During winter in Poland, does petrol in the car freezes

I stopped that as it contains petroleum not healthy for paintwork.


Glass will survive what?

a splash of tepid water in -18

Yeah, you don't want to get that warm water anywhere near the window glass.

only if you have untreated chips.

how big?

Come on im not a bloody wind screen specialist, you'll find out if it freeze thaws enough. I had a small chip two years ago. The day before i was due to drive across Europe it cracked right across the screen. A new screens about £250 a chip repair - £15, get it fixed....

I was driving up to Goldap one hard winter, with my rear windscreen heater on. Suddenly the entire window shattered. I had to drive the rest of the way with no rear window.

A cold window glass doesn't have to be chipped for warm water to break it. :s
You skip that day in second grade science class?

I'm well aware of the expand / retract properties of freeze and thaw glass numb nuts, seems America is a tad behind the times.

Come on move over let the other guy have a go on the internet for a while.

Well this idiot statement:


Would seem to contradict this statement:


Just to prove it so I think you should go outside right now and throw a pot of boiling water on the roof of your car and see what happens to all the windows as it cascades down over the car. In the name of science, of course. ;)

Warm water is fine.

hence my post of tepid water, thats TEPID water.

No, even warm water will break a frozen window.

Forget about using water on a frozen car, peeps.

Yeah, you can use hot water to unfreeze stuff but you have to wipe it dry so it doesn't refreeze.

to keep gas lines from freezing we use either ethanol or methanol, even if it has water it it. Alcohols are miscible with water. Ever heard of whiskey and water?

You can't use hot water on frozen glass.

No one in their right mind would intentionally put water (washer fluid) in their fuel tank, ever, especially in the winter.

Go shopping in Zloty Tarasy for a couple of hours: by the time your car has been in their lovely heated garage for that long, all the ice is a distant memory. I'll be taking my car down there this evening.

Warm water is fine, never had a problem with it once. Doesnt have the energy to crack the screen.

When i was in one of the colder regions of Russia I was rather amazed to see people lighting log fires under trucks to heat them up enough to start , and even more amazed to watch em throwing buckets of benzine on the axles and gearboxes and lighting it , and then chucking more on to get a good blaze going....

When its really cold you need to warm everything , as the metal is very brittle when cold and can easily break...

In the far north of Russia people go home from work and leave the car running all night while they sleep...! if they turn it off , it ain,t never gonna start again untill the spring....

Many people have a heated garage....

Of course things can go wrong....i saw a Lada go up in flames after the owner got a bit too handy with the petrol to warm it up....

I've wondered about wires and rubber and other parts under there that couldn't take the flames and heat...

Exactly...its not something i would fancy doing to my car...!

Maybe Russian wiring can take this kind of abuse....???

Oh no...hang on...Russian wiring sets on fire without any help....

Burn off the undercoating and paint... Then they'll wonder why their trucks rust out...

In WWII fighter planes, used water injection for extra boost. Water contains hydrogen and cools the charge preventing detonation. Water with alcohol will not freeze. Water injection units still sold today for cars. Check out SNOWS: snowperformance.net.

The whole point is to eliminate any water in the fuel system that will freeze in the fuel filter. The tiny bit of alcohol in washer fluid is negated by the 99% water. Dumb idea.

The washer fluid doesn't freeze on the window in winter, it won't freeze in your gas line.

I just tip windscreen wash over it.

What's wrong - does nobody simply turn on the engine, turn up the heating and use a simple honest plastic scraper anymore?

Only takes a couple of minutes.

Sure washer fluid, being 99% water, freezes in very cold weather. Of course it does, says so right on the bottle it's only good down to a certain temp. And it certainly freezes long before fuel will.

Just admit it was bad advice, a poorly thought idea and we'll move on.

that dashboard cleaner anti-static spray is a light oil and should stop car doors from freezing solid.
the usual brand here is Plak.

There are a number of automotive vinyl and leather treatments that work well on rubber weather stripping for this. Over here the best known is Armor All. It's good to treat your weather stripping from time to time even when freezing isn't a problem. Keeps them from drying out.

Loads of so called car-care products (tar/bug wipes, wax etc) contain petroleum also though so I wouldn't think it would be disasterous to use it.