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Date:         Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:16:29 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Frozen Windshield Washer Fluid Tip
Comments: To: Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <4CEED4B1.9070000@colorado.edu>
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Don't really know if it makes a difference, but I buy the dilute it yourself stuff rather than the prediluted -- tap water is cheap. then, for winter, I use it in a more concentrated mix than in summer. Never a problem yet. DMc

---- Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU> wrote: > > I've found too that the cheap xxxx blue stuff thats .99 > > cents a gallon will freeze, despite what the label says. It > > won't freeze in the tank, but it will freeze in the lines to > > the wipers. > Well, you should buy the good stuff--that costs 99 cents a > gallon! ;-) > > Actually, what happens is that the alcohol evaporates out the > wiper nozzle slowly and so there goes your antifreeze. Another > instance of "use it or lose it".... > > Richard

-- David McNeely


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