Low Washer Fluid - WTF!!!!
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Low Washer Fluid - WTF!!!!
I don't know that I've EVER used the washer fluid since I'm usually not out on ugly days in the Vette. The last time the message came on I filled up the reservoir anyhow just to get the message to stop!
Then I notice that now and then I'm finding washer fluid under the wiper arms - and then the message starts appearing again!
What's up with that? What can I do to get it to stop? Why would fluid be leaking out of the lines?
I'm open to suggestions - ideas - etc!
Then I notice that now and then I'm finding washer fluid under the wiper arms - and then the message starts appearing again!
What's up with that? What can I do to get it to stop? Why would fluid be leaking out of the lines?
I'm open to suggestions - ideas - etc!
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From: Wylie TX --> Less is More, except under the hood !
This is a common issue. I find that when I really get on it, the washer fluid will come out of the wipers. It happens on all our car's. 
I also don't drive in bad weather. After 6 years my tank went dry, and the fault light came on. I filled my tank, but the sensor was still showing a fault. I drained my tank, then removed the sensor and cleaned it. I re-installed the sensor and re-filled the tank and its worked fine ever since.
Toque
I also don't drive in bad weather. After 6 years my tank went dry, and the fault light came on. I filled my tank, but the sensor was still showing a fault. I drained my tank, then removed the sensor and cleaned it. I re-installed the sensor and re-filled the tank and its worked fine ever since.
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Sounds like your running a leak in one or more of the hoses running inside the wiper arm. Probably cracked....having said that, it is a lot of fluid too lose from those little hoses and you wouldn't be drawing the fluid up into those hoses if you weren't constantly hitting the washer. Has to be a leak somewhere else. Are you seeing anything under the car? Take a look at the reservoir. If memory serves me the hose connections to the wiper arms runs from a port on the right lower side of the tank. Could be the leak is starting there. If so, could be as simple as just needing a new rubber washer where the port is entering the reservoir......
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Well, I just filled mine again. But, I actually use the washers and sometimes the wipers. I commute 52 miles each way, so they get used. What surprises me is how big the tank is when most people never use the washers.
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I NEVER use the wiper fluid. I don't think that stuff works well. I change my wiper blades every year to make sure I don't have dry blades just in case it rains while I'm out.
But I keep my windows clean. I wanted to remove the wiper fluid to save a little weight, but I already get that stupid message and there's definitely fluid in the tank. Although, every now and then when I pop the hood to do the ranger method of changing the clutch fluid, I see that the washer fluid is leaking out the cap.
Any way to disable the message so I can just empty the thing?
But I keep my windows clean. I wanted to remove the wiper fluid to save a little weight, but I already get that stupid message and there's definitely fluid in the tank. Although, every now and then when I pop the hood to do the ranger method of changing the clutch fluid, I see that the washer fluid is leaking out the cap.
Any way to disable the message so I can just empty the thing?
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This is a common issue. I find that when I really get on it, the washer fluid will come out of the wipers. It happens on all our car's.
I also don't drive in bad weather. After 6 years my tank went dry, and the fault light came on. I filled my tank, but the sensor was still showing a fault. I drained my tank, then removed the sensor and cleaned it. I re-installed the sensor and re-filled the tank and its worked fine ever since.
Toque
I also don't drive in bad weather. After 6 years my tank went dry, and the fault light came on. I filled my tank, but the sensor was still showing a fault. I drained my tank, then removed the sensor and cleaned it. I re-installed the sensor and re-filled the tank and its worked fine ever since.
Toque
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Well, you start by disconnecting the sensor. Then, if it comes on all the time, you plug a jumper into the connection to bridge the wires, and that should fix it. Essentially, it just depends on if its a normally open or normally closed sensor...
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St. Jude Donor '10
You might also want to check the plug that faces the windshield from the reservoir. I bumped mine when cleaning the utters and fluid started to leak out, it is just pressed in.
