Hi All

I've always used the Halfords own brand stuff with previous vehicles but now I'm finding myself down more muddy tracks and in and out of muddy fields now I've got the FL2, so I wanted any recommendations for seriously good screen wash you might have?!

Bit geeky but there you go...

Thanks

Andy 2010 FREELANDER 2 AUTO GS WITH 2011 FACELIFT, LAGO GREY, NAPOLI LEATHER INTERIOR.

BEAST.

I'm in same situation, always used Halfords, but I think they have changed the formula over the years and it just is not as effective as it used to be, and in fact I think it actually causes streaking, etc

On the look out for something better.

Iain

Yep, this is it, just isn't what is used to be...

Andy 2010 FREELANDER 2 AUTO GS WITH 2011 FACELIFT, LAGO GREY, NAPOLI LEATHER INTERIOR.

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I always use Halfords Berry version.no complaints from me Freelander2 GS TD4 Manual in Lago Grey .Roof Mount DVD 9.2''Screen~Window Tints~Parrot CK3100 Bluetooth~Retro Fit Sony Satnav~iPhone Dashmount~Side Steps~Woodco Armrest~Mudflaps~Land Rover Sunglass Holder~LED Interior Lights~Private Plate.Evoque Collected 17th Sept 2012.


Also Audi TT Roadster.

Sonax Clearview is the best I have used. No antifreeze in it though, so summer use only.

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Barton Freelander wrote:

I always use Halfords Berry version.no complaints from me

wizking wrote:

Sonax Clearview is the best I have used. No antifreeze in it though, so summer use only.

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I used to use Hellfrauds but it's nowhere near as good as it used to be. Firstly it doesn't clean and remove road grime as it used to, and secondly at one point they were messing about with the propan-2-ol content (iso-propyl-alcohol) which made it less antifreeze. Still marketed it as original formula which I had a moan about and now they seem to have gone back. Even so when the weather gets really cold it still freezes up even using it neat which gets expensive.

For years I used to take my vehicles to Scandinavia for work, so it was easy to stock up with the good stuff in the Statoil stations. Don't do that anymore so hunted around for something else.

The best stuff, and I do mean THE BEST STUFF, I have since found is from Lidl. £5.99 for 5 litres, but it's OK down to -70C. It's German and all the various approvals thereof, cracking stuff.

I dilute it into an old 5l plastic bottle that had screen wash in, and keep that handy for top ups.

They have a get ready for winter promotion every year about Octoberish which is when I stock up for the year. No idea if they have any in stock right now, it's not a place I shop to be honest. (I'm sure most of the customers in our local LIDL have six fingers and are rather well acquainted with their cousins.)



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Just a thought, somebody might know, is there a concentration of screenwash that is too strong to affect washer system seals on the FL2. I had the problem where the seals went on a Volvo. The dealer tried to argue that I'd been putting too strong wash solution in, and that unless I put their special Volvo premixed stuff at a zillion quid per litre, OK about 9 quid for 2.5L or something, then sorting out the seals would not be done under warranty. I pointed out that the strongest stuff I'd been putting in was the stuff they sold on draft in Statoil stations in Sweden, you know where Volvos are made. Actually I think it was built in Belgium but didn't want to raise that issue.

I use the Lidl stuff too and I think it is the best I have ever used. It's called 'speedwash' but they only sell it in winter so I get a stock in for the summer. I dilute to about 1.5 water to 1 screenwash as the A12 is particularly greasy. This shifts it though. 12MY 61plate FL2 TD4 auto GS Orkney Grey Roof spoiler full size spare

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I been using Halfords screen wash for years but got some Audi own screen wash for free recently and with the right mix you can get it down to -70 before it freezes Mine is 50/50 mix which is -30 but I can't say it's any better the Halfords own.

I did see somewhere that the Lidl\Aldi branded concentrate comes in a bottle that looks suspiciously like the Sonax bottle!

Used the Lidl stuff for the past year. The concentrate on a 1:1 is something like -60 degrees. On a 1:3 ratio, protection down to -10 degrees. Think it's roughly £7 for two or three litres.

I use the pink stuff from Wilko's. 3 quid for 2.5 litres. Works down to -22. I didn't have any problems with it last winter and so far this last couple of months it's been fine. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
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I use the said lidl screen wash in the winter, great stuff and unlike all the others that let me down when I got down to -14 a couple of years back, the lidl stuff even when diluted 2-1, still won't freeze in my freezer!!

The local garage to my old Swedish place used to sell the winter screenwash stored in a freezer to prove it was OK. It was never frozen.

I once went in January with an undiluted bottle of Halfords concentrated winter screen wash. Parked up over the weekend, and walked to work a couple of days. Went to the supermarket on Wednesday evening, so parked for about 5 days and nights.

The washers were OK with the Statoil stuff. The Halfords bottle was bulging ominously, totally solid. Not just a bit slushy but block of ice. Jaysus was it cold that month.