Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:54:14 -0400 From: Malt_Hound <""Malt_Hound\"nospamm-me not*yahoo.com"> Subject: Re: Washer bottle access - 9000
yaofeng wrote: > Pidgeonpost wrote: > >>"David Clark" <dc327nospamac.uk> wrote in message >>news:djlin4$msd$1nospamni.csx.cam.ac.uk... >> >>>Typical... :o( >>> >>>I was optimistic there might have been a trick of the trade. >>> >>>Cheers! >>> >>> >>>"yaofeng" <yaofengchennospaml.com> wrote in message >>>news:1130253486.168529.117150nospam2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >>> >>>>There could be a number of sources for the leak. It could be the hose >>>>coming loose from the bottle of the fittings, or the bottle itself. Am >>>>afraid you'll have to remove the wheel arch to look. >>>> >>> >>> >> >>Dave...just tackled a similar job myself. It's straightforward enough if >>you're a d-i-y-er, though probably worth replacing both non-return valves >>while you're about it. However, of you remove the small oval inspection >>cover in the wheelarch lining, clean it up and put it back *before* you >>replace the lining. I didn't and had to remove the lining again as the >>inspection thingy wouldn't pop into place otherwise. Check earlier postings >>on the ng - a couple of people suggested that you can replace this cover >>from under the bonnet.....have fun.... :o) > > > I recommend not to touch the oval rubber plug. First of all you won't > see the washer bottle if you remove the plug. You can only see the > crank pulley from the hole. Secondly, to me, the rubber plug is really > redundant. I have never found it useful even for inspecting the > pulley. > I agree. You can't even lossen the belt tensioner through that access hole, which I would have assumed was the whole point of it. -- -Fred W
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