Washer Fluid for Winter
 

What kind of washer fluid do you guys use? Regular, de-icer etc? Might be a lame question but on my e53 it was a pain. If I used anything besides water or bmw it would leak out from the pumps.

Thanks again.

Any -40 fluid from a gas station. Never straight water. Didn't use OE BMW, but sometimes OE Volkswagen, which seemed similar to the BMW fluid.

The genuine BMW anti freeze window washer fluid is currently . I'm currently running the VW -25 safe fluid in my cars. So far this winter I haven't had any icing issues on my windshield that the VW Fluid was not able to take care of. VW suggest a 50/50 blend of the fluid and water, I'm a more diluted solution than that with no issues.

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ECS Tuning

Is water from a bathroom faucet ok? There are minerals and chemicals. Or is it better to use water from filtered drinking water which contains absolutely no mineral.

Your best bet is distilled water for no mineral deposits left behind.

I have a few jugs of distilled water for use in the cooling system and window washers. As stated distilled water is going to have less impurities which helps keep the windows clean.

ECS Tuning

I'm sure it's not as "fancy" as OEM coolant, but I have always been pleased with the orange Rain-x used year round. $2.50/gal at walmart.:dunno:

Why would anyone use coolant OEM or Aftermarket on the windshield?

Sorry it was a long day...brain fart:D

Correction: washer fluid

whatever you do make sure it is at a suitable concentration not to freeze. I had mine at 1/3 concentrated washer fluid last year and it froze at -16C causing the rear washer pipe to split soaking the internals of my car. It took forever for the carpets to dry out.