After putting screen wash in and clogging the nossels, the local dealer, flushed them out to almost the same standard. However I have since bought the halfords (premium ready mixed screen wash - specifically for jets), and the have clogged up again! I've now started to use water to try and flush them, to no result. Any ideas.

You're supposed to use the VAG supplied wash wiper fluid otherwise any resultant damage wouldn't be covered under warranty.

Also its not always the screenwash but the water.

This is a hard water area and we get it alot.

Agreed. The local dealer told me about the halfords stuff!!!!!. Looks like I will need to get new ones!!!. The area Is soft water, and it's the cold temps that'd caused the fluid to thicken?

As said above, and often repeated, it is best to use the official skoda stuff. I'd mix it strong in this weather if i were you though. I find it good for washing the windows in warm weather, or once the screen warms up, but it is the only stuff i can ever remember freezing onto the windscreen if you use it early on in your driving on a cold night. Itry to clean the screen as best i can before i park up now, and avoid using the washers until i've been driving a fair time

Carry on using Halfords super concentrated screen wash - its works out much cheaper in the long run and does not go off and smell like rotten eggs compared to their cheaper stuff.

Buy some replacement fan washer jet nozzle from the dealer they are about £5 each and simple to fit with some long nose pliers to help hold the plastic washer line up when slowly pushing the new nozzle on. I've done 80,000 and replaced both once. I use five litres of screen wash a week in the winter with the mileage and road I use- with very hard water. Either that or buy a water softener!

Nothing wrong with the OEM screen wash and for some reason everyone assumes it's more expenisve.

I buy a 1 litre container and mix 250ml with 750 ml of water which gives me 4 litres of the correct fluid for my car for around £2.70.

I got ****ed off with mine clogging - i removed the feckers and bathed them in vinegar today, and gave them a scrub - put them back in, and although not perfect - it was nice to have something that actually managed to put water onto the windscreen, instead of dribbling below the wipers.

Nothing wrong with the OEM screen wash and for some reason everyone assumes it's more expenisve.

I actually think it's quite good generally - not sure how expensive it is because it was full when i bought the car, then they topped it up when i went back to have the rear washer re-connected, so i havent had to buy any yet.

I do think it's a bit pony in the freeze resisting department though - hence my comment above. Maybe the dealer are being tight and only putting a weak mix in, ,aybe i normally mix my screenwash much stronger than necessary, or maybe it's because it's been SO damn cold recently but i cant honestly remember a time when using the scrrenwash early on in a drive has resulted in the entire screen being covered in a layer of frozen screenwash leaving me no choice but to sit at the side of the road for five minutes til the screen warms up.

I got ****ed off with mine clogging - i removed the feckers and bathed them in vinegar today, and gave them a scrub - put them back in, and although not perfect - it was nice to have something that actually managed to put water onto the windscreen, instead of dribbling below the wipers.

I bet you were busting for a bag of chips though

I got ****ed off with mine clogging - i removed the feckers and bathed them in vinegar today, and gave them a scrub - put them back in, and although not perfect - it was nice to have something that actually managed to put water onto the windscreen, instead of dribbling below the wipers.

I did a search and found this thread on the first problem I've had with my 3 yr old 2nd user Octy. It may well be the wrong type of fluid I've used though what's been going in since the winter has been very dilute.

Any way I'm all for following up the suggestion that this contributor made about cleaning the jets out, but how does one get them off the car; or equally someone suggests new jets aren't that expensive, but again .... how do you get them out?

Thanks - Rob

Only ever used halfords blue ready mix and never had any blockages.

I would never use concentrate and water.

i use Skoda stuff and distilled water, no water marks or blockages and no nasty odours.

You can just un clip them and de scale when you do your kettle

I wonder if a run through the dishwasher would clear the bvggers out?

Mine have never been quite right after getting blocked with the Tesco carp.

If you are in a hard water area and don't want the expense of using de-ionised water all the time, I just use filtered water from a Brita kettle as that filters out 95% of the hardness. Goes back to when on an older car I got clogged jets. Since using filtered water no car seems to have blocked up again.

Normally use the Halfords super concentrate (their cheap stuff looks and smells horrible!). Not seen any issues, but mixing and matching could cause some reaction and sludge to form. So maybe sticking with the VAG one is sensible, although £2.70 a fill up for the VAG may be a bit more expensive.

The fluid must be suitable for fan jet nozzles.Any thing else is likely to cause them to clog up eventually. The "Ultimate Speed" stuff from Lidl/Aldi (i forget which) is good for -60°C undiluted and is much cheaper than the official VW/Skoda stuff. No clogging in over two years . Diluting 1:4 was adequate until we got the really cold weather . Over the summer been using it at ~1:10. I previously used the Halfords concentrate (blue container) with no problems either. Pre-mix stuff is mostly water and no good for more than a few degrees of frost.

The fluid must be suitable for fan jet nozzles.Any thing else is likely to cause them to clog up eventually.An additive is used to prevent the water hardness from releasing the solid deposits. The "Ultimate Speed" stuff from Lidl/Aldi (i forget which) is good for -60°C undiluted and is much cheaper than the official VW/Skoda stuff. No clogging in over two years . Diluting 1:4 was adequate until we got the really cold weather . Over the summer been using it at ~1:10. I previously used the Halfords concentrate (blue container) with no problems either. Pre-mix stuff is mostly water and no good for more than a few degrees of frost.

Edited 6 September, 201114 yr by gregoir