Washer Fluids

[popeye]

I have always used water
Just plain old water

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[kacak]

I have always used water
Just plain old water

Me too - I thought I read the manual carefully and concluded there was nothing wrong with plain old h20. Is my car going to fall apart?

[Umai Naa!!]

You might get algae in the bottom of the washer bottle, which may block the pump and squirters.

[The_Hawk]

Hey Hawk, I went and got a bottle off the shelf to read the instructions and it says its a concentrate of 1:100, the bottle being a 250ml.

Here is an old thread of mine with some images of the stuff I'm using. Doesn't sound like the same stuff. Do you ahve a picture of the bottle?

Source: Volkswagen Washer Fluid

While most of it's rumor, there is some talk that if your washers lines ever clog up your warranty won't be covered unless your using the right fluids.



The Volkswagen washer fluid isn't exactly cheap at $10/L, but then I don't know that there are many parts that are. Since we seem to tear through the stuff I thought I would look a little closer at it. The text on the bottle says:

"Suitable for use all year round for the windscreen washing system. Offers the necessary protection against frost, stops the jets from freezing up, frees the windscreen from dirt and protects both paint and the wiper blades. Can be used in all models, must be used for fan-type jets."

And one of the replies which talks about something different again!

Alternatively for around $9 ~ $10, you can buy a 1 litre bottle of summer concentrate (G 052 184 A2), which makes 11 litres of solution (1 part concentrate for 10 parts water).

Save the anti-freeze laden concentrate (G 052 164 M2) for when the ambient temperature drops below 0°C.

[The_Hawk]

G055184 A1

Concentrated Screen Wash Summer 1: 100 Original VW Audi Seat Skoda Wischwasser (G055184 A1: Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike


There is also this Russian page which shows a few other variants:
Летние концентраты VAG — бортжурнал Volkswagen Jetta 1,4 TSI 122 л/с+DSG7 2014 года на DRIVE2



I'm at a dealer tomorrow so will try to remember to ask about these things

[GeorgeMK1]

That's the one mate, its cheap enough and seems to last a fair while. All you do is fill up the top chamber, and use that to top the entire fill bottle (mixed with water of course).

[NW3192]

Are you serious. Water does the trick and if you really feel the need some glass cleaner.


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[Pzero]

Is the overuse on MY17 models because it's also got the front light washers?
I can't imagine why it'd be using much otherwise.

[Gashde]

That's a lot of info there! I suppose I'll check in with dealer on their price per bottle here. But I guess a lot of washer fluids seems to be drained up by headlights, not sure why the settings is set to wash headlamp like once every 2nd time the window washer is pulled?

Thought about just adding water, but it just doesn't clear the glass as great, especially in cold conditions.

[sharp]

Is the overuse on MY17 models because it's also got the front light washers?
I can't imagine why it'd be using much otherwise.

I never needed to top up my MY17 (162TSI) since It was delivered on 1 May. And, we use it quite frequently.