I push the button and the water squirts onto the screen and about 1 sec later the wipers start - this allows at least some water on the screen before the wipers work - however the water does not get to the bottom of the screen so that bit gets wiped dry and I have had to replace one screen because of deep scratches in that area.

Your need for misting sprayers would help with this.

Garry 07MY RRS TDV6
Arctic Frost
Aspen Interior

Indeed. I will have to research on why my wipers do not wipe after skirters as yours does. Cheers

garrycol wrote:

I push the button and the water squirts onto the screen and about 1 sec later the wipers start - this allows at least some water on the screen before the wipers work - however the water does not get to the bottom of the screen so that bit gets wiped dry and I have had to replace one screen because of deep scratches in that area.

Does yours not automatically start wiping having pressed the washer button then?

Yes they do start automatically, that's why I do short push of the button, short enough not to activate the automatic swipe '08 RRS TDV8
I converted my diesel RRS to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of caribou fat and baby seals oil

flydive wrote:

I usually do short push of the button, so that I can get enough water on the screen, then wait a bit till the water gets to the bottom, then activate the wipers

Ok. Its just mine dont start at all and don't know why

garrycol wrote:

flydive wrote:

I usually do short push of the button, so that I can get enough water on the screen, then wait a bit till the water gets to the bottom, then activate the wipers

If you are doing 110kph down the road the water just goes up the windscreen not down so the water never gets down the bottom.

I usually do 110 in reverse, so works fine  '08 RRS TDV8
I converted my diesel RRS to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of caribou fat and baby seals oil