| Author | Message | ||
     Cary (Colodisco2) New Member Username: Colodisco2 Post Number: 7 Registered: 06-2003 |
I'm having an issue with my washer fluid. After every use they seem to leak a bit. This leaves two blue marks running down my hood from the run off. I think this started happening after I replaced one of the headlight washers on the bumper. Anyone heard of this before? Will the paint on the hood get damaged to prolonged exposure to washer fluid? Thanks | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 788 Registered: 11-2002 |
just a thought, unless it is really cold outside you can use water and it work just fine. Unless it is below freezing, then use washer fluid. | ||
| Chris Browne (Chris_browne) Member Username: Chris_browne Post Number: 215 Registered: 02-2003 |
Antifreeze washing fluid is flammable and caused several fires in 4.0/4.6s before they figured out what was wrong. Is worth checking closely | ||
| Bill Bettridge (Billb) Senior Member Username: Billb Post Number: 832 Registered: 02-2002 |
Sounds like one of the check valves is gone - there is one for each - rear, front, and headlamp washers (at least on a D1) Bill | ||
| One_Bad_Metro (Koby) Senior Member Username: Koby Post Number: 430 Registered: 02-2002 |
D2 has valves also. Sounds like he is talking about the residual fluid that remains in the nozzle fixture after spraying has ceased. I find that the residual fluid is just enough to get sucked out of the nozzle while driving and leave a streak on my bonnet. The check valve is probably still good. I took my whole system apart and cleaned it out due to a clog and found the valves to be working nicely. Is your sprayer jet emitting a constant flow of washer fluid? Or does it appear to be a relatively small amount? Unless it does not stop flowing, I would not worry about it too much. | ||
| Steve Vines (Stevedsii) Member Username: Stevedsii Post Number: 49 Registered: 05-2002 |
I have the same problem with my D2. I've had the dealer "fix" the nozzles twice. They still leak. I've just resigned myself to living with 2 blue streaks down my white hood. Someone recently posted something about Land Rover having a fix for this problem, but on my last trip to the dealer they knew nothing about it. | ||
| Eric Pena (Evalp) Senior Member Username: Evalp Post Number: 556 Registered: 06-2002 |
Not long after I got '00 DII I complained about this problem. They said that one of the 'T' fittings in the line that holds the fluid was installed backwards at the factory and that caused it to leak after I used it and then the fluid heated up under the hood cauing it to leak out. They fixed it and I have had not problems since. Might have been bull shit but it did get fixed with no problems. | ||
| One_Bad_Metro (Koby) Senior Member Username: Koby Post Number: 431 Registered: 02-2002 |
Eric- I'm not sure if that explanation works for me... I have a 2001 D2, and I believe there is only one T-junction. When I pulled it out it had a check valve in it and there were tiny arrows indicating flow direction. With the valve on the T, fluid would only flow in one direction. If T-junction valve was broken, I could see then that being the problem. I suppose an inspection of the T-junction with the ball-bearing valve would be in order, just to make sure the spring and ball bearing are still in the T-junction. Without that seal, I could see the residual fluid continuing to get pulled out of the line by the reduced air pressure on the back side of the washer jet. |
