Frozen Windshield Washer Fluid

[ray1970]

Funny, but I hit the squirters on the company truck this morning and the pump ran but no juice to the windshield. I think it was only 19 degrees but almost seemed like I had something frozen somewhere.

Turns out I must have had some sort of freeze.

Put the truck in a heated shop for a while and they started working again. I pumped all of the fluid out into a bucket and it definitely appeared to be pretty watered down compared to the new bottle of fluid I had. I had the truck serviced right before Christmas. I highly suspect the lube kids topped the reservoir off with water.

Installed some fresh, undiluted fluid and I think I?m good to go.

[Fentonite]

Turns out I must have had some sort of freeze.

Put the truck in a heated shop for a while and they started working again. I pumped all of the fluid out into a bucket and it definitely appeared to be pretty watered down compared to the new bottle of fluid I had. I had the truck serviced right before Christmas. I highly suspect the lube kids topped the reservoir off with water.

Installed some fresh, undiluted fluid and I think I?m good to go.

Nope. It was aliens. Check the crop circles for the answer.

[whitewalrus]

Turns out I must have had some sort of freeze.

Put the truck in a heated shop for a while and they started working again. I pumped all of the fluid out into a bucket and it definitely appeared to be pretty watered down compared to the new bottle of fluid I had. I had the truck serviced right before Christmas. I highly suspect the lube kids topped the reservoir off with water.

Installed some fresh, undiluted fluid and I think I?m good to go.

You would hope that far into December they would use the winter stuff.


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[ray1970]

You would hope that far into December they would use the winter stuff.


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Well, who knows. Maybe there?s a washer fluid shortage and the barely out of high school kids that work the lube rack were advised by management to just top things off with water.

Plus, let?s not forget that the average temperatures in December were what? Fifty degrees? Maybe they thought it wasn?t a big deal and that I?d probably use it all up before it got cold enough to be an issue.

Most likely its just a general lack of common sense or life experience. Looking at them I would say the kids working in the lube section where I had the truck serviced were all probably between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one and they?re probably paid peanuts.

No harm, no foul since no damage was done I suppose. Also a life lesson for me. If I take a vehicle in for service in the winter months I should just make sure I bring it in with a full washer tank so they can?t add water.