Washer fluid
is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying
2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses and pumps. |
Re: Washer fluid
bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote in news:0fc3b734-bbdd-4a42-914d-d0de289d16d9
@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com: > is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying > 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses > and pumps. Just how much of the stuff do you go through in a winter? None of it damages hoses and pumps. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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<bigjcw1023@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:0fc3b734-bbdd-4a42-914d-d0de289d16d9@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying > 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses > and pumps. If and when the temperature is above 32 deg F, I dilute it with water 1:1 ratio (50% water and 50% washer fluid) to stretch it. |
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<bigjcw1023@gmail.com> wrote in message news:0fc3b734-bbdd-4a42-914d-d0de289d16d9@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying > 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses > and pumps. Then you know something that no one else knows or is willing to sound foolish saying out loud. {;^) If you're paying only $2.00 a gallon for the windshield washer fluid, you're not buying a very high quality product. |
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"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in news:GNfEj.116755
$C61.101759@edtnps89: > > <bigjcw1023@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:0fc3b734-bbdd-4a42-914d-d0de289d16d9@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... >> is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying >> 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses >> and pumps. > > Then you know something that no one else knows or is willing to sound > foolish saying out loud. {;^) > > If you're paying only $2.00 a gallon for the windshield washer fluid, > you're not buying a very high quality product. > > > > It's all the same stuff. All I've ever done for 25 years has been to buy the cheapest I can find regardless of brand. It goes on sale regularly at numerous places, sometimes for as low as 99¢. No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: Washer fluid
Tegger wrote:
> "Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in news:GNfEj.116755 > $C61.101759@edtnps89: > > >><bigjcw1023@gmail.com> wrote in message >>news:0fc3b734-bbdd-4a42-914d-d0de289d16d9@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... >> >>>is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying >>>2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses >>>and pumps. >> >> Then you know something that no one else knows or is willing to sound >>foolish saying out loud. {;^) >> >> If you're paying only $2.00 a gallon for the windshield washer fluid, >>you're not buying a very high quality product. >> >> >> >> > > > > It's all the same stuff. > > All I've ever done for 25 years has been to buy the cheapest I can find > regardless of brand. It goes on sale regularly at numerous places, > sometimes for as low as 99�. > > No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided you're > buying the same temperature rating, that is...) > Hi, Not really. Cheap one will slush when it's very cold. |
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bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote:
> is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying > 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses > and pumps. An actual answer to the op's request.. http://madscientistmatt.blogspot.com...her-fluid.html |
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Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote in
news:LGjEj.97825$pM4.12091@pd7urf1no: > Tegger wrote: >> >> No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided >> you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) >> > Hi, > Not really. Cheap one will slush when it's very cold. > You're referring to summer "bug wash". Not the same stuff. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: Washer fluid
"Big Brother" <someonewatchingyou@microsoft.com> wrote
> bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote: >> is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used >> instead of paying >> 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can >> damage hoses >> and pumps. > > An actual answer to the op's request.. > > http://madscientistmatt.blogspot.com...her-fluid.html This site prices methanol at about $17 a gallon (or about $53 for a five gallon container) before shipping and handling costs. One-tenth a gallon is needed to make a gallon of windshield washer. So at best, one is going to spend something more than a dollar a gallon going the home-made route. Tack on that shipping charges are pretty darn high these days. This also assumes this company will ship liquids. That's been a problem in the past. E.g. I know the usual online OEM honda parts sites do not ship OEM coolant. |
Re: Washer fluid
On Mar 19, 9:54 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
> "Brian Smith" <Hali...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in news:GNfEj.116755 > $C61.101759@edtnps89: > > > > > > > > > <bigjcw1...@gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:0fc3b734-bbdd-4a42-914d-d0de289d16d9@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > >> is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying > >> 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses > >> and pumps. > > > Then you know something that no one else knows or is willing to sound > > foolish saying out loud. {;^) > > > If you're paying only $2.00 a gallon for the windshield washer fluid, > > you're not buying a very high quality product. > > It's all the same stuff. > > All I've ever done for 25 years has been to buy the cheapest I can find > regardless of brand. It goes on sale regularly at numerous places, > sometimes for as low as 99¢. > > No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided you're > buying the same temperature rating, that is...) But if your neighbor is using the cool looking orange stuff, you *have* to use it too. ;) |
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Siskuwihane <Siskuwihane1@gmail.com> wrote in
news:aec5e01e-3be0-4037-9a20-7c3232726afb@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com: > On Mar 19, 9:54 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote: >> >> No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided >> you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) > > But if your neighbor is using the cool looking orange stuff, you > *have* to use it too. ;) > I like the green stuff myself. The blue stuff is boring. How come nobody color-coordinates washer fluid? Think of the increased sales to women. Pink, anyone? -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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Tegger (tegger@tegger.c0m) writes:
> Siskuwihane <Siskuwihane1@gmail.com> wrote in > news:aec5e01e-3be0-4037-9a20-7c3232726afb@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com: > >> On Mar 19, 9:54 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote: > >>> >>> No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided >>> you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) >> >> But if your neighbor is using the cool looking orange stuff, you >> *have* to use it too. ;) >> > > > I like the green stuff myself. The blue stuff is boring. > > How come nobody color-coordinates washer fluid? Think of the increased > sales to women. Pink, anyone? > Isn't the freezable 'bug wash' pink? > -- > Tegger > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ > www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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cf005@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (M.A. Stewart) wrote in news:frums7$8mg$1
@theodyn.ncf.ca: > Tegger (tegger@tegger.c0m) writes: >> Siskuwihane <Siskuwihane1@gmail.com> wrote in >> news:aec5e01e-3be0-4037-9a20-7c3232726afb@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com: >> >>> On Mar 19, 9:54 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote: >> >>>> >>>> No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided >>>> you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) >>> >>> But if your neighbor is using the cool looking orange stuff, you >>> *have* to use it too. ;) >>> >> >> >> I like the green stuff myself. The blue stuff is boring. >> >> How come nobody color-coordinates washer fluid? Think of the increased >> sales to women. Pink, anyone? >> > > Isn't the freezable 'bug wash' pink? Actually, yeah, it is. Forgot about that. In fact, we got dagged with that very problem years ago with my wife's Toyota MR2. One year I left the bug wash in past Halloween. The pissers froze up and wouldn't let go until I sucked out all the bug wash, replaced it with blue -40F fluid, then ran the washers until the blue stuff appeared. I have never used bug wash since, even in the summer. Maybe that's why they don't color-coordinate the stuff. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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