MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: DanoGTI on December 12, 2009, 11:56:23 am
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I can understand that VW washer fluid should be used if running Winter Pack (formulated for being heated up etc), but surely this wouldn't apply for a non-Winter Pack car?
Regular washer fluid should be fine, shouldn't it?
Did the exact same in my S4 and Subarus.......
no issue, is there?
Dan :driver:
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vw say non vw fluid blocks the jets. i changed mine to non vw stuff and had to buy 2 new jets...so i believe them. :grin:
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I've always used the VW stuff :santa: Saves any buggering about in the long run.... :happy2:
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There have been stories of VAG not fixing blocked washers if you use anything other than their fluid.
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Fair enough - will have to use water until Monday then!! :happy2:
More than happy to use the VW stuff, but couldn't see the reason why (and still can't) - but the proof is in that the jets gets blocked.
Anybody know why?
Dan
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I personally use the Renault Nissan stuff as we have loads of it at work, and its not clogged up any jets yet. They also use heated fan jets so that could be why.
All manufacturers have the same policy, so any OE type fluid will be OK. The cheaper aftermarket stuff has a lot less alcohol in it (if you're mad enough, smell them and you'll tell the difference) which won't help.
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i got winter pack, been using tesco stuff for nearly a year never had any problems :happy2:
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I've got the winter pack and use shell stuff at the moment without problems. There's no difference between any of the fluids other than smell as far as I'm concerned. I always just use whatever I can get.
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vw say theirs contains "anti-coagulant" their words not mine!
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i always use the VW stuff because it smells great! lol
i do dilute it a more than what VW say on the bottle, just so im not stripping any wax on the paint. i use it sparingly too! ;)
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vw say theirs contains "anti-coagulant" their words not mine!
Just stick an aspirin in non-VW screenwash and you'll be ok then :grin:
Seriously though, if the washer jets ever did get blocked, how on earth are VW going to prove that you've not used their screenwash?!
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never used VW stuff in 4 years...
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TBH i use the vw stuff because i rate it, im also sure that most other stuff is fine too :happy2:
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i just get mine topped up every time i have a 10,000 service! i dont use it much! :chicken:
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i just get mine topped up every time i have a 10,000 service! i dont use it much! :chicken:
I use mine to squirt people that tailgate me so I'm also running out. Add to that the fact that I do loads of motorway miles and the screen always needs cleaning! :booty:
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VW stuff costs about the same as other stuff but smells loads nicer I think so it's a no brainer for me! :xmassmiley:
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I've used Halfords apple stuff for about 2 years now and mine havent blocked at all,
R
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Sometimes all of this does make me wonder... if manufacturers scaremonger people into buying their "official" stuff :scared:
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It does happen, I've seen clogged up hoses at work quite a few times.
You find a hard blob of blue (its always blue!) stuck up the tube, this happens when the screenwash goes back to gunk at the bottom of the tank. Most of the time the problem can be fixed with some boiling water and a minute with the pump on, but it can set like plastic in there if you don't use them often.
A few years back on SCN, one of the users with a Yellow Ibiza filled up with Halfords screenwash, used it and found the green colouring had dyed his paint. No polish could remove it either, I'm sure they had to pay up for a respray in the end!
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Well the irony is that I've filled the tank with regular (non-vw) water :wink:
And I've noticed that my jets are blocking up :fighting: Not fookin happy.
Suggestions as to how to clear them? :sad:
Looks like I'm gonna need em over the next few days with the snow too.
Fook
Dan
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Hot water is your friend, take the jets out and put them in a bowl of hot water and blow out the gunk, and fill your washer bottle with hot water and start the pump.
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Ahhh, that could be good news. How do you remove the jets?
Dan
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scratch that - sorted in the dark!! :happy2:
Think it pretty much sorted though hard to tell in the p1ssing rain, and it was dark!! :grin:
DAn