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Old 11-27-2008, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Chas H View Post
Regular old blue washer fluid is flammable because of the alcohol anti-freeze. If it boils off because the washer tank is heated the fluid could freeze. I haven't seen Benz make an issue of it, so I think you've something else going on. Certainly the blue stuff in my washer bottle hasn't boiled off.
Regular old blue stuff contains Isopropyl alcohol. The cheaper washer fluids contain less of it, the better stuff more. Since the alcohol has a lower boiling point than water, I can see where heating the fluid would cause it to evaporate, leaving water, soap and blue dye behind.
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