It smells like something has died in there.
Car washer bottle smell.
The screen washer fluid in my vw touareg smells dreadful.
Rover 600 6 years old.
Bad smell coming from the car ac vents.
Presumable it s because the cabin air intake is right at the base of the windscreen where all the fluid can seep down and evaporate into the car.
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.
What is recommended for removing the smell i ve thought about adding some milton sterilising fluid or some steradent.
It smelled like fish it also smelled like poop and throw up at different times.
Is there anything else i can put in that won t destroy my windshield washer pump and or hoses.
I put this down to the screen wash bottle.
I have tried adding.
If tap water is used over time the water will go off and stink every time you use the sprayer.
The windshield washer fluid in my car has turned stinky.
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.
Sounds like the last owner of the car did not use screen wash in the windscreen washer bottle.
Smelly screen wash water.
When a windshield washer reservoir breaks or is damaged there will be several symptoms or warning signs that will alert you to this problem.
Smells like rotting sewer water.
But whatever it is i dont want to risk the paintwork.
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.
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.
The cause well the windshield wash.
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.