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Subject:Re: windshield fluid reservoir
From:neil n
Date:Sat, 5 Jan 2013 12:35:32 -0800

The tank can crack.

If memory serves, isn't the tank a 2 pc. design? Like the fill neck
can be separated from the tank? Maybe a leak at that union?

Maybe Bentley shows that detail?

Maybe I've used too many "?'s"

On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just filled mine. It's been a long time since I've needed to. I
> noticed that after I put in some fluid -- more than a liter -- fluid
> started dripping off the reservoir bottle on the underside of the car.
> Is that thing vented to prevent overfilling and soaking the carpet?
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.

--
Neil n

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