Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 22:35:16 -0400 From: "geo" <nonopsamom> Subject: Re: 9000 washer fluid reservoir is so fragile
Had the same problem. But in a but in a 10 year old 9K it's not unreasonable. You might try epoxy. "ngu" <spamnopsam.com> wrote in message news:3ED9E8BF.7CCC24A6nopsam.com... > It took 2 years for me to consume a tankful of washer fluid from full to > the point where the "low fluid" light illuminates intermittently upon > accelerating and braking. So I refilled this afternoon. However, the > stuff just kept on leaking slowly for hours, to form puddle of fluid on > the ground. Seems there's crack in the reservoir caused by it not being > full with fluid for too long. I reckon if it was regularly kept full, > the fluid would have acted as a "coolant" and alleviating the harmful > effect of engine heat on the plastic reservoir. > > I'm slightly bitter about this, having replaced the reservoir with a new > one only 2 or 3 years ago. >