screenwash recommendations for 987.2 Boxster?

[daveknott5]

With the roads now getting grim with salt and standing water, and in anticipation of needing to top up my Boxster with screenwash, I wondered if any PH'ers have any recommendations beyond Porsche's own brand?

[clubsportguy]

Try Halfords screen wash it comes in different smells like apple/Lemon. It not the one that is the already mixed. It has never frozen when I have used it !!

[stevewak]

Anything original equipment and GERMAN: Audi, VW, Merc, BMW etc. IMO the Halfords stuff is horrid and false economy.

[Carl_Docklands]

daveknott5 said:

With the roads now getting grim with salt and standing water, and in anticipation of needing to top up my Boxster with screenwash, I wondered if any PH'ers have any recommendations beyond Porsche's own brand?

This is the OEM brand:

http://www.frost.co.uk/dr-ok-wack-screenwash.html

[stevod]

IIRC someone posted this time last year that there's a winter-specific one from VW (or Porsche, but I think it was VW) which is particularly good. I've never been organised enough to get any though.

S

[Slickhillsy]

daveknott5 said:

With the roads now getting grim with salt and standing water, and in anticipation of needing to top up my Boxster with screenwash, I wondered if any PH'ers have any recommendations beyond Porsche's own brand?

Seriously................ It's post's like this that threaten to make Porsche (owners) dull as pi$$y dishwater. Are you seriously asking about other brand screen wash???
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[gsewell]

For a slightly more serious answer, the OPC Porsche Screenwash is very effective but contains nothing to prevent it freezing. So I tend to dilute the working solution with 1 part in 4 100% iso-propanol.

This does an excellent job of clearing the screen without blocking the nozzles.

BTW, I have several friends who mixed screenwash types and the combinations that resulted actually turned to a jelly like substance that needed the whole system to be dismantled as the pipes blocked. So, if you want to change type of screenwash, empty the existing stuff out first.

[Martian O]

Slow day at the office OP?

[DT398]

You need to be really careful here. Using non OEM screenwash will invalidate the warranty.

[Happy Shopper]

DT398 said:

You need to be really careful here. Using non OEM screenwash will invalidate the warranty.

This happened to me! I used non-OEM stuff that was too thin, causing the pump to over rev.

[stevod]

Happy Shopper said:

This happened to me! I used non-OEM stuff that was too thin, causing the pump to over rev.

Were the over-revs shown in the DME readout?

S

[Slickhillsy]

anonymous said:

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Residuals will be fine it's long as he doesn't use it!

[Zyp]

My screen wash has deviated stitching.

[mrdemon]

I use Audi wash it's the best :-)

[rob.kellock]

LOLz

Mine is special light weight screen wash.

[rob.kellock]

LOLz

Mine is special light weight screen wash.

[mollytherocker]

I may start cutting myself.

[Moog72]

mrdemon said:

I use Audi wash it's the best :-)

Maybe, but surely the handling isn't direct enough is it meaning you just end up spilling it down the side of the car?

[Trev450]

mrdemon said:

I use Audi wash it's the best :-)

Bit too GT in its design - doesn't come out fast enough!

[Carl_Docklands]

Hmm,

After some further internet trawling, it appears that as well as the DR.OK.WAK screenwash for non-winter use, the approved anti-freeze product is this one:

SONAX NanoPro Xtreme 02325050 Anti-Freeze and Anti-Mist Concentrate 5 L

And it is £25-30 a pop on Amazon.

(offers a selection of knives to Molly).