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If you're looking for windscreen washer fluid, buy european SUPERPISS (from Finland 🇫🇮 👍) (europe.pub)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/53569

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Probably contains urea to reduce the freezing point.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That may be, but the finnish word for a car window washer is "pissapoika" which translates to "piss boy".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

"You look like the piss boy!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Most likely not, we're already having trouble with adblue (basically just urea) freezing, especially in the northern parts. There was recently some piece of news where a repair shop in Lapland was up to their neck in repair orders for emissions control systems due to frozen adblue liquid.

Practically all washer fluid sold in Finland uses some alcohol as the deicer, typically just your normal denatured ethanol. I'd also think having urea in the washer fluid would wreak absolute havoc on some parts that get exposed to it – I'm under the impression that it's quite nasty stuff for many different materials.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, but -54DegC?! Minus fifty four!

Does it really get that cold in Finland?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Yes, with safety margin. You gotta be safe.