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SeattleE 01-09-2004, 10:48 PM Along with the issues mentioned in other posts, I'm having problems with the washer fluid feezing when I park at the ski hill. Even if the temp is only just below freezing(~28) the fluid still froze and didn't defrost for almost an hour. Other than that and the usual assortment of 'new car issues', I love my E! Jesse Bill in Houston 01-10-2004, 06:42 AM Down here we have special formulations so that the fluid doesn't all boil away during the summer. Don't you guys have fluid formulations that don't freeze? Or have they all been outlawed by the EPA? Just kidding about the boiling. Bill RML 01-10-2004, 08:23 AM They make a special orange color washer fluid that is designed not to freeze, and to get rid of the ice on the windshield. Rain-x even makes the stuff. I used it throught the winter last year, and never had an issue in NH, NY, etc. foxtail 01-10-2004, 09:53 AM I just bought the Rain-X type yesterday at Wal-mart, but I haven't tried it yet. (It's bright orange.) I liked their summer type a lot; it really did help keep my bug-magnet clean. hownowcb 01-10-2004, 08:33 PM If your washer fluid is yellow it means somebody peed in your tank. It's real warm at first, but it freezes right away, so I'd go with the blue stuff from the gas station, at the very least. The label should indicate its temperature range without freezing. I have no idea what was in the tank when it left the factory. brendan 01-10-2004, 10:09 PM [quote:6afea7c95b=" "]I have no idea what was in the tank when it left the factory.[/quote:6afea7c95b] Depending on the day of the week it left, it might have been really really cheap beer. -brendan SeattleE 01-10-2004, 10:27 PM I checked the rating on the stuff I put in and it claims something like -20... lol on that beer comment...sounds like the ski lodge I used to work at :lol: Jesse beachhearted 01-22-2004, 10:22 AM My "stock" windshield wiper fluid froze when it was probably 20 degrees F out. So a couple days later when it had unfrozen, I went to the nearest gas station, picked up a bottle of fluid rated for -20 degrees, poured just a little bit in (probably no more than a cup since I haven't used much of the "stock" fluid--didn't want to cause an overflow)... and presto! No more freezing, even at 20 degrees F. SeattleE 01-22-2004, 12:10 PM I'll do just that today...heading up snowshoeing later so it'll get tested immediately! thanks again - jesse | ||