I went to CTC (Canadain tire) and they no longer sell the blue windsheild washer fluid. Since the car was tuned with this I have two options.

Find another place that sells the same stuff. Or mix it myself. So if option two is the deal where do I get straight methanol and can I use straight tap water?

Ian

 

I have a few quarts of the stuff....99.9% Methanol, come get it.

 

Go to the paint section, look for "Methyl hydrate" That there be your straight methanol.

Tap water should be fine... solong as you keep an eye on your injector for crudding up. Worst case, pick up some whats-it water that they store beside the antifreeze.

 

Awesome. When we do dunnville again.

O and I want to drop off my steering rack this fall.....ish.....

 

Awesome. So that is the stuff they use in windsheild washer fluid.?

There is no way for me to see about my injector crudding up. I do have a nice expensive filter installed in the line

Thanks,
ian

 

Didn't nik and I mention that to you when we tuned your car? How can you guarantee even if they continue to make blue windshield washer fluid they didn't change the formula randomly depending on what chemicals/detergents/alcohols they could buy that month?

You spent like 40+ thousands of dollars building your car but you are too lazy source methanol from a chemical industrial supply house and mix it yourself?

 

You are correct. Now go fix your car................

When you coming MTBing..

 

Just go to a farm, stand behind some cows and collect the supply you need. No wait....that's methane....

 

Just got back in from working on it.

 

The methyl hydrate is 11.99/gal... Go to some car dealership and buy some, they get it by the 54gal drum.

And as for the demineralized water if you have a dehumidifier use the water it pulls out of the air, and you are good to go. It's simple really .

 

http://www.ashland.com/

Methanol per 55 gallong drum for $141plus tax and barrel fee. I saw it posted on it a bio-diesel forum...

Ashland Canada Corp.
2620 Royal Windsor Drive
Mississauga, Ontario L5J 4E7
CANADA
(905) 823-1800

Make sure you read the MSDS sheet.

 

There ya go...mix it 1:1

 

If thats correct pricing then that's actually cheaper than running gas in your car. Works out to about 73cents/liter with tax, and since you burn about double as you would gas, you're into the 1.46$/liter range.

I'll have to check into that, maybe this would change my plans for the car hehehe.

 

Go buy a disease-sl and get some french fry grease. That would be super cheap