> Yesterday my washers were suddenly very weak, squirting
> perhaps just a 4-6" stream whereas they used to squirt very
> strongly, even over the roof. I still get a good blast on
> the headlights. Is this from the same pump as the windshield
> washer? Clogged lines perhaps?

This turned out to be that my washer line, along with several
electrical wires, had been chewed through by mice who apparently
set up house in my fender well. Mechanic said it could have a
much bigger disaster than it was.

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- Kyle

 

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:15:56 GMT, kylet@ s h o r e . n e t (Kyle Tucker)
wrote:

>> Yesterday my washers were suddenly very weak, squirting
>> perhaps just a 4-6" stream whereas they used to squirt very
>> strongly, even over the roof. I still get a good blast on
>> the headlights. Is this from the same pump as the windshield
>> washer? Clogged lines perhaps?
>
>This turned out to be that my washer line, along with several
>electrical wires, had been chewed through by mice who apparently
>set up house in my fender well. Mechanic said it could have a
>much bigger disaster than it was.

And you couldn't smell the difference between washer fluid and rainwater?

 

In article <brivlvom60uqvsro518j6b5mt8ilb6vqie@4ax.com>,
daytripper <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>This turned out to be that my washer line, along with several
>>electrical wires, had been chewed through by mice who apparently
>>set up house in my fender well. Mechanic said it could have a
>>much bigger disaster than it was.
>
> And you couldn't smell the difference between washer fluid and rainwater?

Huh? If I had fluid coming out from the tank, albeit weakly, where
does rain water come into this?

--
- Kyle

 

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:37:01 GMT, kylet@ s h o r e . n e t (Kyle Tucker)
wrote:

>In article <brivlvom60uqvsro518j6b5mt8ilb6vqie@4ax.com>,
> daytripper <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> writes:
>>>
>>>This turned out to be that my washer line, along with several
>>>electrical wires, had been chewed through by mice who apparently
>>>set up house in my fender well. Mechanic said it could have a
>>>much bigger disaster than it was.
>>
>> And you couldn't smell the difference between washer fluid and rainwater?
>
>Huh? If I had fluid coming out from the tank, albeit weakly, where
>does rain water come into this?

Couldda swore you said there was no smell from the soaked carpet...

 

In article <1lu1mvcpon2tcaq6vmp7chgtil5s4jomcl@4ax.com>,
daytripper <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> writes:
>
>>> And you couldn't smell the difference between washer fluid and rainwater?
>>
>>Huh? If I had fluid coming out from the tank, albeit weakly, where
>>does rain water come into this?
>
> Couldda swore you said there was no smell from the soaked carpet...

Carpet? Must have been a different thread.

--
- Kyle

 

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:43:38 GMT, kylet@ s h o r e . n e t (Kyle Tucker)
wrote:

>In article <1lu1mvcpon2tcaq6vmp7chgtil5s4jomcl@4ax.com>,
> daytripper <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>>> And you couldn't smell the difference between washer fluid and rainwater?
>>>
>>>Huh? If I had fluid coming out from the tank, albeit weakly, where
>>>does rain water come into this?
>>
>> Couldda swore you said there was no smell from the soaked carpet...
>
>Carpet? Must have been a different thread.

Yeah, I crossed the streams. My bad