WolfieS
Member
Hi,
I've seen the previous (2009) post about the fact that if you overfill the Windscreen Washer Bottle on an SL, it will leak out of the neck joint; however, mine has just started to leak (seemingly all by itself) without having been refilled. Details are as follows:
Over the past week, I have found water under the RHS of my 2005 SL350 coming from the area behind the front RH wheel - it has not leaked before this week, the car has not been used for 3 weeks and I have not topped up the Windscreen Wash for a couple of months because I have not used the car! When I switched on the ignition today, I received a warning that my Windscreen Wash Level was LOW, consequently, I topped up the windscreen wash with circa 5 litres of screen-wash where that windscreen wash is now dripping onto the floor.
As I seem to have developed this leak before I topped up the screen-wash level, is it conceivable that I really do have a Windscreen Wash Bottle leak? If so, how do I get access to the Wind Screen Wash Bottle to repair it?
Any advice would be appreciated as I don't understand how a leak can suddenly develop all by itself. Also, I would like to fix it myself and hope that getting access to the bottle will be easy.
Thanks
Wolfie Souter
Westbury, Wiltshire, UK
2005 SL350 (R230)
I've seen the previous (2009) post about the fact that if you overfill the Windscreen Washer Bottle on an SL, it will leak out of the neck joint; however, mine has just started to leak (seemingly all by itself) without having been refilled. Details are as follows:
Over the past week, I have found water under the RHS of my 2005 SL350 coming from the area behind the front RH wheel - it has not leaked before this week, the car has not been used for 3 weeks and I have not topped up the Windscreen Wash for a couple of months because I have not used the car! When I switched on the ignition today, I received a warning that my Windscreen Wash Level was LOW, consequently, I topped up the windscreen wash with circa 5 litres of screen-wash where that windscreen wash is now dripping onto the floor.
As I seem to have developed this leak before I topped up the screen-wash level, is it conceivable that I really do have a Windscreen Wash Bottle leak? If so, how do I get access to the Wind Screen Wash Bottle to repair it?
Any advice would be appreciated as I don't understand how a leak can suddenly develop all by itself. Also, I would like to fix it myself and hope that getting access to the bottle will be easy.
Thanks
Wolfie Souter
Westbury, Wiltshire, UK
2005 SL350 (R230)