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On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 03:04, Daniel Baum wrote: > >> From: Daniel Baum > >> > >> This might be a silly question, but why not just put water in > >> the windscreen washer? I've always used water in all my cars, > >> and well, it washes the windscreens . . . > > > > Anti-freeze. Even in the mild UK climate my beetle washer once > > froze up on the road. On front engined cars the washer bottle is > > usually warmed by the engine so it isn't a problem. > > > > Hmmm, never thought of that. That's not likely to be a problem where I live, > even in the winter. > > And, to get insect road kill off the windshield. Our store bought washer fluid also had some slight detergent in it in the summer months. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~