Car Washer Bottle Smell

Bad smell coming from the car ac vents.

Car washer bottle smell.

The screen washer fluid in my vw touareg smells dreadful. Hi what s has bugged me for a while now is why do particularly newer cars smell of windscreen washer when you operate the jets. Smelly screen wash water. But whatever it is i dont want to risk the paintwork.

When a windshield washer reservoir breaks or is damaged there will be several symptoms or warning signs that will alert you to this problem. Ive tried draining it and refilling with fresh water only to find within 2 days the stink is back any suggestions as to what i can do to kill off whatever is living in the washer fluid. Inside the reservoir is a pump that circulates washer fluid through plastic lines to the washer nozzles and then sprays evenly onto your windshield when the system is activated by the driver. What is recommended for removing the smell i ve thought about adding some milton sterilising fluid or some steradent.

My mk4 escort has it s air intake further forward in the bonnet as do a lot of other older cars. Sounds like the last owner of the car did not use screen wash in the windscreen washer bottle. I have tried adding. I put this down to the screen wash bottle.

Fresh biodegradable solvent hint of ammonia fresh cold weather solvent methyl alcohol bleach apple cider vinegar. The cause well the windshield wash. I was driving it at the weekend on a motorway with the aircon off fan off when i used the screen wash a few seconds afterwards a horrible smell of stagnant water came into the car. Milton or someting like that perhaps.

If tap water is used over time the water will go off and stink every time you use the sprayer. Is there anything else i can put in that won t destroy my windshield washer pump and or hoses. It smelled like fish it also smelled like poop and throw up at different times. The windshield washer fluid in my car has turned stinky.

It smells like something has died in there. The best this to do is fill the washer bottle with just boiled water let it fill almost to the top and then fill to the top with screen wash.