Wiper Water Reservoir Leak?

[BonesD]

Hello, our 96 has sprung a leak in the wiper washer reservoir or maybe a hose. It leaks out somewhere underneath the bottle. Not to be lazy but I don't crawl on the ground to well these days so if anyone can tell me what ussualy fails if at all on these model I would appreciate it. My Haynes repair manual does not mention it at all and looking from above the assembly appears to be inside the body of the car.
Thanks
Bones

[dentalon]

You need to take the right front tire off and then the plastic cover in the wheel well off. Mine is cracked about half way up and I havent bothered to fix it. Looks like it's hdpe plastic so it'll need to be plastic welded or replaced. I just fill it untill the bobber floats up and not past that point which seems to be below the leak.

[BonesD]

Thank you for the information. Sounds like it won't be so bad. Mine must be cracked down lower as I have to hurry around from the filling to the squirting before its all leaked on to the pavement.

Thanks again.

[97avy]

I had a similar problem, where the hose would jeep disconnecting from the filler reservoir. I did not need to take off the tire, just removed the plastic under the reservoir.

Fix with a different hose clamp, or remove the connection elbow. Sorry I didn't take pics, I didn't think others would have the same problem.

[BonesD]

Thanks, if the rain stops I will take a look.

[ottogaus]

I had a similar problem. Hose kept coming off the reservoir. I finally took canned air (no compressor available) and blew out the washer lines. Must have cleared a plugged line because that fixed the problem.

[BonesD]

Thanks, maybe I will get a chance to look this weekend.

[edge10]

If it turns out to be a crack and you want to try to repair it, I had good luck with plastic patch made for polyethylene plastic which I used on an air filter housing. I don't recall the brand, but it was a urethane based product I bought at auto parts store. I might give this a try on my Nissan washer reservoir that is leaking.

[Zembonez]

Not unusual for those reservoirs to crack over time. Probably time for a replacement.

[BonesD]

I finaly fixed the water leak.
Pulled front right wheel, removed inner fender (2 zillion bolts) with no problems.
The leak was in a fancy little hose about 2 inches long that went between the reservoir and the pump. Replaced it with a short piece of rubber tubing that the parts store said was to inexpensive to charge for. What a deal!

Anyway, mama is happy to be able to clean her windscreen again.
Thanks to all who contributed.

[BMR]

Glad to hear you got it fixed! And thanks for coming back and posting the solution. It might help out someone else in the future.