I just dumped a bunch of Zep all purpose cleaner and degreaser into my windshield washer reservoir.
Same kind of bottle. Same green color as the windshield washer fluid. Same cabinet.
Failure to read the freaking label.
I'm not going to use the windshield washer at all until I get that reservoir dumped out.
Is it going to be all right?
It's not good for your paint, but it won't harm anything if rinsed off quickly.
You should demand a refund.
A new truck is what I was thinking.
A new truck is what I was thinking.
Damn skippy, trade that ol' jalopy in ASAP.
I was afraid to run it it through in fear it would eat the hoses.
It's pretty soapy. Dumping it now and rinsing with tap water.
Suck it out, rinse and rock on.
Probably get a little manual hand pump at harbor freight for $7
But I tell u whut son, Iād rather all the paint blister offa muh truck fer I step foot in a harbor freight, everthin in therra is made in china, and walmart....they can kiss my ass too
-Tin Shed Fred
The solution to pollution is dilution.
Garden hose in bottom of reservoir for a few minutes. Overflow on to ground. Problem solved.
Flood the reservoir with a garden hose, let it overflow for a while, then run the washer pump with the water still running.. "The solution to pollution is dilution"!
Dang! beat me to it!
Better than saying you mistakenly used it for mouthwash.
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Probably get a little manual hand pump at harbor freight for $7
But I tell u whut son, Iād rather all the paint blister offa muh truck fer I step foot in a harbor freight, everthin in therra is made in china, and walmart....they can kiss my ass too
-Tin Shed Fred
My oldest son has been to China a couple times with his work in manufacturing. He says HF smells like China.
Suck it out, rinse and rock on.
There's a few here that live by those rules......
It will probably do a better job than the regular washing fluid!
It's a Tundra and those clever Japanese foresee these things.
Three hex-headed bolts, two electric plugs and the whole unit lifts out.
Dumped the green slime and rinsed with two changes of water. Got Rain-X in it now.
Tell you what, though.
The garden hose would have taken less time.
Dumb schidtery in the garage is worth a thread all by itself. Mine can usually be tracked back 2 or 3 steps where I coulda, shoulda, wouda that ended up in minor disasters. Luckily I have all my fingers and both eyes left.
On the bottom there may be a drain plug.
Where does the pump for this reside in the engine bay??
Might just pull the tube feeding the spurter thinga majigs at windshield and then pump it out by actuating the windshield washer feature on your vehicle
If not
hose in
Turn on
Let run a few minutes
You can probably remove the electric pump from the bottom of the reservoir and then rinse it out and reinstall.
Life will go on. Live and learn.
It won't hurt the pump. Remove the hose and pump back in it's container. Fill the container and flush the same way you did the cleaner.
Here you had better put in the winter windshield cleaner. Cold enough here it would freeze with just water.
I feel your pain. The wife just borrowed my pickup to go buy a Christmas tree and promptly hit the fire hydrant that I've parked next to for the last 30 years without incident. She destroyed the custom rim and ripped the sidewall on a practically brand new tire.
sigh
Where does the pump for this reside in the engine bay??
It seems to be built-in to the reservoir. There is only one small diameter hose for outflow. Two electric plugs on either side of the base where inside there are two small devices, one of which I guess is the pump (pretty small), but I don't know what the other thing is.
Taking the whole thing out and re-installing was simplicity itself, though like I said above, running the garden hose down the spout would have accomplished the same thing and it would have been faster.
My oldest son has been to China a couple times with his work in manufacturing. He says HF smells like China.
He must only get to the nice parts of China. Most places I've been smell like rancid cooking oil and sh
it.
My oldest son has been to China a couple times with his work in manufacturing. He says HF smells like China.
He must only get to the nice parts of China. Most places I've been smell like rancid cooking oil and sh
it.
Either that, or you don't want to go to his Harbor Freight!
Here you had better put in the winter windshield cleaner. Cold enough here it would freeze with just water.
Does your winter mix ever freeze? š
My wife got her car hit by some kid,snapped the back tire off,destroyed back quater pannel.the body shop she did business with for years repaired her Car, within a day the Anit lock brake light came on,car wouldn t stop.Brought the car in to our regular mech. He said the brake fluid was contaminated with some kind of solvent and we needed a whole new brake system.Big $$$,turns out the body shop guys put paint thinner in empty brake fluid containers,f ing guy went apeshit on his guys,but he made good on it.Paid the whole thing off when he found bottles of brake fluid with paint thinner in them on his shelves.
You should demand a refund.
Yes but he should ask to speak with the manager first.
Where does the pump for this reside in the engine bay??
It seems to be built-in to the reservoir. There is only one small diameter hose for outflow. Two electric plugs on either side of the base where inside there are two small devices, one of which I guess is the pump (pretty small), but I don't know what the other thing is.
Taking the whole thing out and re-installing was simplicity itself, though like I said above, running the garden hose down the spout would have accomplished the same thing and it would have been faster.
My Tundra has a low level switch on the washer fluid reservoir, probably what the other plug hooks to.
Here you had better put in the winter windshield cleaner. Cold enough here it would freeze with just water.
Does your winter mix ever freeze? š
Bastid!
It gets close here, Labeled for -20F, and I've seen -25F.
But nothing like where you are.
I've never filled the reservoir, but I did spray the windshield with some Dawn Degreaser instead of the spray bottle of windshield fluid I keep handy.
OOPS! Really soapy windshield and it took two or three times with the correct stuff to get the majority off.
There was no grease left on it though, had there been any!
It only gets cool here, G.