Is it just me?! - Toyota Yaris Forums

bkndacn · 01-27-2011, 11:00 PM

Ok so I've noticed this every winter when the salt trucks are on a rampage in my area and I use the windshield wiper fluid every 30 seconds (not literally).

But whenever I go to clear the salt and or other debris off of my windshield on the Highway most of the remaining fluid flows down in that little dip right below the windshield (the Piece that has the AC/Heater air intake on it) and at Highway speeds all it does is splash back up on the glass which then requires more fluid and then the vicious cycle begins!

I know its a strange and petty problem but its something that bugs me slightly

Any solutions you guys might have?

matthewai · 01-28-2011, 02:17 AM

just let it build up so its evenly dirty then you just get used to it

bkndacn · 01-28-2011, 10:24 AM

Actually Im back in northern Maryland and we have the snow issue here in the winter... I just forgot to adjust my profile lol

R2D2 · 01-28-2011, 11:20 AM

I do what PK does and use the wipers with no washer spray for awhile at the end to use up the reserve already about the windshield.

SailDesign · 01-28-2011, 12:55 PM

My wipers always go for two or three strokes more after I stop spraying anyway.....

ryota · 01-28-2011, 02:36 PM

if i need fluid i usually do the short shots too... but every once in a while the spray from the car in front of you gives you an even coating that is pretty easy to get used to :-)

bkndacn · 01-28-2011, 03:17 PM

i always do the same thing (short bursts of liquid) but when theres dried salt on the windshield more liquid is needed :-/

41magmag41 · 01-28-2011, 03:33 PM

Damn, back to dirty windows again. LOL will it never end.

SailDesign · 01-28-2011, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 41magmag41

Damn, back to dirty windows again. LOL will it never end.

There's a thread somewhere about to stop your windows getting dirty.....

41magmag41 · 01-29-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by PK198105

uhmm....&!

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Flipper_1938 · 01-31-2011, 01:53 PM

In my opinion, the washer nozzles are aimed wrong, the spray hits the wipers or below (when in motion). Very little fluid ever makes it up to the average person's line of sight....where the window needs to be cleaned.

One of my future projects is to find nozzles that will get the fluid stream above the wiper.

SailDesign · 01-31-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Flipper_1938

In my opinion, the washer nozzles are aimed wrong, the spray hits the wipers or below (when in motion). Very little fluid ever makes it up to the average person's line of sight....where the window needs to be cleaned.

One of my future projects is to find nozzles that will get the fluid stream above the wiper.

Ummm.... I think you'll find that if you stick a pin in the washer hole, you can rotate it and aim it wherever the heck you want.
Mine have always been find, so I haven't tried on the Yaris, but I have never owned a car that could be aimed like this (in 40 years of driving)

yaris2010RS · 01-31-2011, 02:54 PM

in salty conditions i get right up behind a truck and get the fresh upsplash and use that vs my washer fluid

bkndacn · 01-31-2011, 11:46 PM

Yeah the splash up always starts the problem :-/

01-27-2011, 11:00 PM	#1
bkndacn View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 372	Is it just me?! Ok so I've noticed this every winter when the salt trucks are on a rampage in my area and I use the windshield wiper fluid every 30 seconds (not literally). But whenever I go to clear the salt and or other debris off of my windshield on the Highway most of the remaining fluid flows down in that little dip right below the windshield (the Piece that has the AC/Heater air intake on it) and at Highway speeds all it does is splash back up on the glass which then requires more fluid and then the vicious cycle begins! I know its a strange and petty problem but its something that bugs me slightly Any solutions you guys might have? __________________ I got a ride in Garms' Yaris and got on a plane within 24 hours of each other.... his yaris was faster! I bet if he put wings on it he could get passed all that L.A. traffic!

01-28-2011, 10:24 AM	#3
bkndacn View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 372	Actually Im back in northern Maryland and we have the snow issue here in the winter... I just forgot to adjust my profile lol __________________ I got a ride in Garms' Yaris and got on a plane within 24 hours of each other.... his yaris was faster! I bet if he put wings on it he could get passed all that L.A. traffic!

01-28-2011, 11:20 AM	#4
R2D2 Crazy Oil Sniffer Drives: MM 09 Yaris 5 Dr LB "Click" Join Date: May 2009 Location: ME Posts: 498	I do what PK does and use the wipers with no washer spray for awhile at the end to use up the reserve already about the windshield. __________________ "The howl was the sound of God’s casting pot, the morphing of my cells into shape, the forming of oceans out of molten premordial plasma. And I could feel it. I could cry for it. I could cry with it." -The Fitful One

01-28-2011, 02:36 PM	#6
ryota Dry Bones Drives: 2008 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 215	if i need fluid i usually do the short shots too... but every once in a while the spray from the car in front of you gives you an even coating that is pretty easy to get used to :-) __________________ Ryota

01-28-2011, 03:17 PM	#7
bkndacn View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 372	i always do the same thing (short bursts of liquid) but when theres dried salt on the windshield more liquid is needed :-/ __________________ I got a ride in Garms' Yaris and got on a plane within 24 hours of each other.... his yaris was faster! I bet if he put wings on it he could get passed all that L.A. traffic!

01-28-2011, 02:17 AM	#2
matthewai Drives: it is kinda stock Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: united states Posts: 1,258	just let it build up so its evenly dirty then you just get used to it

01-28-2011, 12:55 PM	#5
SailDesign Drives: . Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: . Posts: 1,931	My wipers always go for two or three strokes more after I stop spraying anyway.....

01-28-2011, 03:33 PM	#8
41magmag41 Drives: Loaded 2007 mica silver sedan Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New hampshire Posts: 226	Damn, back to dirty windows again. LOL will it never end.

01-31-2011, 01:53 PM	#11
Flipper_1938 Drives: 2010 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 529	In my opinion, the washer nozzles are aimed wrong, the spray hits the wipers or below (when in motion). Very little fluid ever makes it up to the average person's line of sight....where the window needs to be cleaned. One of my future projects is to find nozzles that will get the fluid stream above the wiper.

01-31-2011, 02:54 PM	#13
yaris2010RS View User's Garage Drives: no-longer-boosted '10 Yaris Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Angus, Ontario Posts: 1,891	in salty conditions i get right up behind a truck and get the fresh upsplash and use that vs my washer fluid __________________ If it has boobs or wheels sooner or later your gonna have problems with it

01-31-2011, 11:46 PM	#14
bkndacn View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 372	Yeah the splash up always starts the problem :-/ __________________ I got a ride in Garms' Yaris and got on a plane within 24 hours of each other.... his yaris was faster! I bet if he put wings on it he could get passed all that L.A. traffic!

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