#1: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: deebee, Location: BirminghamPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:25 am ---- hey guys, just read sum1 ask about a froozen washer bottle... is it bad to have it froozen or can you just leave it if you dont use it?
#2: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:27 am ---- Just leave it, let it melt
#3: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: deebee, Location: BirminghamPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:34 am ---- thats what i was gnna do to be honest, thanx
#4: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Antknee, Location: ManchesterPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:34 am ---- throw some screen wash with anti freeze in there after it thaws, and dont try to use it to wash teh windscreen in the meantime, might damage the pump
#5: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:36 am ---- antifreeze?
#6: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Antknee, Location: ManchesterPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:38 am ---- only if its already in the screenwash as part of the solution sure i've seen some with it in!
#7: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:39 am ---- I thought you meant antifreeze as in what you use for the radiator
#8: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Antknee, Location: ManchesterPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:40 am ---- LOL no, that would be a pretty stupid thing to do really haha
#9: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: kieron, Location: in the housePosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:46 am ---- screen wash was antifreeze in it anyway
#10: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: panason1c, Location: SomersetPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:51 am ----
deebee wrote:
... is it bad to have it froozen or can you just leave it if you dont use it?
Yes, it's very bad to have the washer bottle freeze up...........when water freezes, it expands....and likely to split the plastic washer bottle, more so if the bottle is old and brittle ....(a bit like me... )
That's why its best to use washer bottle additives that contain an antifreeze during the winter.
#11: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Antknee, Location: ManchesterPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:55 am ----
panason1c wrote:
deebee wrote:
... is it bad to have it froozen or can you just leave it if you dont use it?
Yes, it's very bad to have the washer bottle freeze up...........when water freezes, it expands....and likely to split the plastic washer bottle, more so if the bottle is old and brittle ....(a bit like me... )
That's why its best to use washer bottle additives that contain an antifreeze during the winter.
also depends how much is in the bottle, could just expand into the free space
#12: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:55 am ---- Should use it all year round tbh for the amount it costs. Just have it more concentrated in winter
#13: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Antknee, Location: ManchesterPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:58 am ---- Aye cleans the glass better.... there was a thread on here somewhere about it being BOGOF at euro parts
#14: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: panason1c, Location: SomersetPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:11 pm ----
Antknee wrote:
also depends how much is in the bottle, could just expand into the free space
Doesn't quite work like that my friend .......regardless of any free space, when water freezes it expands outwards as equally as it expands upwards..........just half fill a glass of water and leave it in the freezer for a day and see what happens (dont use one of your best glasses though!)..............
#15: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: Mikey2uk, Location: StevenagePosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:01 pm ---- Dont use the stuff with antifreeze in it as you dont really need it, plus it will strip any wax you have put on the car.
#16: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: kieron, Location: in the housePosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:14 pm ----
mikey2uk wrote:
Dont use the stuff with antifreeze in it as you dont really need it, plus it will strip any wax you have put on the car.
i got some carplan stuff today thats says it works upto -15 so it must have some kind of antifreeze in it?
#17: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: effone, Location: bedsPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:36 pm ---- i've had my bottle freeze last year... and in this weather you'll be waiting ages for it to sort itself out...
this works... boil a kettle... pour the hot water into the neck... hopefully you'll have some space left... keep at it... boring though it is... and you'll sort the problem...
cheers,
ian
#18: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: jonnycool, Location: Merthyr Tydfil, S WalesPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:49 am ---- Don't use radiator antifreeze in your wash bottle either, it'll damage your paint. Use the proper screenwash, you can get stuff that will stay liquid down to minus 15 I think
#19: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: deebee, Location: BirminghamPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:19 pm ---- hi guys i just left it hoping it wouldnt break and i used it today and its all good
#20: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: tamatisk, Location: LancasterPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:28 pm ---- I've been using stuff going down to -10. Still froze as we got to -15. I give up.
#21: Re: Is Washer Bottle Fatal! Author: NorthantsBen, Location: Raunds, NorthamptonshirePosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:33 pm ---- soon as my engine warms up it melts,
i just use that ready mixed stuff, allways have and will.
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thanx
sure i've seen some with it in!
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.......regardless of any free space, when water freezes it expands outwards as equally as it expands upwards..........just 
