A wintry combination is what your favorite meteorologist is asking for. When you’re at work, the storm will build, contributing to a horrible evening drive. You note that a good handful of your co-workers have popped their windshield wipers when you drive into the office parking lot.
That’s when you starting your dilemma.
Are you following suit? At least, if you leave your wipers on, you realize you’re not going to leave work to have them caught in the windshield. But others suggest that you’re always going to have to scrape the wipers away with frost.
Our resident vehicle technicians don’t do it in their own vehicles.
Putting the wipers up and away from the window allows the windshield easy to clean if it snows, he added. It also removes the risk that the wipers would freeze the windshield.
But it also ensures that, he cautions, you place tension on the spring that holds the wiper arms against the windshield.
Many think that leaving windshield wipers is a secure choice.
He said, “I see no harm in it, even though you still have to clean the snow off the glass.”
Sinclair provides an alternative way to keep the window from icing with wipers.
“Before a storm, you can place a blanket over the windshield and weigh it down with some bricks,” he said. “Pull off the blanket the next morning and the windshield will be clear.”
You need to make sure they are functioning correctly before you go out on the drive, if you want to place your windshield wipers up or leave them down. Proper treatment for a windshield wiper includes:
Wiper blades with each swipe can remove the glass entirely.
Replace every blade that leaves or misses spots of streaks.
Try adding all-weather wiper blades that have a plastic beam system with one piece or winter blades that wrap a rubber boot with the metal frame. Both designs help avoid the accumulation of snow and ice that may mess with blade-to-glass communication.
Fill a winter cleaning solution that has antifreeze parts with the windshield washer fluid tank. Any window washer solutions are rated at just 20 degrees, but this solution will freeze and harm the washer device in cold weather. Look for washer fluid that protects the temperature far below zero.
When you learn the snow is on the way, what can you do with your windshield wipers? Can you leave them against the window sticking up or flat? In the comments, inform us.
