Jaffo Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I have just bought a Ford Focus 2010 MK2.5 and was wondering if anyone can tell me if it should have some form of indicator to tell you when the windscreen washer bottle is nearly empty? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morty1977 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Hi ! On mine which is a mk3.5 I get a message on the info screen when its low but on our 2014 grand c max there isnt one . So I dont know lol sorry!馃槈馃憤 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Jaffo said: I have just bought a Ford Focus 2010 MK2.5 and was wondering if anyone can tell me if it should have some form of indicator to tell you when the windscreen washer bottle is nearly empty? Thanks. Just a thought, but are you able to refer to the handbook? My lowly LX doesn't have an indicator, but if you go up the trim ladder, they do. Seems to be quite hit/miss whether you have one or not. As a result, I simply fill it up every week, 'just in case' LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 If you have xenons (with headlight washers) you'll definitely have a low level warning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkRS9 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 My mk2.5 Focus Sport doesn't have it. I don't think anything below Titanium has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F0CUE Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 TBH it's annoying it warns you several times when it still has loads in it but does save problems. When I had the MK2.5 style it didn't have it and ran out at awkward times. I wonder if anyone has tried retrofitting it.聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I think the sensor is intentionally high up because it's designed for the headlight washer pump really, they use loads more screenwash than the regular jets do. I wanted to retrofit it on my early Mk3 Titanium but the wiring wasn't there.聽 The actual bottle is the same shape so easy enough to swap over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcaouolte Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Mine only warns once per journey, usually when I get a few聽miles away from home. If it warned when I started the engine I would be able to nip into the shed and get some to fill it up, but that聽would be easy so the car is programmed to wait until I'm on a main road in the middle of nowhere before it warns me.聽鈽癸笍 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.S Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 My Mk4 holds several litres, way more than any other car I鈥檝e had.聽 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morty1977 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 40 minutes ago, Alex.S said: My Mk4 holds several litres, way more than any other car I鈥檝e had.聽 My mk 3.5 seems to hold way less than that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 A while back I asked on this forum what the capacity of windscreen washer fluid was on my Mk2, consensus seemed to be about 5 liters... 聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.S Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 1 hour ago, StephenFord said: A while back I asked on this forum what the capacity of windscreen washer fluid was on my Mk2, consensus seemed to be about 5 liters... 聽 It鈥檚 a lot of screen wash!聽 last two motors were Vauxhalls , nothing like the capacity on this! I thought I鈥檇 a leak. A bottles 5 litres ? Took almost it all !聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I'm quite confident it's fairly accurate. Once I filled it using my whole watering can which has a capacity of 5 liters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.S Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, StephenFord said: I'm quite confident it's fairly accurate. Once I filled it using my whole watering can which has a capacity of 5 liters. I鈥檓 gonna steal that idea! I鈥檝e a stupid little funnel.聽 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1340millar Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I've had 2 x mk2.5 Titanium estates, and neither has had washer fluid warning. I retrofitted a mk2 washer bottle. The level control is a very common part across thousands of cars, but the grommet is hard to get. I finished up paying 拢15 on eBay far a bottle with level float and a tail of wire fitted. I've also noticed that neither of my 2 x Titaniums had the wiring to the connector on the bottle. I ran 1 x wire through an inner wing hole and screwed an earth (under my coolant reservoir, but it doesn't really matter where) I ran the other wire across the bulkhead, poked a huge needle through the rubber bung with the main cabin wiring (be careful!) followed the side wiring to the blue connector (C111 pin 18 iirc) and tapped it in. I activated the warning light via ELM. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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