Why do we need to fill the screenwasher bottle ?

[sussexjob]

When a tube from the front of the window screen gulley could fill the bottle up

[T84]

Because it doesn't rain antifreeze and cleaning agents? (yet)

[sussexjob]

but in honesty do we need them

[killsta]

T84 said:

Because it doesn't rain antifreeze and cleaning agents? (yet)

I'm surprised by the amount of people that just fill it up with water..

[killsta]

sussexjob said:

but in honesty do we need them

Do you wash your windscreen in winter?

[sussexjob]

killsta said:

I'm surprised by the amount of people that just fill it up with water..

I wouldn't put anti-freeze in !

[Baryonyx]

sussexjob said:

but in honesty do we need them

Of course we do, the fluid ran out on my MX5 the other day. Before I could refill the bottle screen was filthy and covered in sap which made it made it extremely difficult to drive into a low setting sun as the crap on the windscreen refracted the light everywhere.

As far as stupid threads go...

[Uhura fighter]

It would fill with bird crap, leaves, seeds, dead bugs etc, etc. It would be blocked in less time it takes to empty and fill from the tap.

It'd probably smell bad too.

[gareth.e]

sussexjob said:

When a tube from the front of the window screen gulley could fill the bottle up

Because the water would be filled with stones, vegetation and all sorts of crap unless we added loads more weight with filters and fk loads of plastic

its much simpler to just have a bottle.

[killsta]

sussexjob said:

I wouldn't put anti-freeze in !

Erm....

[T84]

sussexjob said:

I wouldn't put anti-freeze in !

Well that just goes to show the intellectual benchmark set by the OP of this thread, I'm afraid.

[sussexjob]

killsta said:

Erm....

not exactly good for the paintwork

[Otto]

Yeah.... and instead of plumbing clean water from the mains in our homes, we can just pump the stuff back up from the drain in the shower / sink / bath and reuse it! GENIUS!!

[sussexjob]

Otto said:

Yeah.... and instead of plumbing clean water from the mains in our homes, we can just pump the stuff back up from the drain in the shower / sink / bath and reuse it! GENIUS!!

we are talking fresh rainwater here

[Shaw Tarse]

sussexjob said:

killsta said:

Erm....

not exactly good for the paintwork

But screen wash?
What would happen in winter, when snow/ice doesn't melt & refill bottle?

[Pothole]

what's a window screen?

[eldar]

sussexjob said:

I wouldn't put anti-freeze in !

Just piss in it. Everyone on PH appear to have permanently boiling piss, great for winter.

[killsta]

sussexjob said:

not exactly good for the paintwork

Not once has my paintwork faded, dripped off my car, spontaneously combusted or otherwise as a result of me using 'screen wash'.

[klarky]

I suppose if there was a filter it wouldn't be so bad, but you'd still need an additive for the detergent and to stop the water freezing in winter, so you'd still be filling it up.

All in all a useless suggestion really !

[sussexjob]

Shaw Tarse said:

sussexjob said:

killsta said:

Erm....

not exactly good for the paintwork

But screen wash?
What would happen in winter, when snow/ice doesn't melt & refill bottle?

I never use screenwash, start the engine put the heater on and eventually the water in the bottle warms/melts from the heat of the engine.