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Old 08-07-2015, 03:58 AM   #1
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Washer fluid leak

My windshield washer dumps the fluid on the garage floor whenever engaged. I have already checked the connections at the pump and all is well so I assume it must be at another fitting somewhere else. Can anyone tell me how to access the connection at the nozzles. I will start there and work my way back

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Old 08-07-2015, 05:03 AM   #2
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Do you have headlight washers? One of mine was leaking and there was some part I had to replace so the reservoir didn't drain out. If not that, the reservoir itself?
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Old 08-07-2015, 05:26 AM   #3
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Not the reservoir, not the headligh washers, they work fine with no leaks. It is somewhere after the pump , I do not have a manual to show the tubing as it goes from the pump to the nozzles.
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Old 08-07-2015, 05:12 PM   #4
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Had this happen recently. There is a tube connection from the tank to a manifold under the drivers side wheel well liner. This usually comes lose. Remove the liner and it will be obvious.
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Old 08-08-2015, 02:40 AM   #5
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I have already removed the wheel liner , everything attached, the leak is somewhere in the middle of the car directly below the windshield, that is where the puddle forms on the garage floor.
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Old 08-08-2015, 09:56 AM   #6
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Nozzles clogged? They just pop out and try blowing compressed air thru?
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Old 05-16-2018, 12:44 PM   #7
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Was this ever solved?

I suddenly have the exact same problem. When the washer motor engages, not a drop appears in either nozzle and the water just dumps onto the garage floor. Seems odd both nozzles would entirely plug all at once.

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