Wipers icing up at 28 deg... need tips...

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... from you cold weather guys. I'm heading north toward Richmond and was stopped by ice. Not on the road - on my damn wipers! I expect this crap in my CJ, but not a @&#*in Land Cruiser.

At 28 degrees and light drizzle, the wipers accumulated enough ice to render them useless. I had the defrost on and temp set at 70. Then, I set the fan on Hi and the temp at HOT... then pulled off the damn highway.

Any tips?
 
What kind of blades are you using? I use Goodyear Blades from Costco which are actually on sale now for 5$ a blade that work very nice in snow and ice here in Chicago. No wiper is perfect not even a winter wiper like I have on my Land Rover Discovery. If your a member of Costo for 5$ give it a try.
 
yotasavg said:
I don't see temps that cold, but it's never left me screwed down to about 0F. x2 from this guy.
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X3 from here. Though I use el-cheapo parts store fluid mixed with Rain-X concentrate.

SW Idaho gets down to the teens and 20's routinely in January and February. We see single-digits but not too often.

Steve
 
sounds like warm weather WW fluid

From the sounds of things and seeing you are in Atlanta, they may not keep the cold weather (-20) WW fluid in stock like we do here in CO. I bet your fluid froze up on you.
 
X5 on the fluid. You need the orange stuff rated to -20F

Make sure to run plenty of it through the rear wiper as well. It takes a while to get the fluid to the back and the blue stuff can freeze in the lines.
 
Yup on the Rain-X orange stuff. 28 degrees and raining may be asking a lot of any wiper blade. A winter blade like the Michelin Stealth blade helps too by not exposing the joints in the blade to the ice.
 
The weather this year has been particularly bad on Fridays and Sundays which is prime time for the commute to the ski resorts here in CO. I've used your method of heating the windshield but your temp is too low. The windshield has to stay warm even if it means 76 degrees and cranking the defrost on hi.
 
Agreed that freezing wipers is a design issue on the 100 series. There is no engine heat running over them, and they lie too low for the defroster vents to heat them from inside. Low temp windshield washer fluid is the only fix.
 
Apparently, all the alcohol evaporates from old wiper fluid, so either drain/refill, or I've heard of people dumping a bottle of rubbing alcohol in to bring back the level of alcohol in the mixture.
 
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