Windshield washer broken...
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Le Mans Master
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From: Gilbert Arizona
Windshield washer broken...
After playing 9 holes of golf during a huge dust and rain storm in Phoenix Thursday night, I started the car and attempted to use the windshield washer and nothing came out while the windshield wipers scraped across the windshield. I assumed the reservoir was empty so I refilled it Friday morning and when I tried to use it again, same thing. It makes a lot of noise but no fluid. So I get out of the car to check under the hood and I see a puddle of washer fluid under the left front wheel. Apparently it's squirting, but not on the windshield. My guess is the hose is disconnected somewhere in the bowels of the engine bay somewhere. I'm due for an oil change, yes Mobil1, so I plan on going to the dealer next week to have it checked out.
Has this happened to anyone else? If so, what was the fix? Thanks in advance.
Has this happened to anyone else? If so, what was the fix? Thanks in advance.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Gilbert Arizona
Not sure it's cracked...
Thanks. I don't think it's cracked because it only leaks when I try to use it. I've never found any fluids leaking in the engine bay or on the garage floor since I've owned the car.
Living in AZ I rarely use the washer function. This might be the 2nd time I've used it in 16 months.
I searched multiple places for the TSB and couldn't find anything. If anyone has a link to where it is please let me know so I can show it, along with the Mobil1 documentation :-) to the dealer next week.
Living in AZ I rarely use the washer function. This might be the 2nd time I've used it in 16 months.
I searched multiple places for the TSB and couldn't find anything. If anyone has a link to where it is please let me know so I can show it, along with the Mobil1 documentation :-) to the dealer next week.
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Thanks. I don't think it's cracked because it only leaks when I try to use it. I've never found any fluids leaking in the engine bay or on the garage floor since I've owned the car. Living in AZ I rarely use the washer function. This might be the 2nd time I've used it in 16 months. I searched multiple places for the TSB and couldn't find anything. If anyone has a link to where it is please let me know so I can show it, along with the Mobil1 documentation :-) to the dealer next week.
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Thanks. I don't think it's cracked because it only leaks when I try to use it. I've never found any fluids leaking in the engine bay or on the garage floor since I've owned the car.
Living in AZ I rarely use the washer function. This might be the 2nd time I've used it in 16 months.
I searched multiple places for the TSB and couldn't find anything. If anyone has a link to where it is please let me know so I can show it, along with the Mobil1 documentation :-) to the dealer next week.
Living in AZ I rarely use the washer function. This might be the 2nd time I've used it in 16 months.
I searched multiple places for the TSB and couldn't find anything. If anyone has a link to where it is please let me know so I can show it, along with the Mobil1 documentation :-) to the dealer next week.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Gilbert Arizona
Not totally correct...
I'll let you know what the dealer discovers when I bring it in next Wednesday. Thanks to everyone for the responses.
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I said I used the washer twice in 16 months, not 2 tank fulls. My car sits most of the time in the 100 degree garage and I have never seen a drop of fluid on the floor. More than likely, the dry heat in AZ caused the fluid to evaporate. I have seen no evidence of it leaking whatsoever, except when I used it yesterday and it squirted fluid all over my driveway after I filled it up. It's obviously disconnected somewhere.
I'll let you know what the dealer discovers when I bring it in next Wednesday. Thanks to everyone for the responses.
I'll let you know what the dealer discovers when I bring it in next Wednesday. Thanks to everyone for the responses.
I didn't mean to imply that you "used" two tanks by using the washers twice, but rather that you have filled it twice and only used them twice. The fluid is going somewhere and it is not on your windshield. I live in the Dallas area, plenty hot here too and I don't have a problem with windshield washer fluid evaporating away. To me, it is pretty clear that your tank is leaking.
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