting:
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: cmdrfire on September 01, 2010, 10:20:29 pm
On the GTI highline should really have come standard along with xenons IMO.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: andrewparker on September 02, 2010, 08:03:15 am
Bizarrely I haven't got the Winter Pack, or xenons, but my car still has the washer fluid warning.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: cmdrfire on September 02, 2010, 11:12:30 am
A little while ago...

"Hans! We haf some of zese sensors spare in ze parts bin! What to do?"
"So, ve just put zem on ze cars in build now!"
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: Richn83 on September 02, 2010, 11:53:39 am
Bizarrely I haven't got the Winter Pack, or xenons, but my car still has the washer fluid warning.

Does it have headlamp washers?
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: RedRobin on September 02, 2010, 07:48:08 pm

I got caught out one filthy morning driving towards a blinding sun on a wet and dirty M-way.

Did you not check beforehand?


....I tend to check now. I always check the coolant level but sometimes forget the wash fluid level.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: andrewparker on September 02, 2010, 07:59:34 pm
Bizarrely I haven't got the Winter Pack, or xenons, but my car still has the washer fluid warning.

Does it have headlamp washers?

Nope
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: gobbleplease on September 02, 2010, 08:01:27 pm
Ive got a leek in my washer fluid bottle ive got absolutly Zilcho water in it and ive got no light illumination, so ive either not got it or its broken. Ill be repairing it next week so ill check to see if there is a float switch or sensor type thing.
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: cmdrfire on September 02, 2010, 09:54:50 pm
How'd you manage to get a leak in your washer bottle?!
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: RedRobin on September 02, 2010, 10:13:14 pm

How'd you manage to get a leak in your washer bottle?!


....Hit by a sharp object from below? Similar impact via open foglight panel? [I'm guessing].
Title: Re: Does the GTI come with washer level warning?
Post by: gobbleplease on September 02, 2010, 11:44:44 pm
Feck knows I'm thinking it was from the harsh winter, expanding fluids from them freezing and cracking the bottle, hose or loosening a connection. I never really use the washers because my car is kept pretty clean but I noticed the other month and went to fill it up a few weeks ago and it all spilled out the bottom.