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How To Change Your Windshield Wiper Fluid
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Published: October 24, 2006
Refilling your windshield wiper fluid is one of the easiest things you can do to maintain your vehicle’s performance.
When it is time to change the windshield wiper fluid, be sure to inspect your windshield wiper blades; they are a critical means for improving vision and making driving safer. Both procedures take relatively little time, are easy to carry out and are even easier on the wallet.
How to Change Your Windshield Wiper Fluid
There is no rule pertaining to how often the washer fluid needs to be changed. Generally speaking, you will need to change the washer fluid whenever it starts to look low. Just turn on the windshield wiper blades and disburse the liquid. If there is little or no liquid coming out, then it needs to be changed.
Tools
1. Windshield wiper fluid – available in premised or concentrated form
2. Funnel
Steps
1. Park the car and open the hood. If you have been driving, it may a good idea to let the engine cool before changing the fluid. Some parts of the engine may be too warm to touch.
2. Locate the washer fluid reservoir. It is a plastic jug filled with blue liquid. The coolant reservoir and the washer fluid reservoir sometimes look similar. If either of these is not labeled, refer to the car manual.
3. Open the cap of the washer fluid reservoir and determine how much fluid you will need to add. Generally, fluid level is considered low if the liquid is below the fill line on the jug.
4. If the fluid is low, take the windshield wiper fluid and, using the funnel, fill the jug to the top.
5. Replace the reservoir cap and close the hood.
Other Situations
In particularly snowy climates, there may be additional reasons pertaining to why your windshield washer system is not working. In other words, it is not always a case of empty fluid reservoir. If the washer system still does not disburse fluid even after you have refilled the jug, the problem may be with the pump itself.
Activate your washer system and listen for a gentle hum. Your pump needs to be replaced if you are unable to hear a hum. If you hear the hum but still are not getting liquid disbursement, check the spray nozzle for clogs. Clogs in the spray nozzle are easy to fix. Just use a paperclip to remove debris from the nozzle tip.
Sources:
How to Check Windshield Wiper Fluid. eHow.com. 23 October 2006. http://ehow.com/how_106_check-windshield-wiper.htm l/
Temple, Steve. Windshield Wipers & Washer System. autoMedia.com. 23 October 2006. http://www.advanceautoparts.com/english/youcan/htm l/ccr/ccr20030601ww.html=
When it is time to change the windshield wiper fluid, be sure to inspect your windshield wiper blades; they are a critical means for improving vision and making driving safer. Both procedures take relatively little time, are easy to carry out and are even easier on the wallet.
How to Change Your Windshield Wiper Fluid
There is no rule pertaining to how often the washer fluid needs to be changed. Generally speaking, you will need to change the washer fluid whenever it starts to look low. Just turn on the windshield wiper blades and disburse the liquid. If there is little or no liquid coming out, then it needs to be changed.
Tools
1. Windshield wiper fluid – available in premised or concentrated form
2. Funnel
Steps
1. Park the car and open the hood. If you have been driving, it may a good idea to let the engine cool before changing the fluid. Some parts of the engine may be too warm to touch.
2. Locate the washer fluid reservoir. It is a plastic jug filled with blue liquid. The coolant reservoir and the washer fluid reservoir sometimes look similar. If either of these is not labeled, refer to the car manual.
3. Open the cap of the washer fluid reservoir and determine how much fluid you will need to add. Generally, fluid level is considered low if the liquid is below the fill line on the jug.
4. If the fluid is low, take the windshield wiper fluid and, using the funnel, fill the jug to the top.
5. Replace the reservoir cap and close the hood.
Other Situations
In particularly snowy climates, there may be additional reasons pertaining to why your windshield washer system is not working. In other words, it is not always a case of empty fluid reservoir. If the washer system still does not disburse fluid even after you have refilled the jug, the problem may be with the pump itself.
Activate your washer system and listen for a gentle hum. Your pump needs to be replaced if you are unable to hear a hum. If you hear the hum but still are not getting liquid disbursement, check the spray nozzle for clogs. Clogs in the spray nozzle are easy to fix. Just use a paperclip to remove debris from the nozzle tip.
Sources:
How to Check Windshield Wiper Fluid. eHow.com. 23 October 2006. http://ehow.com/how_106_check-windshield-wiper.htm l/
Temple, Steve. Windshield Wipers & Washer System. autoMedia.com. 23 October 2006. http://www.advanceautoparts.com/english/youcan/htm l/ccr/ccr20030601ww.html=
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