Frozen washing liquid, what to do if water frozen in the washer tank

Winter is a pretty difficult time of year, especially for car owners. The harsh climatic conditions in this period are forced many motorists to face a mass of small troubles that are associated with a car - replacement of engine oil, antifreeze, candles, battery change. In order to avoid serious trouble, it is very important to replace the summer tires in a timely manner. However, unfortunately, even full preparation for the winter period cannot give a complete guarantee of the absence of various force majeure situations. About this further in the article.

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Imagine, for example, a completely possible situation that can occur with each car owner. On the first day of the real winter, when the favorite car turns into a snow-white snowdrift, and the glasses are covered by Founding, the car owner seems to foresee everything. And so, having shook from the car. Snow and turning on the wipers specially intended for this weather, the lucky driver goes from the courtyard without any problems, quietly laughing on the mass of other motorists who did not have time to prepare on time - someone sat the battery, someone did not I managed to postpone the winter tires and so on. The soul of the car owner involuntarily begins to enjoy that it is his car perfectly prepared for everything.

As a rule, the first days of the winter period are not always very cold, so the dirt does not immediately freeze. This can be seen after the vehicle turns out to be on the main route. And so, the "prepared motorist" had to face the first problem - the dirt raised from the road by the wheels of passing cars to the side and windshield in large quantities. No matter how high-quality wipers were not, they could not cope with this thread. They only smear the settlement dirt, which further worsens visibility. Not despairing, the motorist tries to correct the situation by activating the flow of the washing fluid, but it is surprised, absolutely nothing happens. What's the matter? It turns out that the car owner, like the mass of other motorists, forgot to pour a special non-freezing liquid, as a result of which the water in the tank simply frozen. And here is a lawsager question: what to do in this situation? You should not succumb to panic, because there are a number of practical options for solving such a problem.

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To begin with, you should find out the amount of fluid in the washing tank. If the tank is full, the motorist needs to drive the car into any heated room, for example, in a warm garage, washing, in car service, and so on. Naturally, it will take quite a lot of time, because you have to wait for the ice completely melted. However, if you do not do this, the tank will overtake not earlier than the first thaw or the offensive of spring, and this, you see, wait even longer. When the ice is melting, get rid of the greatest possible amount of fluid, extinguishing it by means of the glazing system. Then the required amount of non-freeze fluid is poured into the tank - it should be used until the end of the season.

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The advantages of this option:

  1. It does not depend on the volume of water in the washing tank.
  2. One of the most simple methods for defrosting the washing system.
  3. Harmed method and guarantees a hundred percent of the reliability of the result.

Disadvantages of this option:

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  1. You will have to spend a lot of time until the washing system flaps and start working again.
  2. The costs incurred by the driver to take advantage of the room washing, car service or a warm garage, if there is no owner of the driver.

Heat hot water, pros and cons

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If the driver needs to urgently go somewhere, then ordinary hot water will help. If the motorist did not have time to drive away from home, you can take hot water there. To solve the problem, it will take about one liter of fluid. It is worth noting that to defrost water in the tank, it is necessary to use it precisely hot water, but not boiling water, since a sharp temperature difference in the washing tank may entail its damage. So, how does the whole procedure happen? Water should be pouring into the neck, then wait for a while. Multiple minutes should be enough for the tank to pull out. Next include the washing system - as a rule, it should earn.

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It is important to know that the water is not rarely able to freeze not only in the tank, but also in the spraying system nozzles and tubes leading to these nozzles. But, as a rule, when mixing ice with hot water, it turns out a liquid that can cope with the authorities, in particular, if not very frosty weather.

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When the system works, you should drain all the water from the tank and pour the non-freezing fluid purchased in the nearest auto shop instead. Do all this is necessary very quickly so that the water will not have time to freeze again.

The advantages of this option:

  1. The system will overtake in short terms.
  2. From the motorist, this option does not require absolutely no costs.

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Disadvantages of this option:

If the frost is very strong, the water will most likely be able to break through the nozzle of the system and the frozen tubes, which will entail an increase in fluid and rather fast re-freezing in the tank. Therefore, if after you were filled with hot water, the system is all exactly refuse to work, it will also have to go to a warm garage or another room and wait for the expansion of the system there.

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How to defrost washup, pour alcohol, pros and cons

To quickly defrost the washing liquid, you can use alcohol - technical or medical without a difference. In extreme cases, vodka is suitable. After you add alcohol into the tank, it will enter the ice to the reaction, highlighting the heat. As a result, the ice melts very quickly. Naturally, if the street is minus forty, then you should not wait for the quick effect.

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The advantages of this option:

  1. The system will overtake in short terms.
  2. Minimum costs from the motorist.

Disadvantages of this option:

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There is a risk that the traffic police officer who stopped you will ask "Raise to the tube."

How to defrost washout adding high-quality non-freezing liquid, step-by-step instructions

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If there is no time for defrosting in the room, and other means do not give results, you need to go to the store, where you should choose and purchase a high-quality non-freezing liquid with the lowest possible temperature threshold. Next, heating the car to the maximum and in any convenient way to heat the "non-freeze". When both the car and the non-freezing fluid have sufficiently warmed up, you need to add a heated fluid into the tank and go to the warm room. Taru with non-freezing fluid must be put in a warm place, for example, where the air jet from the stove is directed. When you arrive at the destination, you need to take a container with liquid and simply add to the system, where the place was released due to ice melting. Everyone knows that the ice occupies a much greater volume than water.

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While the vehicle is standing in the warm room and the process of defrosting, you can go to eat or go shopping and make the required purchases. Approximately 2-4 hours, depending on whether a lot of ice is in a tank, the entire system should exhaust, including nozzles and nozzles. After that, we drain all the water from the tank and fill the non-freezing fluid there. If there is a very strong frost on the street, you should drive the car to the parking in any shopping center, and then pick it up.

Tips Pros: how to make a non-freeze do it yourself

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It is worth noting that you can make a homemade non-freezing liquid, which will cost much cheaper than in the store. In addition, you will not be able to doubt the quality of the product, because the modern market is filled with fakes and poor-quality goods produced by handicraft. To do this, buy a liter of "triple" cologne and liter of cheap vodka. Cologne and vodka mix in a five-liter canister. It turns out a fluid, the percentage of alcohol in which will be 60. This mixture will not freeze at the air temperature to minus sixty degrees. Then add a liter of ordinary water to the canister. So that is all. "Immindle" is ready. It will smell cologne and will not freeze at a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius.

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