Windsheild spray nozzle?
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Re: Windsheild spray nozzle?
I picked my car in Florida and found that on the way home the light indicating a low fluid level flickered for a few hours and then stayed on, I filled up the tank and it still stayed on.
Later I took the tank out and discovered that it must have been filled with just water regularly as there was a large mass of slime inside that had jammed the fluid level float resulting in the light staying on.
This slime was also in the hoses and nozzles, I had to clean them all out and this was all it needed, I had thought the float needed replacing.
My point is that you should not use plain water as the tank turns into a biology experiment pretty rapidly and the slime blocks hoses and nozzles, some slime could be seen hanging out of the nozzles in my case.
I'm sure Canadians and those in the North do not use water in the winter, but could use only water to add to the tank in the summer, I'd caution against that.
Later I took the tank out and discovered that it must have been filled with just water regularly as there was a large mass of slime inside that had jammed the fluid level float resulting in the light staying on.
This slime was also in the hoses and nozzles, I had to clean them all out and this was all it needed, I had thought the float needed replacing.
My point is that you should not use plain water as the tank turns into a biology experiment pretty rapidly and the slime blocks hoses and nozzles, some slime could be seen hanging out of the nozzles in my case.
I'm sure Canadians and those in the North do not use water in the winter, but could use only water to add to the tank in the summer, I'd caution against that.
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Re: Windsheild spray nozzle?
I'm sure Canadians and those in the North do not use water in the winter, but could use only water to add to the tank in the summer, I'd caution against that.
Never...not in my washer, not in my radiator and not in my battery. I recall a few years ago when fussing around my '82 Volvo and realized the washer fluid in the tank was likely close to 15yrs old. Everything worked as should however, but the car is for show only and rarely gets driven. So I siphoned the fluid out (blue washer fluid), cleaned the tank including filter screen and replaced with brand new fluid...just for the sake of good maintenance.
On a side note, I am a big believer in replacing fluids when automobiles age, with the exception of transmissions. Replacing tranny fluid can sometimes create problems that never existed before. So for example when I purchased my Crossfire, it had just turned 4yrs old. I had the cooling flushed, oil changed (of course) and the brake fluid pumped and replaced. I find the most common overlooked fluid is the coolant that I would recommend flushing after say 80,000km (49,000mi). In all the years I have owned cars, I have never replaced a water pump, radiator, master cylinder, brake line or pump....
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From: Ontario
Re: Windsheild spray nozzle?
Never...not in my washer, not in my radiator and not in my battery. I recall a few years ago when fussing around my '82 Volvo and realized the washer fluid in the tank was likely close to 15yrs old. Everything worked as should however, but the car is for show only and rarely gets driven. So I siphoned the fluid out (blue washer fluid), cleaned the tank including filter screen and replaced with brand new fluid...just for the sake of good maintenance.
On a side note, I am a big believer in replacing fluids when automobiles age, with the exception of transmissions. Replacing tranny fluid can sometimes create problems that never existed before. So for example when I purchased my Crossfire, it had just turned 4yrs old. I had the cooling flushed, oil changed (of course) and the brake fluid pumped and replaced. I find the most common overlooked fluid is the coolant that I would recommend flushing after say 80,000km (49,000mi). In all the years I have owned cars, I have never replaced a water pump, radiator, master cylinder, brake line or pump....
I have done them all at least once and some two and three times, but not to the same car.
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