type44T..ever had your washer bottle melt?
JordanVw at aol.com
JordanVw at aol.com
Sat Dec 9 10:38:00 EST 2000
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
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