plastic tank of infinite washer fluid 3

[arethinn]

(this is partly to help me remember to fill it when I get home.)

Yesterday my windshield washer tank ran out of fluid. Trivial, you say? Certainly. But what has been puzzling me for months is that that was the original tank of fluid. As in, the one that was in the car when I bought it a year and four months ago. How big must the tank be that it can last sixteen months?? Is it a Tardis? Should I expect Tom Baker to leap out of my car's engine compartment at any moment?

(shouldn't I know how big it is - at least on the outside - by looking at it? you can't. it's down inside the fender wall under some other stuff and all you can see is the fill-spout.)

Comments

[rhiannasilel.livejournal.com]

Hate to disappoint you here but if you've been getting regular oil changes they usually tap of all the fluids, including the washer fluid, as part of the service.

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

In general we do all our own oil changes, and always have. For "fun", I decided to try having this car's first oil change done by the dealer's service. Since they screwed it up (they lost the little washer that goes on the bolt that plugs the hole in the oil pan, which we discovered when we did the second oil change in July), I'm never going back to them for that. So it's possible they did fill it (although none of that was mentioned in what the service was supposed to be, oil change only) - but that was in January. Ten months of fluid?

[womanofmaplwood.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess you're about to find out how big the washer fluid tank is when you fill it up. :)

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

A little less than 4 liters didn't do it. The dipstick thingy was only barely touching the surface of the water at that point. hyoooge!