Hey guys
I'm leaking screen wash, can only see it when it drips from the bottom of the bumper, beside the offside wheel.
I'm gonna have a look at the screen wash bottle and see if it has a crack in it or anything.
Where is it located? There's a ton of plastic on the underside so I can't see anything really.
If I need to swap the screen wash bottle out...
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If I need to swap the screen wash bottle out...
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Re: If I need to swap the screen wash bottle out...
What make/model of car is it, or do we get 3 guesses?
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Re: If I need to swap the screen wash bottle out...
I presume it's a new C5 you have, whilst I don't have experience of those particular cars the bottle is invariably located behind the bumper just ahead of the front wheel, access is usually achieved by pulling back the wheel arch liner after removing various bolts, this is usually the easiest way for a view of the bottle but if you need to remove the bottle its invariably a case of removing the bumper or at least one side of it and swinging it away.
In your case the leak may be due to the joining collar between the bottle and filling tube becoming displaced.
In your case the leak may be due to the joining collar between the bottle and filling tube becoming displaced.
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Re: If I need to swap the screen wash bottle out...
Whoops! Sorry, old habits - I'm normally on a Rover forum where under your name on the left hand side of your post you can list your car!Gingerposer wrote:What make/model of car is it, or do we get 3 guesses?
Anyway, it's a Mk1 C5.
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Re: If I need to swap the screen wash bottle out...
Oooh, i'd like to know this one as well, my bottle only holds 2 of the 4 litres without leaking! I've had the wheel arch liner out and you can barely see the bottle, i reckon its gonna be a real clusterf**k to remove this one.
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Re: If I need to swap the screen wash bottle out...
I reckon that if the car has headlamp washers it'll the seal around headlamp pump on the bottle as it's located halfway up the reservoir to avoid draining the tank so much that the screen wash doesn't work.SaabC5 wrote:Oooh, i'd like to know this one as well, my bottle only holds 2 of the 4 litres without leaking!
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Re: If I need to swap the screen wash bottle out...
No headlamp washers, standard halogen headlamps.DickieG wrote:I reckon that if the car has headlamp washers it'll the seal around headlamp pump on the bottle as it's located halfway up the reservoir to avoid draining the tank so much that the screen wash doesn't work.SaabC5 wrote:Oooh, i'd like to know this one as well, my bottle only holds 2 of the 4 litres without leaking!
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