I took my car out for the first time since I scraped front bumper week or so ago today. I dicided to take the car out to carwash.
While I was there, I figure I'll give my wiper a workout. To those of you don't know me, I do not take my car out on rain. So i never use my wiper. But I run it everytime I wash the car, just to keep it from freezing up on me. Well, my wiper gets used so few and far between, but my washer is even worse. I think last time I used washer wason the way back from car show at the Vallyforge hosted by Vipergts281 3 years ago. i got cought in rain on the way back(last time wiper was used in rain insidently).
Well, anyway, i pushed washer, hear motor going, but nothing. Except little trickle of fluid comeing out from nozzle. Appearently, washer flusid do solidfy if it sits too long, say like 3 years. Infact, I don't think I EVER filled the tank. I'm pretty sure whats in the reservore is what dealer has put in when I bought the car!
now I have to tare out the all the hoses, and tanks to see if I can open it back up. So those of you who don't drive your car much, and not in rain, use your washer once in the while, or else your gonna have more issues with it
While I had hood open and looking at the tank, I've also noticed that my Yellotop optima's date of purchose was 04/97!
It had powered both of my beloved MR2, my old 99 couger, and now has been powering my Mustang since I bought it back in 2003. So optima has been working issue free for over 10 years!
So those of you thinking about if paying for $$$ for Optima is waste, never mind. get them, and forget about it for 10 years. I think I paid just shy of $200 for mine, and I think I got my money's worth....
I now have to go figure out how to take hoses and tank out of my car.....
While I was there, I figure I'll give my wiper a workout. To those of you don't know me, I do not take my car out on rain. So i never use my wiper. But I run it everytime I wash the car, just to keep it from freezing up on me. Well, my wiper gets used so few and far between, but my washer is even worse. I think last time I used washer wason the way back from car show at the Vallyforge hosted by Vipergts281 3 years ago. i got cought in rain on the way back(last time wiper was used in rain insidently).
Well, anyway, i pushed washer, hear motor going, but nothing. Except little trickle of fluid comeing out from nozzle. Appearently, washer flusid do solidfy if it sits too long, say like 3 years. Infact, I don't think I EVER filled the tank. I'm pretty sure whats in the reservore is what dealer has put in when I bought the car!
now I have to tare out the all the hoses, and tanks to see if I can open it back up. So those of you who don't drive your car much, and not in rain, use your washer once in the while, or else your gonna have more issues with it
While I had hood open and looking at the tank, I've also noticed that my Yellotop optima's date of purchose was 04/97!
It had powered both of my beloved MR2, my old 99 couger, and now has been powering my Mustang since I bought it back in 2003. So optima has been working issue free for over 10 years!
So those of you thinking about if paying for $$$ for Optima is waste, never mind. get them, and forget about it for 10 years. I think I paid just shy of $200 for mine, and I think I got my money's worth....
I now have to go figure out how to take hoses and tank out of my car.....