type44T..ever had your washer bottle melt?

[JordanVw at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/9/00 6:55:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Doyt at nwonline.net writes:

<< Must be your imagination, Chris :~) If the bottle was full of washer 
fluid, 
 it would tend to boil off whatever fluid was in the bottle.  OR, you had a 
 heat source in your engine compartment that swept blistering hot gases over 
 the bottle long enough to get parts of the plastic very hot. Was the bottle 
 empty? Is the whole bottle distorted, or is the damage localized? Could 
 there have been such a heat source?  Is there other evidence of scorched or 
 distorted plastic ? Are all those hoses and connectors and fittings in that 
 area still undamaged?
 
 A most likely explanation would be an exhaust manifold/turbo stream leak. >>

i was thinking the same thing...the exh manifold leak  what else is in that 
area that's turbo related?  the bottle still is holding fluid, but the edge 
toward the left front of the car (nearest the exhaust) is distorted...from 
heat.   i just noticed this too.  

chris 
'86 5kT   115k