Gregory,
most modern cars have heated washer nozzles, and
we definitely need them in Germany, even though
temperatures are generally a lot milder than in
Scandinavia, mid west US or Canada. The “wind
chill factor” is usually too strong for
antifreeze: We generally prep our washer bottles
up to -30° Centigrade in winter, which seems to
leave sufficient reserve. But travelling at >130
kph makes a world of difference. One day during
last winter we were travelling at -18°C and
autobahn speeds, and virtually all gas stations
were packed with cars and their owners
desperately trying to remove the salt/dirt/ice
crust from the windscreens. Washers were long lost for virtually all cars.
So definitely: Yes, we want the same nozzles in
the bonnet! No need to give them to Canadians only!
Enjoy your cars in those last nice fall days on the northern hemisphere
Jochen
75 XJ6L 4.2 auto (UK spec)>Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:36:45 -0700
From: “Dr Gregory Andrachuk” v12-vdp@shaw.ca
Subject: [xj] When is pushing the revs on a series 3 V12 vdp to much?
for this reason. Those bonnet-mounted washers, for example, that permitted
the washer fluid to be heated by the engine as it passed through hoses under
the bonnet. My question: This very sensible modification was used ONLY on
the Canadian cars. Were there no similarly icy conditions in Germany, the
UK, the USA, Norway or any other part of the globe where Series III cars
were sold? Or was Jaguar Canada just the noisiest and most demanding part of
the organisation? Generally we are a polite, deferential lot…or was Jaguar
Canada just the favoured child?
Gregory,
Victoria, Canada
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Jochen Gl�ckner wrote:
Gregory,
most modern cars have heated washer nozzles, and we definitely need
them in Germany, even though temperatures are generally a lot milder
than in Scandinavia, mid west US or Canada. The “wind chill factor” is
usually too strong for antifreeze: We generally prep our washer
bottles up to -30� Centigrade in winter, which seems to leave
sufficient reserve. But travelling at >130 kph makes a world of
difference. One day during last winter we were travelling at -18�C and
autobahn speeds, and virtually all gas stations were packed with cars
and their owners desperately trying to remove the salt/dirt/ice crust
from the windscreens. Washers were long lost for virtually all cars.
So definitely: Yes, we want the same nozzles in the bonnet! No need to
give them to Canadians only!
Indeed, Jochen…
One primitive way is to wind the nozzle feed multiple times around a
heat source - like the radiator hose. And one can of course heat the
bottle as well - but it is all better done at car conception…
One Russian trick was to use pure vodka, it was cheaper than water at
some time - and some heavily taxed Norwegians filled such cheap spirits
into the washer bottle for different reasons when crossing borders. Of
course; spirits have lower boiling point so heat with care - and while
heated fluid may be liquid in the container; unless ‘proof’; when
sprayed on a widscreen it may produce instant white-out…
Fortunately, even with road salting there is little need for widscreen
washers at 30 below - and one then uses washers at some peril…
Frank
xj6 85 Sov Europe (UK/NZ)> Enjoy your cars in those last nice fall days on the northern hemisphere
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:36:45 -0700
for this reason. Those bonnet-mounted washers, for example, that
permitted
the washer fluid to be heated by the engine as it passed through
hoses under
the bonnet. My question: This very sensible modification was used
ONLY on
the Canadian cars. Were there no similarly icy conditions in Germany,
the
UK, the USA, Norway or any other part of the globe where Series III cars
were sold? Or was Jaguar Canada just the noisiest and most demanding
part of
the organisation? Generally we are a polite, deferential lot…or was
Jaguar
Canada just the favoured child?
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