Smelly wiper jets

[The return of Marty Wild]

Anyone ever smelt that their wiper washer is far from fresh when they wipe their windows with the jets?

If so, how best to fix, can I do it without removing the tank?

Cheers in advance.

 

[Robertb]

You can get anti bacterial tablets to dissolve in the bottle, which might improve things

 

[jonttt]

Had it happen to my 993......water had effectively been sat in it for years and years and gone stale..........I simply ran the tank dry which takes a surprisingly long time.......just do it with some breaks so as to not overheat the motor and then top up with fresh water :thumb:

 

[The return of Marty Wild]

Cheers Gents, I'll look into it.

 

[TonyC911]

I had this reported by a technician on my recent service, along with a non-working headlight washer.

I finally got round to fixing the headlight washer at the weekend, which meant removing the bumper and during testing the washer fluid smelt seriously rank! I suspect the washer fluid additives go-off over long periods :yuk:

Today I drained the washer fluid tank, using a thin plastic tube and large syringe (which I have for mixing cleaning products). It took a little while, but there must have been 1.5 - 2 litres and the water was a nasty muddy brown concoction!

Pleased with the results though! :thumb:

 

[The return of Marty Wild]

Yeah I need to get on this. Will post up my findings. Was tempted to buy some tabs perhaps to start cleaning things up... then empty out the water.

 

[giraffeinbath]

I have some of this and it smells luurrverly every time you use the washers!

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/s...concentrate-screenwash-2l---berry-611735.html

I suspect it tastes of Vimto too but I can't confirm that as I haven't tried it.. :grin:

 

[Robertb]

Bear in mind if you leave any of the bacteria in the bottle it will breed again, unless you kill it with a different chemical to screenwash which its resistant to.

I ended up removing the screenwash bottle from one of my cars and cleaning it out with bleach as it kept getting blocked with what looked like seaweed!