i have had my octy for about six months now, and i'm still using the original liquid in the container for the windscreen washer, that came with the car, hehe.

Since it is about to finish now, are there any particular recommendations and what brands to use? I don't like to clog the sprayer, since the it sprays out fine droplets and seems easy to clog.

Does skoda recommend a particular brand for the liquid? anything else you found good?

thanks

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i have had my octy for about six months now, and i'm still using the original liquid in the container for the windscreen washer, that came with the car, hehe.

Bloody hell!!!!!

Steve

Six months! Sometimes I get around six days in the Fab!

Well maybe slightly longer than that :(

lol... i tend to wash all the car, rather than just the windscreen... and that happens every two weeks or something like that. anyway, does not rain that often here :P

Editted to say...: now since you change it so often, and have had no problems so far, any particular brands you recommend, or are they all good?

Does skoda recommend a particular brand for the liquid? anything else you found good?

Apparently there is a VAG spec for the washer additive. Any VW/Audi/Skoda dealer should be able to supply. From what I have read on Briskoda, it doesn't seem to be that much more expensive than decent off-the-shelf screenwash, but I haven't tried it myself. I think it has to be "low-foam" in order not to block/damage the fan jets (or so they say).

The sprayers use a different kind of screenwash (more liquid) than the jets. Ask big k or stopan1j about it...

The sprayers use a different kind of screenwash (more liquid) than the jets. Ask big k or stopan1j about it...

IIRC, big k got quite evangelical about the stuff. I'll see if I can find the thread... talk amongst yourselves.

Who'd have though it 5 years ago that you had to put a certain type of washer fluid in a Skoda to make it work

Steve

Nearest I could get was this from Denis:

A mixture of 2 parts VAG Windscreen Clear concentrate to one part water gives protection down to -40

Leyland,

Go to your Skoda dealer (or any VW / Audi dealer) and ask them for Screenwash fluid for FanJet washers.

I was sceptical about this stuff, but i took BigK's word for it and gave it a go, it IS a lot better than the stuff you buy in carparts stores etc, and cheaper

Only thing is, my wiper blades are cr*p...gotta get some new ones

I was sceptical about this stuff, but i took BigK's word for it and gave it a go, it IS a lot better than the stuff you buy in carparts stores etc, and cheaper

and it smells nice too

Leyland' date='

Go to your Skoda dealer (or any VW / Audi dealer) and ask them for Screenwash fluid for FanJet washers.

I was sceptical about this stuff, but i took BigK's word for it and gave it a go, it IS a lot better than the stuff you buy in carparts stores etc, and cheaper

Only thing is, my wiper blades are cr*p...gotta get some new ones [/quote']

You weren't sceptical, you were lobbying against Skoda dealer extortiate pricing!

You can borrow my hat

You weren't sceptical' date=' you were lobbying against Skoda dealer extortiate pricing!

You can borrow my hat [/quote']

Q,

I stand by my assertion that their price for "1 cap full" of screenwash was a rip-off, particularly in cases where the rest of the bottle is not passed on to the customer

PLease keep your hat, you need it to keep the bald patch warm

I was sceptical about this stuff' date=' but i took BigK's word for it and gave it a go, it IS a lot better than the stuff you buy in carparts stores etc, and cheaper

and it smells nice too [/quote']

So, big k, if both you and Denis are right - you like the smell of hospitals?!?

So, big k, if both you and Denis are right - you like the smell of hospitals?!?

It's the nurses that come with the hospital smells that we like!

It's the nurses that come with the hospital smells that we like!

ask your dealer for part number 00v096320, sprayjet additive, not cheaps, smells awful but even removed dead flies.

thanks all (:

but i like alot the original smell of the additive that came with the car form the factory.

But i like alot the original smell of the additive that came with the car from the factory.

Should be the same stuff - but I am NOT going out to my car in the rain and wind to have a sniff... :(

both skoda and vw dealers did not stock any kind of screenwash liquid. both told me that for skoda and vw you can use normal screenwash liquid. i bought autoglym screenwash liquid, suitable only for 0^C and above, so should be ok here since temperature never reach freezing. not many choices i found. i'll see how good it is.

I get this stuff for

Leyland, you need an additive which doesn't leave a residue as it evaporates. Surely a few drops of washing up liquid in water would suffice?

Leyland, you need an additive which doesn't leave a residue as it evaporates. Surely a few drops of washing up liquid in water would suffice?

Noooooooooo !!

Its full of salt Denis, bad for the old paintwork you know

Geoff, there's loads of salt in the air in Malta since it is surrounded by the sea. In winter I used to watch the waves pounding the shores there during the occasional storms and not worry about getting salt water all over my cars. That said, I will amend my advice to just using tap water like I did for the 3 years I lived there. (But I wouldn't continue using tap water in the radiator since engine design has changed since the 60s!)

I also lived in Gibraltar for 3 years and the roads there were washed down daily with salt water in the summer. I shudder to think what that would do to aluminium components in cars these days. :(

A fair point Denis, but why add more salt if you're already surrounded by the stuff?

Anyway, i would guess a weak solution of bog-standard screenwash won't do too much harm.