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On 6 Jul 2005 at 8:32, Daniel Baum wrote: > 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 . . . Water works great unless you live in a climate that gets below freezing. Freezing weather will not just make the system stop working, it will damage the valve in the switch. I've seen that valve just blown apart by the force of the expanding water as it froze. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~