How often do you fill up your windscreen washer bottle??

[Marc_182]

Just a quick question because i am not sure if my washer bottle has a whole or something?

With my old 106 Gti i used to fill my washer bottle every 2-3 months but with my new 182 i seem to be filling it up every 1-2 weeks.

Anyone else have this problem or how often do you fill up??

Cheers

 

[Gaz_]

Clios are quite prone to cracked sceen wash bottles.... The 182 (if not a Cup) has a larger bottle too because of the headlamp washers

 

[Joshua.J]

Yer just had to take mine out to fix a small slit around the pump. Pain in the ass to do

 

[Jimmybs]

all the time dont worry about it, im using it all the time! U gotta remember we have had awful weather so u use it alot, u wont need half as much in the next 6 months!

 

[kev182cup]

The washer bottle on the 106 is quite big compared to the 182 I found. I only fill mine every couple of months. Maybe the 182 squirts more water out. Or you have a hole.

 

[jesus]

Whenever it runs out! Don't forget 182s have headlamp washer jets.

 

[Damo_Sport]

could be the bumper washers are leaking.. my bumper washes leak but i still hardly have to refill my washer bottle

 

[Marc_182]

I was thinking that the headlight washer jets will use the extra water but just didnt expect to be filling it every fortnight.

But as Jimmybs says the weather has been poor so i am using it alot. Hopefully things will be better when the summer comes. :S

 

[DrR]

Once a week.

 

[Leeshez]

Every couple of weeks for me. Mine crys. I mean it leaks from the headlight washer.

 

[H182]

Very rare for me, hardly use it. Last got topped up at its service in August and when I checked it this weekend its only gone down about 2 inch.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Do the headlamp washers activate as you spray the windscreen aswell on the 1*2's? Or is there a seperate button for it?

 

[*Badger*]

Do the headlamp washers activate as you spray the windscreen aswell on the 1*2's? Or is there a seperate button for it?

When you have your Xenon's on, and you use the windscreen washers, the headlight washers also activiate. With Xenon's off, they dont.

 

[ipodsandguns]

I have to refill my 182 FF one quite often. I have a couple of reasons why i believe i have to.

I had a mk2b punto before and the windscreen sempt way more aureodynamic. I could travel at abou 45 and rain would roll up the screen and over the car. i need to be at about 90 for this to occur in the clio.

And the second reason i think is due to the back in comparison to my punto.

My puntos standard spoiler over hung the window so any filth and water would run off the car with out touching the rear glass.
I never once used rear spray on the punto and the rear wiper about 3 times in 2 years. The hatch the clio is filthy after one run in the rain...

 

[badgerbite]

Clios are quite prone to cracked sceen wash bottles.... The 182 (if not a Cup) has a larger bottle too because of the headlamp washers

This happens a lot when its cold - yer screen washer water can freeze expanding the bottle, cracking it at the seal housing. With the temperatures rising and lowering sporadically over the last few weeks, this could be enough to overstress the bottle material and cause a leak.

to test it you could place some newspaper under the car, spray your jets a few times and then check the paper fer leaks?

 

[Gally]

I still laugh at the headlamp washers, don't help at all!

 

[Triki]

I disconected my headlamp washers. Now is gets filled up every few months.

 

[katg]

Anyone know the capacity for a standard bottle, was filling it up last month, and couldn't find the capacity anywhere to know how much concentrate i needed to fill up properly, looked in the haynes manual and all, but didn't seem to say. just ended up putting a litre in, and then put another litre in last week when it ran out again, would like to have it full though so i don't need to keep doing it

 

[kev182cup]

^^^^ a tubs worth. Lol

 

[Richyy182]

i have noticed this myself, somehow one of my pipes for the head light washer has come away, there useless anyway

I have to fill most weeks

 

[DrR]

Anyone know the capacity for a standard bottle, was filling it up last month, and couldn't find the capacity anywhere to know how much concentrate i needed to fill up properly, looked in the haynes manual and all, but didn't seem to say. just ended up putting a litre in, and then put another litre in last week when it ran out again, would like to have it full though so i don't need to keep doing it

Do it in a sperate container like everyone else does?

 

[Fletcher]

Anyone know the capacity for a standard bottle, was filling it up last month, and couldn't find the capacity anywhere to know how much concentrate i needed to fill up properly, looked in the haynes manual and all, but didn't seem to say. just ended up putting a litre in, and then put another litre in last week when it ran out again, would like to have it full though so i don't need to keep doing it

IIRC 5 litres

 

[Daz.]

Hardly fill mine up but it doesn't tend to get dirty enough to need to use it! The missus' fiesta one is tiny, that gets filled up often! The 172 and the willy's seems to last for ages.

 

[jonbrown]

seem to do mine every time I fill up with petrol!!

 

[katg]

Do it in a sperate container like everyone else does?

Thanks, no idea why I never thought of doing that. will need to hunt down a bigger bottle, maybe finish off the squash quickly. At home we've always had room to sort litres of the diluted stuff, now my garage has to fit in the boot, so concentrate had to be the way to go instead!

 

[jdh91]

reminds me to top up mine. topped it when i bought and has taken 3 months to empty.

 

[daydotz]

top it up every few weeks depends how much ive used them tbh

 

[Sean Yarkoni]

I have a similer problem with my 172.
My windscreen washers need to be refilled every two weeks or so,
and mine doesn't even have light washers.

Wierd.

 

[gashead1105]

With the headlight washers, it is a common fault that they weep water even when not used. Mark Fish does a modification to the feed pipes by inserting one way valves. Definitely worthwhile having done!

 

[Danmalone1999]

Never, i disconnected mine and put it in the bin.

 

[v15ben]

Every couple of weeks for me. Mine crys. I mean it leaks from the headlight washer.

Same on mine. Seem to get through a shiteload of screenwash compared to any other car I've driven!

 

[dangle172]

I put about 2lt a week in.......due to the big leak i have.

 

[TimR26]

I've gone for two months without refilling it just using my wipers to clean the windscreen when it rains.

 

[Jun]

It's probably been about 2 months for me too. Most of my driving is just through streets so it never really gets that dirty.

 

[WILLIE]

90% motorway driving results in a fortnightly fill up for me :dapprove: