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747_JK
Member Since: 03 Apr 2010
Location: Surrey
Posts: 268
  
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| Filthy windscreen - a major bug-bear |
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Are there any top tips for keeping the windscreen clear of dead flies? I get my D4 washed most weekends, and the resevoir is kept full of washer fluid, but it just seems to be worthless. You put the jets on, set the wipers going, but it never cleans the window properly - it just gets any "bits" off, and leaves tens of (hundreds, sometimes), of impact marks on the screen. 1 hour on the motorway at this time of year is enough to make it look a real state.
Is there a special washer fluid I should be buying?
It just seems as though the screen on a D4 is so "upright", that everything just goes splat on it... 747_JK
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 27th Jun 2011 8:13 pm |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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i leave the hose pipe connected on the drive and when i get home give the windscreen a spray and leave it. flies go all soggy and then wipe off the next day  Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
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| 27th Jun 2011 8:15 pm |
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branchespark
Member Since: 15 Jun 2011
Location: East Anglia
Posts: 99
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Genius! 
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| 27th Jun 2011 8:52 pm |
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Splitpin
Member Since: 30 Dec 2010
Location: At the toolbox
Posts: 535
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I just spray on household window cleaner, leave for 5 mins then just wipe off.
Not in direct sunlight!!
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| 27th Jun 2011 9:06 pm |
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Tanglewood
Member Since: 27 Feb 2011
Location: Wilts
Posts: 1376
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A damp teatowel over your screen has the same effect and keeps the screen wet, it also provides you with a cloth to wipe em off with!
Steve
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| 27th Jun 2011 9:12 pm |
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euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
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I live on the coast....next door to a pigeon loft.......trust me...you ain't got a BIG problem..  "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
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| 28th Jun 2011 6:19 am |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
Posts: 16390
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 Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide
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| 28th Jun 2011 7:47 am |
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John C
Member Since: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
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If you use Rainex on your windows, the flies come off much easier.
John 2020 SDV6 D5 HSE, Carpathian Grey +
2022 Tesla Model Y LR... almost Carpathian Grey
Previously : 2005 TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue (288K) - ours for 16 years
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| 28th Jun 2011 8:20 am |
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TwelveSticks
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Dublin
Posts: 798
 
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I'm pretty sure 747_JK was after a solution (literally) that would work en route rather than after the event. I'm interested in this myself since I summer in France and once I'm here its open season on the bug population. The Disco (3 or 4) sure is an efficient insect killing machine - the front end looks like something from a splatter movie after even a short trip... 2001 D2 GS (I must be mad!)
2005 D3 S 10-12 (gone and missed)
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| 28th Jun 2011 9:46 am |
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euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
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I guess nothing will work properly "on the move"...what I do is take one of those hard little sponge things that are designed specifically for cleaning flies off your windscreen/paintwork and whenever you stop,give a quick squirt and clean....they work very well,even with baked on ones... "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
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| 28th Jun 2011 9:54 am |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
Posts: 10766
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I too use Rain-X note the correct spelling as there are "Rips Off" using similar names.
Rain-X products which I use are:-
Rain Repellent
Anti-Fog
Windscreen Washer Additive
2-in-1 Glass Cleaner & Rain Repellent
a full list of products is here:-
http://www.rainx.com/Products/Default.aspx
I started with them on the rally cars, and now use them on all my cars.
It has been suggested that Rain-X destroys the rubber in standard wiper blades but has no effect on silicone blades. I haven't suffered this problem on the Discio 3 yet, although I use Rain-X silicone blades on the other cars and will fit them to the Disco when it needs new blades (soon).
Halfords & Tesco stock Rain-X products, often on special offer.
You either love Rain-X or hate it - there are those who swear at it !
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
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Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
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| 28th Jun 2011 10:16 am |
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choppa60
Member Since: 16 Oct 2009
Location: chelsea tractor land ....london
Posts: 904
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Try shower screen spray , from 99p stores , great stuff , works like rain x , rain dribbles off , use it on my velux windows on my extension , I too drive to France , I will now take a few bottles for en route
Also good for the glass roof on hse . 2008 ,hse, it does what it says .
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| 28th Jun 2011 11:18 am |
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azurar01
Member Since: 24 Feb 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 509
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Hi NJSS, thanks for the posting most interesting, I have been considering getting some Rain X for my D3.
Quote:It has been suggested that Rain-X destroys the rubber in standard wiper blades but has no effect on silicone blades.
I know you have not suffered the problem, however is there evidence that Rain X does cause problems with standard wipers ? D4 SDV6 HSE 11MY - Gone
D3 TDV6 HSE 08MY - Gone
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| 28th Jun 2011 11:22 am |
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