Washer bottles and Legionnaires' disease
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:22 pm
Just a reminder with the current outbreak to clean out your washer bottle and renew the fluid. How long has that water been standing there? Use proper screenwash fluid with water mixed to the correct ratio.
This disease is contracted through water vapour - so when you have the window down and put the screenwasher on you are breathing it in.
If you are not getting a good blast of water on the screen unplug the pickup pipe from the bottle and remove the mesh filter from the bottom and give it a good wash. I have had to do this on many cars with decades of crud build up and the difference to the washer jet is incredible.
This disease is contracted through water vapour - so when you have the window down and put the screenwasher on you are breathing it in.
If you are not getting a good blast of water on the screen unplug the pickup pipe from the bottle and remove the mesh filter from the bottom and give it a good wash. I have had to do this on many cars with decades of crud build up and the difference to the washer jet is incredible.