specialgreen
Well-known member
I tried using the preheat; it was great, for about a week. Then we got a couple inches of snow. The preheat turned the snow on the windshield to slush. The channel at the base of the window was about 3 inches deep with water/slush. I tried scooping it out with the windshield brush, then my hands (wearing gardening gloves... it was about 0F). I couldn't get all of it, and what was left froze and plugged-up the drain.
In retrospect, I could have tried a shop-vac on the slush; then bought a bottle of winshield cleaner at room temperature, and used it to rinse-out the windshield drain. But... I think, if it's going to snow, you're probably better off preheating the car manually, after you have brushed the snow off the windshield.
This probably isn't a Leaf-specific problem; I just had never used a car preheater before.
In retrospect, I could have tried a shop-vac on the slush; then bought a bottle of winshield cleaner at room temperature, and used it to rinse-out the windshield drain. But... I think, if it's going to snow, you're probably better off preheating the car manually, after you have brushed the snow off the windshield.
This probably isn't a Leaf-specific problem; I just had never used a car preheater before.