The screen washer fluid in my vw touareg smells dreadful.
Car washer bottle smell.
When a windshield washer reservoir breaks or is damaged there will be several symptoms or warning signs that will alert you to this problem.
Fresh biodegradable solvent hint of ammonia fresh cold weather solvent methyl alcohol bleach apple cider vinegar.
My mk4 escort has it s air intake further forward in the bonnet as do a lot of other older cars.
I have tried adding.
It smelled like fish it also smelled like poop and throw up at different times.
Sounds like the last owner of the car did not use screen wash in the windscreen washer bottle.
Rover 600 6 years old.
The cause well the windshield wash.
Presumable it s because the cabin air intake is right at the base of the windscreen where all the fluid can seep down and evaporate into the car.
I was driving it at the weekend on a motorway with the aircon off fan off when i used the screen wash a few seconds afterwards a horrible smell of stagnant water came into the car.
Smelly screen wash water.
It smells like something has died in there.
If tap water is used over time the water will go off and stink every time you use the sprayer.
Hi what s has bugged me for a while now is why do particularly newer cars smell of windscreen washer when you operate the jets.
The windshield washer fluid in my car has turned stinky.
Inside the reservoir is a pump that circulates washer fluid through plastic lines to the washer nozzles and then sprays evenly onto your windshield when the system is activated by the driver.
Milton or someting like that perhaps.
What is recommended for removing the smell i ve thought about adding some milton sterilising fluid or some steradent.
Bad smell coming from the car ac vents.
Is there anything else i can put in that won t destroy my windshield washer pump and or hoses.
The best this to do is fill the washer bottle with just boiled water let it fill almost to the top and then fill to the top with screen wash.
Smells like rotting sewer water.