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Old 24-02-2008   #1 (Post Link)
chris147GTA
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Alfa 147 GTA

help...where did the windscreen washer fluid go???!!

Having my first and second niggles on my GTA...first thing is the strangest!

I recently ran out of windscreen washer fluid (1 day into the REALLY cold spell we had the other week)...OK i thought, maybe the garage didn't top it up before i took the car.

Filled it up with about 2l. 2 days and 1 squirt later (front + back + lights, at night), its gone.

Got a fresh 5l bottle of fluid, poured it all in, (overfilled it a bit..d'oh) on Thursday.

Came today to give a squirt, its all gone! I must have used it 2 times.

Can anyone help with locating the pipes or pointing out any issue's with the washer system? I don't think it leaked out because there was no damp patch on my drive...maybe during driving it's leaked?

Perhaps it froze (it was pre-mixed winter solution though) during the week when it was -3 and colder the whole week, and this has cracked a pipe somewhere? I can hear the pumps whirring and it all seems to work, just no spray, so i don't think its electrical...plus the fluid just isn't there anymore in the bottle in the engine bay.


Proper annoying

Any help is appreciated
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