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Ok im new for the site and im not sure where to rele post this, but my 04 civic is acting wierd these past two days, The day it started was friday morning when i left to go to work neither my wipers and or hood pisser were working, and well i finally got my wipers to work after work when i got home, but now the pissers are still not working, I tried pullin the blue lid on the resevoir for the washer fluid and the long white plastic piece seems to be stuck and wont allow for me to remove the thing like i use to be able to do
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any ideas or help is apprechiated thanks
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Cheap washer fluid (that the dealer most likely waters down further) will freeze up. If you here the pump running when attempting washer leave it be until it warms up and it should work.
You can get better quality, lower freezing point fluid I had some last winter.
You can get better quality, lower freezing point fluid I had some last winter.
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lol yeah there is nothing for the stick to get stuck on, unless the fluid is frozen^ and always get the winter blue stuff thats good to -20C or lower.
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omg your fluid is frozen. hahahaha. thats the first thing i thought of too. the reason the white long tab isnt pulling out is because its in the middle of a big brick of ice. you can either wait for it to warm up, or remove your bumper, and heat it up with a blowdryer until its liquid, then just keep spraying it out to drain it(thats what i would do) because the last thing you want is the stuff to freeze up and expand and break the flimsy plastic fluid container. get some good stuff in there asap.
where i live (in canada like you) blue/pink fluid (-20c) is used for summer, green fluid is used for fall (-40c) and yellow fluid is used for winter (i think -60c).
where i live (in canada like you) blue/pink fluid (-20c) is used for summer, green fluid is used for fall (-40c) and yellow fluid is used for winter (i think -60c).
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you get the few weeks at a time where it warms up, but when it gets cold, it gets cold. its been nasty in the west where i am for the past few weeks, but even through the mildest winter weather with plus temperatures id never trust the crappy fluid. the crappy blue/pink stuff is like 2-3$ per jug and the green or yellow stuff is like 4-5$.
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Yeah, well I always buy the Yellow (winter) Washer Fluid for the car, and the wipers started working for me friday night and all of saturday, and then when i got in the car this morning they werent, Im thinking maybe a bad ground wire somewhere?, and I would love to pull the bumper off to check out the Washer fluid resevoir but I dont have anywhere warm
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the wiper switch not working in the cold is a common problem, usually its the switch thats at fault and not the wiper motor. if it warms up, i bet they would work like normal again.
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I did get the hood pisser's to work had to drain out the fluid i added and run 2 jugs of hot water thru it to warm the pump up, and the wipers work unless its a rele cold morning
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so it all works now? make sure the system is completely drained of any water, and make sure youre only using yellow (green is ok too) washer fluid. dont mix any water in and dont use any pink/blue.
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yea sounds like it. we have pink stuff that people use during the summer (same rating as the blue stuff) except its designed to get rid of bug guts way easier. best stuff to use during summer if you use the highway a lot.
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I use rain X in the winter. Special stuff though, it's called De-Icer... it does not freeze up on your windshield like the regular crap does. I think it's rated for -60...
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No it won't. If you read the instructions there is actually a very specific temperature that you have to apply it in, and out of the sun of course.
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I wouldn't go by colour nowadays for temp rating as they seem to vary so much. The jug is pretty clearly labeled as to what temperature it's rated for. A much safer bet than colour. But yea the rain X is the best as far as I know.
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^ Good call... Pouring boiling hot water on top of ice in a plastic container will usually have some consequences. The rain X i use I THINK i s yellow... I can't remember now.
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My only problem now is the squirters are suirting at the bottom of the windshield instead of the center, so when im driving its hard to clean them unless I come to a dead stop, can the squirters be adjusted up??
Also the resevoir does not seem to have any crack in it from pouring hot/warm water into it to help thaw what ever was frozen
Also the resevoir does not seem to have any crack in it from pouring hot/warm water into it to help thaw what ever was frozen
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Mine does the same thing, especially on the highway when the speed of the vehicle pushes the fluid towards the windshield. If there is a way to adjust it I'd love to know as well.
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lol alright, ill wait for a somewat warmer day tho b4 i try to aim them so i dont take the chances in them breakin, also still on the colder days my wipers still dont like working lol, but the squirtes do
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Here in Canada, at Canadian Tire we have some frame less windshield wipers and they are just awesome. I'm trying to think of what they are called............ I can't think of it... but they are frame less. I find the most important thing is to clean them off before going for the drive...
Just checked the website they are called "Reflex", and are super expensive and you cannot change just the rubber... I still use em lol.
Just checked the website they are called "Reflex", and are super expensive and you cannot change just the rubber... I still use em lol.