Hello Winter Niggles - Meine Golf ist sehr kalt oder Squirters ist Kaput!

[Mr_F]

Hi Chaps,

So it's -4 on the way into work this morning, bit of dirt around so need a dab of the old windscreen wash.

1) no spray on the windows even though I expressly checked the nozzles were clear when de-icing.
2) my headlight washers worked fine once, but seem to have blasted siberia over the lights and refused to drop back down. see pics.

Now I have the uber grade winter strength concentration washer fluid in so wasn't expecting this.  Have done a search but nothing conclusive.  Any suggestions?  Would prefer to avoid the loveley main dealer monkeys.

[MAW73]

Hi Chaps,

So it's -4 on the way into work this morning, bit of dirt around so need a dab of the old windscreen wash.

1) no spray on the windows even though I expressly checked the nozzles were clear when de-icing.
2) my headlight washers worked fine once, but seem to have blasted siberia over the lights and refused to drop back down. see pics.

Now I have the uber grade winter strength concentration washer fluid in so wasn't expecting this.  Have done a search but nothing conclusive.  Any suggestions?  Would prefer to avoid the loveley main dealer monkeys.

Drove 35 miles into work this morning and in the 45 mins it took me to get there my washers didn't even defrost for me to bloody use them. I attempted to use the washers and all I succeeded in doing was to smear the dirt and salt across my window screen with the wiper blades making visibility even worse 

God I hate winter sometimes.....

[The Doc]

More concentrated screen wash required chaps 

[Mr_F]

I'd agree with you doc, but this stuff was near neat, having lived in -39 deg c in Iowa for 6 months I've never had this problem.

[p3asa]

Now I have the uber grade winter strength concentration washer fluid in so wasn't expecting this.  Have done a search but nothing conclusive.  Any suggestions?  Would prefer to avoid the loveley main dealer monkeys.

Your light washer being stuck won't be down to your screen wash though. It will be the mechanics round about it that have frozen. Probably the condensation frozen over. I'd imagine when it thaws and you next use it it should go back in.
Get the hairdryer out 

Drove 35 miles into work this morning and in the 45 mins it took me to get there my washers didn't even defrost for me to bloody use them. I attempted to use the washers and all I succeeded in doing was to smear the dirt and salt across my window screen with the wiper blades making visibility even worse 

God I hate winter sometimes.....

Should have got a Golf.  Mine wouldn't activate the wipers if it didn't detect any water but only on the 2nd and further attempts. I thought it wa a neat feature!

[The Doc]

I'd agree with you doc, but this stuff was near neat, having lived in -39 deg c in Iowa for 6 months I've never had this problem.

Low quality British screen wash, had simillar in Canada winters -35 and all that but still able to use screen wash 

[ScottA]

I use VW/Audi screen wash and haven't had a prob yet. Disabled headlight washers via VCDS as hate them.

[MAW73]

More concentrated screen wash required chaps 

Your probably right tbo. Filled mine up from empty at the weekend and didn't measure the amount of screen wash I put in. A school boy error !

[mike.]

Mine did that during the really cold winter 2010/11, they will eventually return to normal by themselves.

As far as I know it is water pressure that forces them out and when you are driving in sub zero temperatures the wind chill at speed would be much lower and can cause them to freeze out.

[Jimble]

I agree with p3asa in that it won't be your screenwash causing the jet to stick out but it would'nt have helped, i only use vw screen wash and 3/4 of bottle with every washer fill and i've never had any problems.