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    OK, this is kinda random, but I bought some of the 303 washer tablets that you mix with a gallon of water and have that in the cars now. They provide ample warning about a complete lack of anti-freeze characteristics and that one would need to compensate. So, any suggestions on how much rubbing alcohol or IPA I should add to a gallon of water to protect against freezing? The cars would rarely see 0F, if that. I really don`t know how to gage something like this.



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    303 sez:....

    Winter Conditions: Anti-freeze type windshield solvents are poor cleaners. For triple cleaning power with any anti-freeze windshield solvent, add a 303 Instant Windshield Washer Tablet.

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    Pouring alcohol into washer fluid is alcohol abuse where I`m concerned.



    .....oh. You don`t mean THAT kind of alcohol, do you?



    I live in the freezing north. It has been in the teens most of the day today. I can honestly say after fifteen years of living up here that I`ve never once had my wiper fluid freeze on me. I don`t use anything fancy either. Just the normal blue stuff that kind of smells like Fruit Loops. I guess if I was really concerned then I could put some of the RainX for winter fluid in there or some other variation, but I`ve honestly never had a problem. And I`m the kind of guy who goes through wiper fluid like crazy too, so I would know if it wasn`t working properly. Is this really a problem for people? Is it a design flaw of the location of the fluid reservoir or something? I`ve had several cars up here and none of them have had issues.
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    Best solution I`ve found is my truck`s heated washer fluid option. Doesn`t matter what you`ve got in there, it comes out of the nozzle at 140*F
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    Isn`t shooting hot water on a cold windshield sort of a not so good idea? I remember blowing a windshield up when I was younger by throwing a pot of hot water on it in the winter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny Lil Detlr
    Best solution I`ve found is my truck`s heated washer fluid option. Doesn`t matter what you`ve got in there, it comes out of the nozzle at 140*F


    Well, what happens when the vehicle sits outside the entire day and the tank freezes/bursts

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jngrbrdman
    Isn`t shooting hot water on a cold windshield sort of a not so good idea? I remember blowing a windshield up when I was younger by throwing a pot of hot water on it in the winter.


    In general yeah that`d be a bad idea, but the way this works it`s never been an issue. Pretty slick setup in that it just sort of "dribbles" out at first to bring the wiper blade and glass up to a safe temp, then starts spraying like normal. This is my truck`s third winter and it has never caused an issue. I don`t even have to bother scraping ice either, this cuts through it like butter and a set of blades still lasts me a little over a year.



    Quote Originally Posted by tom p.
    Well, what happens when the vehicle sits outside the entire day and the tank freezes/bursts


    Never had that happen....
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