Hi! This is my first times posting so be gentle!

I have a 2010 Octavia II vRS TDI CR which I have had from new. Last night I was coming back from Rushden to Birmingham and the temperature was at -4^oC and my washer jets just froze!

I am thinking of fitting some heated washer jets / nozzles to counter this problems. Does anyone know of part number for heated washers and how to fit them?

I have been searching the forum but have not found anything, maybe looking in the wrong place knowing me!

Also would like to thank folks for all the post, have read loads and even hardwire my iPhone holder using some of the topic.

I'd be very surprised if you don't already have them.

I can't help with heated washer nozzles but I did have the same problem as you yesterday.

Whilst you're waiting to fit heated nozzles just make sure your screenwash is highly concentrated, I'd go 50:50 with screenwash and water, even more concentrated won't hurt!

I had a loan car over the weekend and the mixture was too weak leading to the screenwash filler being frozen solid (we had -12).

cjb: If I have them I don't know how to turn them on, are they linked to the rear screen heater or heated mirrors? I will try them later tonight.

Lou_O: Mate the screen washer was nearly neat! I think there was a weak formula in the pipes from before because I topped up the screen wash without diluting it before I left.

Heated washer jets are not available on the Octavia.

Skoda used to claim that by locating them beneath the lip of the bonnet and sheilding them from the elements that heating wasn't required.

However I notice that they are in the same location on the new Superb but that Skoda now offer heated washer jets as a cost option.

Its also worth noting that heated washer jets are just that, you don't get any heating of the reservoir or pipes so they aren't an instant cure.

Also modern washer jets as fitted to the Octavia cover the windscreen in a fan of water rather than two or four pin point jets, this makes it much easier for them to freeze, even when using neat screen wash.

Heated washer jets are not available on the Octavia.

Skoda used to claim that by locating them beneath the lip of the bonnet and sheilding them from the elements that heating wasn't required.

However I notice that they are in the same location on the new Superb but that Skoda now offer heated washer jets as a cost option.

Its also worth noting that heated washer jets are just that, you don't get any heating of the reservoir or pipes so they aren't an instant cure.

Also modern washer jets as fitted to the Octavia cover the windscreen in a fan of water rather than two or four pin point jets, this makes it much easier for them to freeze, even when using neat screen wash.

Your right about the fan jets freezing the screen mate, not good on the motorway in fog as well!

Has anyone one got a solid solution to this problem?

Check out this thread over on the Superb forum, even those with the optional heated washer jets are having problems with them freezing up...

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/182246-how-do-you-turn-on-heated-washers/

There is also a link in the above thread to some pictures of the underside of the heated washer jets, I wonder if they are retrofittable to the Octavia?

My Scout has them and when Ben@Shark took ECU off, I tell you there were lots of cables hooks to water pipes. Wasn't easy to dissemble as very tight space and fragile cables.

Check out this thread over on the Superb forum, even those with the optional heated washer jets are having problems with them freezing up...

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/182246-how-do-you-turn-on-heated-washers/

There is also a link in the above thread to some pictures of the underside of the heated washer jets, I wonder if they are retrofittable to the Octavia?

Thanks, I have read this thread before. Sounds like it may not be worth the time and effort if the problems still there.