cold weather and low washer fluid light

[tonyd]

Every time the weather gets near freezing my low fluid light for the washer fluid comes on. Not only is it annoying cause it'll be on until spring but I'm always checking it.

Any idea what's going on.

 

[joegr]

Every time the weather gets near freezing my low fluid light for the washer fluid comes on. Not only is it annoying cause it'll be on until spring but I'm always checking it.

Any idea what's going on.

Probably your foam float is shrinking and sinking. I think that this is usually due to damage from having the washer fluid freeze at sometime in the past. The solution is to replace the float switch. I think they are fairly cheap.

 

[tonyd]

Now I just have to figure out how to do it.

 

[joegr]

Now I just have to figure out how to do it.

Hadn't looked at this one before. It looks like the reservoir has to be replaced to replace the sensor.

http://deneau.info/ls/s6x~us~en~file=s6x1g008.htm~gen~ref.htm

 

[tonyd]

Has to be leaking somewhere. Keeps emptying. That's the problem. Must have happened with the cold weather. Hope the bottles cheap and easy to repair.

 

[joegr]

Has to be leaking somewhere. Keeps emptying. That's the problem. Must have happened with the cold weather. Hope the bottles cheap and easy to repair.

Also check the seal between the pump and the reservoir, and the hose from the pump to the spray nozzles.

 

[tonyd]

Hadn't looked at this one before. It looks like the reservoir has to be replaced to replace the sensor.

http://deneau.info/ls/s6x~us~en~file=s6x1g008.htm~gen~ref.htm

Great, thanks for that info.