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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347  
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Yes, -45.C are the better ones.
I tend to use 1/4 concentration in summer months and 2/4 aka 50/50 in winter time. I use Motul apple which is green. Won’t ever use that Carplan blue rubbish. I’m pretty sure it was that what started perishing my windscreen rubber. My windscreen washer bottle could do with replacing or a though clean for the pumps sake. But I’m guessing it’s a pig t get access to get it out? $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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18th Dec 2018 9:10pm |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586 
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Mate, I live in the “Paese del sole e della pizza”, not on the Alps, but here in Venice -20C is enough!
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19th Dec 2018 1:29am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372 
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The reservoir is awkward to remove but it can be done. You will need to unbolt the PAS reservoir and carefully move it and its bracket out of the way, and the pipe from the intercooler to the inlet manifold will require manipulating in order to get the reservoir out. You will also find that the screws which hold the washer reservoir to the inner wing are odd - they look like machine screws but have a coarse, woodscrew-like thread which bites into the polypropylene flange of the reservoir and (in theory) secures the screw so that the nut can be fitted from underneath. You will probably have to hold the screw (from above) whilst undoing the nut (from below), so four-foot arms with an extra elbow help!
Once out, it is still exceptionally difficult to clean the balck mould gunk out of the reservoir. The way I find works best is to rinse as much as possible out, then borrow SWMBO's best bottle brush (wait until she's out for this), then bung a handful of clean small gravel in with some water and shake the reservoir vigorously for a while. This does the job very well, and the gravel is easy to tip out afterwards. I think that the service manual says that the outer wing panel must be removed to get at the washer reservoir, but this is not necessary. |
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19th Dec 2018 8:56am |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2642 
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I run a diluted solution in the summer (when I remember) but just run it neat in the winter. It’s so cheap that it’s not worth worrying about.
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19th Dec 2018 10:54am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347
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Blackwolf - Thank-you. I shall have to do that I think as it won’t do the pump any good at all in the long run.
I’m always very careful to avoid contamination so it’s just general age related build up I think really. Interesting to hear that LR think it’s best to remove the wing. I think most people can understand why they think that’s a good idea to string out workshop hours. I’ve moved the PAS fluid bottle before for access. And I know the screws you mean, they have a rather large overall head dia. And of course naturally they are slightly corroded. IIRC, they were Dinitrolled when I saw them to protect them. I suppose ideally, distilled water should be used in there but not many do so myself included which may not help. (With the washer fluid concentrate of course.) $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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19th Dec 2018 11:45am |
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| Adam17 Member Since: 15 May 2018 Location: Within Bedfordshire Posts: 1193  
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I got some rainX for my wife, as her car is awful when it comes to steaming up... My car at the time, was an Audi, and I had no problem with steamed windows, but the rain was awful on the outside... So we applied it to her windscreen and low and behold, worked a treat. I thought id give it go on mine thinking it would help but actually made mine worse. But I think I will give it a go... Also there are a few videos showing shaving foam also helping well. I cant find the exact one I saw - but this will give you an idea... And its a lot cheaper than rainX!!! Regards Adam Loving The Duchess The Defender 110 TD5 XS My Defender story - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic64005.html |
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19th Dec 2018 1:25pm |
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| Adam17 Member Since: 15 May 2018 Location: Within Bedfordshire Posts: 1193
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finally found the video I saw
Regards Adam Loving The Duchess The Defender 110 TD5 XS My Defender story - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic64005.html |
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19th Dec 2018 3:20pm |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 1031 
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My dad says that his father used to carry a potato in the car before there were modern wiperblades. Once it started raining, he'd just cut the potato and rub on the windscreen. Probably appropriate for a Defender. |
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20th Dec 2018 11:15am |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
1988 AA /RAC on foggy window one j cloths rub washing up liquid in to the j cloths hang it over rad to dry now can be used to de foggy window in your land rover
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20th Dec 2018 11:40am |
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