[s-cars] Windshield washer leak >> difficult to find!

[Scott Munger]

I just had the same problem... a leak at the T joint was the culprit.

--Scott Munger
'93 S4



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> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 5:32 PM
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> Subject: [s-cars] Windshield washer leak >> difficult to find!
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>
> Hi All:
> After first spotting a leak on my garage floor and then watching my
> windshield reservoir slowly empty over a couple of days
> (approx 1/2 teaspoon
> per minute) I pulled reservoir, expecting to find a crack.
>
> The tank appears fine, there are no leaks apparent from the
> pumps.  I filled
> the tank with water and have it on the kitchen counter.  Dry.
> Am I missing
> some source that could be intermittent?  Maybe a failure only
> evident 'in
> situ', related to the torque put on the tank by the mounting
> flanges? Has
> anyone replaced the seals between the reservoir and pumps?
>
> Hate to admit that in my enthusiasm to find the leak I filled
> it without
> noting the level of the fluid; the tank did not drain itself
> completely >> I
> don't know whether it stopped at the level of the pump(s) or
> not.  Arggh.
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve Voit
> Mercer Island, WA
> 95.5 urs6
>
>
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