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      06-15-2019, 06:20 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by GuidoK View Post
You can use a glycol test kit. They are used to determine gasket leaks in large systems (industrial systems). T

A hydrometer or refractometer could spot a difference with a known washer fluid but it can't determine the chemical contaminant.

But the complaint was smearing which is a known effect of glycol. No concentration of washer fluid is going to cause that.
Flush the system and its solved. 2 min work and $1 worth of washer fluid. For that no one's going to mess around with laboratory tests.
Had u read that anything other then BMW style washer fluid can malfunction the washer lever sensor ?

Halfway down page in the link below.

https://www.2addicts.com/forums/show...t=Washer+fluid