Well basically just as the title states my washer fluid reservoir is frozen, not solid BUT I cant get any fluid out at all. The top is slushy and I only fear more solid towards the bottom noticed it the other day and was hoping for some warmer weather to maybe liquify it a bit then just syphon it out and replace it but so far no luck so im trying to figure out what my options are??

Should I get as much out as possible then just add some alcohol or something? Unbolt the whole thing and bring it in the house I WAS going to do this but its soo darn cold out!

TIA!

 

Depending on how full it is, you could just add windshield washer antifreeze to it, but I recommend bringing a hair dryer to it, warm it up good with that, then put some wwaf in. then run your system for awhile til you notice that the wwaf is coming out of the nozzles

Kevin

 

genos sells a heater for the wash reservoir.

 

Its pretty darn full thats why I was thinking to syphon some out first ill have to find some of the WWAF and give it a whirl.


Doesnt help me much now if its already frozen but I also thought that the heater heated up the fluid after it was out? Or does it actually heat up the whole container and everything?

 

Methanol!! Might be a little hard on your wiper blades though, but it would just be a little more concentrated than WWAF.

 

USE THE HAIR DRYER METHOD... FROM THE BOTTOM ...IF THE PUMP FREEZES ITS JUNK (CAP lock stuck) sorry not yelling

 

lol...no biggie on the caps....OK well hopefully my pump isnt frozen cause well im not even sure if it works or not at this point?? I have tried it a few times wipers start going no fluid but didnt hear the pump ill bust out the hair dryer.

Thanks for the replies!

 

put a bottle of isopropil gas line dryer in the tank,(red heat), better than the
yellow methanol stuff. I've used it to make summer fluid winterized.

 

I got some windshield melt de-icer additive made by prestone at wal mart. When you get it thawed out put some in and mix it up then run your washers til you get the fluid to the wipers. It has worked for me in below 0 temps.

 

I use the Rain-X winter washing fluid(Orange). If my windshield is iced up in the morning no problem. It has deicer in it. Use the Rain-X bug stuff in the summer(Green)

 

You could place a drop light next to the reservoir overnight until you get some
winterizer mixed in.

 

Well got the resevoir itself unfrozen but I think the line is frozen and well worst case the pump is either still frozen or shot..

How hard is it to replace the reservoir pump if that ends up needing to be done?

 

I have never done it before. I would try putting a drop light under it for a few hours, I think that it should be ok, might just take a little extra work to get it going

Kevin

 

Wish I could all I have is florecent and LED trouble lights...Im going to try and start at the pump and work my way all the way to the hood on the line with a hair dryer and hopefully have some luck.

 

Isnt that the way,, lol a person upgrades to all the good stuff, then all of a sudden the old stuff would come in real handy

Kevin