Frozen Windscreen Wash Pipes

[needsabiggerfuse]

Heard on BBC news that diesel can start to freeze at -15 degrees. Don't know what you'd do to stop that freezing!!

Garage your car overnight. Well OK, you'll have to find somewhere else to sling all the cr@p that's bunging up your garage. DT_Xtremez_30:

 

[Stevienics]

It doesn't freeze so much as stratify (seperate) first. it shouldn't affect what's in the pipework already, but giving the car a rock to mix up the stuff won't hurt it. Does get thick though, so don't burn the battery out pumping sludge.....

...on the other hand, things may have evolved a tad since alternative <ahem> sources of diesel were sometimes used.

 

[grumpyoldb]

It doesn't freeze so much as stratify (seperate) first. it shouldn't affect what's in the pipework already, but giving the car a rock to mix up the stuff won't hurt it. Does get thick though, so don't burn the battery out pumping sludge.....

...on the other hand, things may have evolved a tad since alternative <ahem> sources of diesel were sometimes used.

There are some modern day answers here for those who haven't got too much experience with the propulsion systems of horseless carriages.

 

[Don Key]

One word - Meths!

 

[John Lloyd]

One word - Meths!

3 words; Stay in bed!