Do you have two separate tanks for the front and rear washers??, If not it's likely you have one pump that spins one way to pump to the front screen and the other way to pump to the rear, Ford not being know for over complicationI can only surmise that though the pump motor runs the pumping action has now 100% failed. NB AFAIK the rear screen is a separate circuit and pump unit.....but that has also failed.
Thanks for the Steradent tip.
My woes were cured at rather more expense than yours - they took the tank out to drain it completely and replaced the tube from motor up to the front washer nozzle splitter. Well worth the expense IMO!
Interesting, hadn’t thought about that. I’ve definitely only one tank but I think I have operated both front and rear simultaneously (not while driving!!! ), have check.Do you have two separate tanks for the front and rear washers??, If not it's likely you have one pump that spins one way to pump to the front screen and the other way to pump to the rear, Ford not being know for over complication
I really dislike UK spec toxic screenwash mix, which are essentially mega toxic methanol aqueous blend with perfumes and some industrial detergent. You won't find that in many other countries. Isopropanol is what many will use. Nothing wrong with ethanol too, but there are different mainly tax reasons why it is not used commercially.
I mix my own, which is as simple as a few drops of Surecare washing up liquid in a liter of water, and where necessary 50-200ml isopropanol (that's essential for cold winter days, but will improve washing action). Distilled water would be best but I don't expect many would have the facilities; tap rubbish works OK so far. Do not under any circumstances use Fairy. This foams far too much as well as really stinks. Btw. I use Surecare for all my dishwashing - powerful enough but no nasty toxic artificial perfumes.
Easy to check. It's written on the back labelI’m not sure they are still using methanol.
Not on mine! But I agree it should (and isn’t) on all these household chemical products.Easy to check. It's written on the back label
Not on mine! But I agree it should (and isn’t) on all these household chemical products.
If it's in there, it will have to be listed somewhere - you can't just stick something as nasty as methanol into household materials without a warning.
If it's in there, it will have to be listed somewhere - you can't just stick something as nasty as methanol into household materials without a warning.
Oh wow labelling rules must have moved backwards so quickly! I firmly believe customers deserve to know what they are buying whatever it may be...
You can still find some of it by looking for MSDS, SDS, or safety data sheets. Like here https://ulmysds.com/Admin/Search or here https://automotivesafetydatasheets.com/prestone-all-season-screenwash-Safety-Data-Sheet-SDS
I see methanol listed in most of them, typically as a very strange mix - presumably that's some industrial distillate waste stream that they resell as screenwash - or even on its own
Typically you would get away lowering freezing point by going for a single water soluble solvent like isopropanol (also IPA, 2-propanol), ethylene glycol, etc. I guess proper pure supply costs a bit more hence you get sold the cheaper poorly specified mix. On amazon you would pay £21/5L as a consumer. This typically gets much lower at larger quantities if you were to set up your own screen and glass wash, or desinfectant company.