Conference terri::cars_uk

    New wiper ?
    
    Shaun.

�    clearing capability of late has been hopeless. Visibility is very
    
    If it used to be ok, then get a new blade !
    
    The edge wears on the blades, so cleaning them doesn't solve it...
    
    J.R.

    A new blade was fitted at the last service...5000 miles ago.
    
    What about one of these 'everlasting' 7 blades in one Barclaycard offer
    type devices?
    Anyone tried them out?
    
    tim

    
>    What about one of these 'everlasting' 7 blades in one Barclaycard offer
>    type devices?
>    Anyone tried them out?
 
	I have everlasting blades.

	The ones that are meant to clear everything, mud included, triplewipe
	I think they are called.

	I think they're worse than the orriginals and will be replacing them 
	this weekend.

	Heather   

    I got pair of Bosch blades, very good indeed. Mind you, anything has
    got to be better than the flimsy bits of rubber thy used to put on
    Landrovers
    
    Simon

    Every time my BX gets serviced, they put the standard "clearwash" or
    whatever it is in the washer bottle, and it smears badly, especially
    with a new blade on.
    
    So I squirt some washing up liquid in the bottle (not too much, 
    just a good single squirt) and it works fine afer that. Until the next
    service, that is...
    
    And it's true what they say about Fairy Excel; it really does shift
    grease very well.
    
    Peter.
    

    ...also does an excellent job at taking the polish/shine of yer'
    paintwork !
    
    Reargards,
    
    Stephen
    

    Before my father retired, he regularly drove in excess of a 1,000 miles
    a week and he used a small phial of "Flash", kept inside the car and
    gently sprinkled over the windscreen periodically (ie, when the
    smearing became excessive).  
    
    It may sound crazy but it worked for him ....
    

    Flash? I expect that did the paintwork the world of good...
    
    Laurie.
    
    PS. Decosol is the best screen-wash, by far.

    When I got my new 3 Series BMW, I thought I'd left behind squeaky wiper
    blades. Fool! It doesn't matter how expensive the car is - all wiper
    blades, old and new, squeak, judder, smear, screech.
    
    I've tried all sorts of things on different cars to stop juddering,
    altering the angle of the arm, bending the arm to change the pressure
    etc - no effect.
    
    If someone came up with a practical alternative to dragging rubber
    strips across your windscreen, they make a fortune.
    
    Frustrated,
    
    Rupert

    Rolls Royce do not use rubber for their wiper blades, they use a comb
    of fibers (Rather like the anti-static brushes for could get for your
    LP's) these do not squeak, judder, smear or scratch; but they are
    expensive.

    LP's ? wot r day ?
    
    CD.

    .10�    If someone came up with a practical alternative to dragging rubber
    .10�    strips across your windscreen, they make a fortune.
    
    Have you tried RAIN-X ?
    
    I use it with the VENTURI (low windscreen) and although we don't
    experience much rain over here, I've found it very effective.

Has anyone found problems recently with washer nozzles clogging up?

I thought I was just unlucky (all 4 front jets on a golf clogging the same
time, while the rear one works fine), then suddenly one breaks clear (shooting
water clear accross the car!!) but otherwise I have had little luck clearing 
them.....

Then I go to the VAG garage on Friday and overhear 2 people in front of
me with the same problem. Is there something about Thames Water's best
brew that causes this? Anyone have any tips to clear the jets and keep them
that way?

Thanks,

Terry

�Has anyone found problems recently with washer nozzles clogging up?
    
    Only time I've had problems is after polishing the car.
    The polish clogs up the hole quite well.  A pin soon fixes that.
    
    J.R.

    I tend to get problems with mis-aligned jets. Generally happens after
    I've polished the car. The nozzles can get knocked by the polishing
    cloth. It anoying when one nozzle partially blocked struggles to squirt
    at the bottom of the screen on one side whilst the other gushes out
    over the top.
    
    Its not usually until I've finished polishing that I remember to do
    the ol' dynorod-with-a-pin trick though, and then I dont fancy
    squirting all over my newly Auto-Glymed windscreen.
    
    $set mode/trivial=off 
    
    
    PC
    
    [Radiologist - a doctor with an interest in radios.]

Yes, I've recently had my washer jets blocking. I changed the jets 3 times, but
they just became blocked again after 2 weeks (a right pain !).

So, I filled the washer bottle with plain water, then emptied it (through the 
jets after unblocking first of course) and repeated this process three or four
times. The jets have now been clear for 2 months.

Karen

P.S. This is on a Pug. 205.

I think it is due to rubbish getting into the water bottle.

Interestingly on my G reg R5GTT, it has a filter on the top of the
washer bottle.

Mark.

Folks,
       As I'm one of those rare bread who never wax and only sometimes wash
the whole car apart from the windows (slightly exag but close)
The new inventions as ,filters for the water bottle, are for the true 
lazy/incompetent user. How can you end up with rubbish in the water bottle???
Its the only thing you have direct quality/visibility over, apart 
from never using the washer (Sunday drivers need not respond).
As far as not wanting to stain the paint after using "fairy liquid", lets
face it, if the windscreen is getting dirty so is the rest of the car, the
only bit that would need regular wax protection would be the roof.

As far as stopping the jets clogging while polishing, a wrap of
cello or masking tape (especially if there black) would do.

Its x-mas (gone) have a happy new year.

                    steve

Hmmm.....

Just spent the 2 weeks over Xmas unblocking the nozzels. This morning I started
out from Thatcham with clear flow, and ended up at DECpark with dribbles.

I'm using antifreeze in the water at the moment, the one thing left to try
is softened water.....

Terry

    I would not have thought that softened water would fix it - sounds like
    there is debris/scale in the system and it keeps coming through.
    
    I had a similar problem once and i think i sold the car without having
    resolved it. In retrospect new pipes, junctions, jets and a thorough
    clean out of the washer bottle may have been the answer. Cleaning the
    nozzles seemed to aggravate it!
    
    Good luck

    I had this problem on the Landrover. I would clear the washer jet with
    a pin but it would soon block again. In the end I removed the jet
    assembly and blew into the jet in a reverse direction. Out came a
    single small piece of grit. Never had the problem again.
    
    Simon

Looking at the wiring diagram for the car last night, I noticed that
the front nozzels are electrically heated whereas the rear is not. I have
had no problems with the rear, and they are both fed from the same resevoir.

At home I have a water softener, but I have been using the garden tap for
the washer bottle. It may take a while to clear all the existing debris out 
of the system, but at least now I have a good lead as to what has been going on.

Terry

Oh, know this problem well after I topped up my washer bottle with water from a
kettle with lots of scale in it.  Ended up detaching and cleaning up the washer
bottle and buying new jet thingys which sit on the bonnet.


Cheers

Steven

    I have for years used Decosol (no it's not a DEC product :-) ) This I
    find to be the best at 
    	Not freezing
    	Not smearing
    	Really removing the thick winter muck we get each year.
    I don't get blocked jets whilst using tapwater either.
    
    Richard

    I'll second the recommendation for Decosol. I don't often see it, and
    when I do, I buy *lots*. It really is easily the best.
    
    Laurie.