Buy screen wash - Save £500 this winter!

[Boat_face]

With a cold spell most likely round the corner learn from my mistake and fill your screenwash with vodka, winter screenwash or Aldi Gin not just water! Sounds obvious I know but with a busted washer line and my CM filling with water it wasn't the best December for me! If I'd bothered to fill it with something else it would have been a lot easier.

Go on next time you pass those Halfords specials pick up a bottle!

[mikeybutch]

Best not to use any water if the same freeze and only the good stuff too

[the bodgemeister]

Worse car (although the best I've ever owned) for freezing over was a Fiat Coupe. Had to use the hair dryer on a couple of occasions just to defrost the door seals so I could open the thing!

I definitely agree with the screenwash though.

[Columbo]

Same here, i used to have a Alfa Brera, the doors would not open as the glass needed to drop , not when covered in ice though. They must not have frosts in Italy

[toff]

Hi,

The doors froze shut on my A4 Avant a few times in the depths of the big freeze back in 2009.. I honestly thought the rubber would be torn in half by the time I got the door open!

I'm thinking of applying some Vaseline or petroleum Jelly to them this year.. is there any risk of oil based lubes like those damaging the paintwork that comes into contact with the rubber seals?

On a seperate note.. has anybody else noticed how UPVC doors & windows in the house struggle to open / lock when the weather is seriously cold (-10 and less)?

Al.

[danclyon]

Hi,

The doors froze shut on my A4 Avant a few times in the depths of the big freeze back in 2009.. I honestly thought the rubber would be torn in half by the time I got the door open!

I'm thinking of applying some Vaseline or petroleum Jelly to them this year.. is there any risk of oil based lubes like those damaging the paintwork that comes into contact with the rubber seals?

On a seperate note.. has anybody else noticed how UPVC doors & windows in the house struggle to open / lock when the weather is seriously cold (-10 and less)?

Al.

I'd use some silicone grease wiped on the seals and thoroughly wiped down personally as you are only trying to stop the surfaces bonding. Alternatively, good clean seals and well polished door-shuts will do just about the same job if you've got plenty of wax left behind. And on the UPVC front, it's not that stable at low temperatures, the windows sold here are really made for down to about -5 after which they tend to start to change their shape a little explaining what you are seeing, but they fall back into shape when they warm up again. You cannot beat something like GT85 sprayed into the lock and onto the hinges/shuts etc in about October to help with this problem, plus making sure that the window frames are clean where the seals mate and that the seals are also clean - same story as the car really :)

[GRBspeedster]

Use Krytox on seals or get some rubber lubricant (from diving shop-used for wetsuits) and keep seals clean