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Car Forum / Honda Cars / January 200503 Accord Windshield Spray
My accord seems to have problem with the windshield fluid. I can't seem to spray anything for the first 20-30 minutes of driving. I hear the gears moving from the pump, but nothing comes out of the nozzles. I made sure that there are no ice or liquid frozen at the tip of both nozzles. I can't find the hose easily when I pop the hood (thinking it's frozen). Looks like the hoses are embedded into the hood. Anyone else have this problem either with 03 or 04? My fiance's car, 99 Toyota Celica, is parked in the same area with the same condition and her car have no problem spraying the windshield liquid at startup. Sometimes, I can use the spray again after driving for a few hours. So it does indicate that something is freezing or stuck inside the tubes. Andrew Tsen <f00-bar@f-bar.com> wrote in news:slrncvkn93.i44.f00-bar@f- bar.com: > Sometimes, I can use the spray again after driving for > a few hours. So it does indicate that something is > freezing or stuck inside the tubes. Yes. It means the fluid is freezing in the nozzles. If you get a washcloth soaked in very warm water and let it sit on the nozzles for a minute, they'll probably unfreeze. Even your fingertips will do if they're warm. I don't know where you live, but you need to be using a low-temperature washer fluid (-35 or -40 fluid is common here). If you still have summer "bug wash" in there, it'll freeze very readily, even in the lines.  SignatureTeGGeR? The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ TeGGer® wrote: > Andrew Tsen <f00-bar@f-bar.com> wrote in news:slrncvkn93.i44.f00-bar@f- > bar.com: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I don't know where you live, but you need to be using a low-temperature > washer fluid (-35 or -40 fluid is common here). dumping a 99 cent bottle of rubbing alcohol in the reservoir will fix the problem. TeGGer® <tegger@istop.c0m> wrote: > Yes. It means the fluid is freezing in the nozzles. If you get a washcloth > soaked in very warm water and let it sit on the nozzles for a minute, > they'll probably unfreeze. Even your fingertips will do if they're warm. > > I don't know where you live, but you need to be using a low-temperature > washer fluid (-35 or -40 fluid is common here). I do. I specifically go out and look for the winter windshield fluid. I swear I got all of those ice out when I was scraping and picking the snow. I'll try your suggestion next time when it freezes again. I m in Philly. We recently got hit with 10+ inches of snow. Thanks. > I swear I got all of those ice out when I was scraping and picking the > snow. I'll try your suggestion next time when it freezes again. > > I m in Philly. We recently got hit with 10+ inches of snow. Lucky you. All we had was -20F. Occasionally the alcohol in the fluid in the nozzles can evaporate, especially if they're not used for a bit, leaving a tiny plug of water in the nozzles, which becomes ice. That's what you need to melt. It's entirely inside the nozzle, so regular scraping won't help. You can also get the tiny plug of water if the washers aren't used for a while, and some snow has melted then refrozen on top of the nozzles. SignatureTeGGeR? The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ >>I don't know where you live, but you need to be using a low-temperature >>washer fluid (-35 or -40 fluid is common here). > > I do. I specifically go out and look for the winter windshield fluid. maybe you got a crappy batch? add a bottle of rubbing alcohol to it. >>>I don't know where you live, but you need to be using a low-temperature >>>washer fluid (-35 or -40 fluid is common here). >> >> I do. I specifically go out and look for the winter windshield fluid. > > maybe you got a crappy batch? add a bottle of rubbing alcohol to it. Will do. It just so happens I have some spare bottles in my medicine cabinet. THx. > My accord seems to have problem with the windshield fluid. > I can't seem to spray anything for the first 20-30 minutes [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > a few hours. So it does indicate that something is > freezing or stuck inside the tubes. -------------------------- Even if you've got propper 'winter' fluid in the reservoir, there may still be regular water in the hoses. Once it warms up, run the squirters for a long time until you see the juice coming out BLUE. 'Curly' >> My accord seems to have problem with the windshield fluid. >> I can't seem to spray anything for the first 20-30 minutes of [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > 'Curly' I'm finding the reservoir fluid not frozen and pump operating, but suspect the alcohol in the straight winter fluid has evaporated via the nozzles, leaving the water to freeze, so, no spray. Same fluid and same result on both '05 Honda and '98 Caravan. >Sometimes, I can use the spray again after driving for >a few hours. So it does indicate that something is >freezing or stuck inside the tubes. It probably indicates you've got summertime washer fluid in the reservoir. Not enough alky in the mix to keep it from freezing. Try a winter grade. |
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