No question whoever put in the dyed water is to blame for the freezing and the clogging. Its not Saab's fault someone used crummy washer fluid.

The "blue juice" they sell at gas stations and parts stores is absolutely terrible and should be avoided at all costs. Saab washer fluid is the best stuff I've ever used. Prestone and Rain X fluids are very good as long as they have a low freezing point (look on the bottle). I used both of those brands when I lived in Chicago and they worked great on a number of domestic and Asian cars (no Saabs though).

As for jets on the hood instead of the arm, the hood jets provide a high volume/high pressure stream of fluid that the wet wiper arms cannot. The hood jets work much better when using the washers while driving at high speeds. It takes volume to properly douse a windshield in order to remove road salt and other goo.

And what if your wiper motor dies? Or the fuse blows? Your wet wiper arms are now 100% useless. But with the jets on the hood, at least you can get some windshield cleaning until you can get the wipers to work again. Think about it....

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• windshield washer rant, Lou Masciarelli, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 07:10:57
  • Re: windshield washer rant, Bob T in Ct, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:01:34
  • It was only 72 yesterday, couldn't resist.....nm, Mike Lynch , Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:27:54
    • Yeah Mike, it dropped to a frigid 65 today NM, Pat Hurley, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:17:14
    • 57F in Lawrence KS yesterday n/m, Dean, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:12:43
    • steamy 80 here in, sf, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:52:04
      • Yee haaah...., turrbo , Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:35:20
      • You mean 80 Kelvin right?, Boomer, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:26:51
        • yep. with windchill = 0.9 kelvin n/m, sf, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:27:06
  • Re: windshield washer rant, Kirk Daehnke, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:41:34
  • This post gets me to wondering...., dtech, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:26:24
  • The lines will usually defrost when (+), Vlad, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:17:58
  • Re: windshield washer rant, Jason 0W-40, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:13:33
  • Weather Report...57ºF in Bay Area and rainy :-( n/m, Charles, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:16:18
  • WOW! And I always thought Saab washers were awesome!!, Bret, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:10:57 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Saab washer fluid ?, Leon, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:00:08
      • call your dealer and ask, Bret, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:31:40
        • Mercedes' stuff is really really, turrbo , Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:31:06
  • Re: minor rant, hdm, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:45:52
  • Re: windshield washer rant, Frank , Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:16:11
  • I'd say don't be mad at either, Aero'ed, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:04:04
    • Re: I'd say don't be mad at either, Lou Masciarelli, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:30:53
  • Re: windshield washer rant, compaqted, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 08:21:49
    • Re: windshield washer rant, 2000Aero, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:04:04
  • Re: windshield washer rant, not_too_shabby, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 07:37:43
    • Re: windshield washer rant, termite, Thu, 15 Jan 2004 07:42:23

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