Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 12:51:06 GMT From: "Fred W." <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. > > I doubt the reservoir is actually cracked unless there was some violence to it. Usually it is one or both of the little "check valve" do-hickies which have begun to leak. Much cheaper than a tank. Also, on a 9000 the reservoir is behind the sheetmetal inner fender so it is not exposed to engine heat. > > "geo" <nonopsamom> wrote in message news:_PidnUPjT9n4lEGjXTWcognopsamtnet.com... > Had the same problem. But in a but in a 10 year old 9K it's not > unreasonable. You might try epoxy. > Nope. I had one which *was* cracked (by a minor fender bender). Tried epoxy and it didn't work. I used a generous dollop of RTV (silicone sealer) and all is well so far... -Fred
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