Cold weather preparedness.

Thanks for the interest Motacilla. I will try to get a photo when the wife comes home (she's got the camera) but in the meantime, go to your search engine and type in "Saab heater for windscreen washer fluid". Saab fitted heaters as a standard accessary and there is one for sale on Ebay. Current price is £15.

Roger

Wow, that was quick. SWMBO already had pictures in the library.

Roger

You could achieve a similar outcome by simply wrapping the washer hose around the heater pipe several times. While it would be less efficient at transferring heat it would be cheap, quick and easy and would avoid adding extra failure points to the vehicle's cooling system.
Better yet, use a strong screenwash mix so it is not needed.

Question for those of you with Gen 4 or other vehicles with LED headlights.
I'm in Australia and had just 4 days of snow ❄️ but the LEDs don't generate heat to the glass and so they quickly developed layers of snow which completely blocked the light.
Headlight washers were of no real use.

What do you guys do to address this?

crash486 JB74W

I allready noted this above here. Get heated LED lights (available at high prices in nordic countries) or stay with Halogen/Xenon.

Heated washer fluid from the coolant is not so common around here.
More common where it gets really cold inland, and on trucks and work vehicles.
By heating with the coolant it gets warm when the hot airflow to defrost in the car gets hot and the hoses from the tank to the nozzle and the spray through air make it cold fast so no it is not so hot when it reaches the screen so there is no real risk of damage.
I think it is much milder/better for your car than strong alcohol and chemicals for your wipers and gaskets.

And for the thermal shock, I know people with way lesser knowledge in physics than myself that get a bucket of hot water from the kitchen and pour it over the windscreen when it is frozen to avoid scraping off the ice with their too lazy or lacking muscles. I have know idea why it does not crack, must be because they do not apply to science, or no one has told the windscreen about this.
I would most certainly put out a large warning on this, Do Not EVER Try This At Home.