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Cleaning washer bottle - Lwilliams - 04-07-2015
Anyone got any ideas how to clean the inside? Tried degreaser and thinners "/ no luck
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Dum-Dum - 04-07-2015
Bottle brush that you can bend to shape like the sort you'd use to clean a demijohn
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Paul_13 - 04-07-2015
Dish washer
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Jonny81191 - 04-07-2015
Jetwash?
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - PartyJas - 04-07-2015
Hot water and biological washing powder / liquid.
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Lwilliams - 04-07-2015
Cheers guys will give it a go
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - bashbarnard - 04-07-2015
Take it off. Its like two bolts. Then clean it. Much easier.
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Paul_13 - 04-07-2015
Honestly dish washer will bring it up as new
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - maxzy - 04-07-2015
Take it off, Take the Motor off and fill up the water inside around 1/3 of the bottle and fill in the sand.
Then, Shaking around 1 Minute or less..., The inside of the washer will perfectly clean.
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Lwilliams - 04-07-2015
Sorry guys should have been more clear I have got it off been fillung half way and shaking like mad lol cleaned some of it off top still caked...
At the moment I've blocked the top off and got it upside down with a mixture of cleaning stuff in it with warm water...
If this doesn't work will have to try the dishwasher method :p
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - John1.4 - 04-07-2015
when my pump died because of the intergalactic filth in the bottle i just bought an aftermarket bottle and fitted that tbh, saved the faff with cleaing it and only took 30mins and £10 lol
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - cully - 04-07-2015
id try the half full of water and washing up liquid method with quarter full of fish tank gravel and shake
i did this on a small petrol engine fuel tank that was rusty inside came up like new
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - impotentials - 04-07-2015
If all fails, camelbak do water bag cleaning tablets that worked great on mine.
sure that would solve it.
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - C2K - 04-07-2015
Dish washer!
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Iceman299 - 04-07-2015
As others have said try dishwasher. Could also try some degreaser you have lying around
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Stef205 - 04-07-2015
I cleaned mine with thinners. Just shook it around and then washed it out
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Matt - 05-07-2015
I 1/4 filled mine with sand then poured degreaser in there and hot water and shook like mad. Came up spanking!
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Lwilliams - 05-07-2015
Finally done it
rice with a mixture of washing powder fairy quid and degreaser thanks guys
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - highwayman306 - 27-07-2015
Is removing the washer bottle easy? Would it be a case of removing the wheel arch liner and un-bolting it from there? Im getting some serious pongs coming from the water
legionaires disease is imminent! 
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Lwilliams - 27-07-2015
(27-07-2015, 03:52 PM)highwayman306 Wrote: Is removing the washer bottle easy? Would it be a case of removing the wheel arch liner and un-bolting it from there? Im getting some serious pongs coming from the water
Yeah mate that's about it
3 bolts, disconnect pump and top funnel
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - highwayman306 - 27-07-2015
Sweet, il add that to the very VERY long list of things-to-do lol cheers
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - RetroPug - 27-07-2015
My ph.1 had been sat for 9 years before being put back on the road by a member of the gti6 forum and then being owned by Pebbles/Chris.
It kept blocking washer jets much to my annoyance. I removed the washer bottle and the bottom couple of inches looked a bit green so I turned it upside down and gave it a shake. A giant, green, stinking globule of algae the size of maybe 2-3 tennis balls stuck together dropped out all in one piece. Absolutely disgusting!
Washer jets no longer get blocked.
Highwayman, if you want to check whether or not it is dirty just unscrew the filler neck in the engine bay and look down it with a torch. It might be perfectly clean if used regularly.
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - highwayman306 - 27-07-2015
Well its due a clean i'd say, f*cking stinks! But thanks for the heads up
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Iceman299 - 27-07-2015
Can you not just use dishwasher tablets with the bottle in situ and just use it up as normal? Or would it damage paintwork?
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Danny Wideboy - 27-07-2015
(27-07-2015, 05:41 PM)Iceman299 Wrote: Can you not just use dishwasher tablets with the bottle in situ and just use it up as normal? Or would it damage paintwork?
Doubt it, never painted my windscreen so I wouldn't really know.
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Jimmy306uk - 27-07-2015
(27-07-2015, 06:18 PM)Danny Wideboy Wrote:(27-07-2015, 05:41 PM)Iceman299 Wrote: Can you not just use dishwasher tablets with the bottle in situ and just use it up as normal? Or would it damage paintwork?
Doubt it, never painted my windscreen so I wouldn't really know.
Rlol
RE: Cleaning washer bottle - Iceman299 - 27-07-2015
(27-07-2015, 06:18 PM)Danny Wideboy Wrote:(27-07-2015, 05:41 PM)Iceman299 Wrote: Can you not just use dishwasher tablets with the bottle in situ and just use it up as normal? Or would it damage paintwork?
Doubt it, never painted my windscreen so I wouldn't really know.
