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do you guys think I can repair a leak in my windshield wiper fluid reservoir myself :marseyscarfmerchant:

it wasn't squirting so I filled it and then it still wasn't squirting so later I looked in there again and it had all drained out, what an antisemitic waste of a couple shekels :soycry:

I don't have any car cowtools :marseycowtools: and I didn't look under the car but I assume there must be a gaping hole at the bottom for it all to drain so quickly :marseyready:

so do you think I can fix it myself or do I have to get wallet r*ped at mechanic :marseygiveup: it's winter so it's kind of necessary to be able to see ig

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So then we'd have to see about getting to the pump, determine if the bottle is cracked or if the rubber grommet on the pump is leaking.

There's a couple different reservoirs for a 2012 mazda3 -- sedan small, sedan large, and hatchback. This is what the small sedan looks like, the black bit is the pump.

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Might be accessible from underneath but if you're climbing under the car, NEVER rely on a jack of any sort. They can, and do, fail without warning. Jackstands save lives. Lacking that, you could also find a small overhang/curb/2x4s to drive up, then set the parking brake (if functional) and chock the rear wheels.


I'll trade you, though. I'd rather be diagnosing a plastic bottle than replacing strut mounts. This is what my morning looks like. You can see I have a jackstand, and my tire just as a backup if it slips off the stand somehow -- I'd rather buy a new tire than a new spine.

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the blue thermometer thing also keeps coming on and off randomly :marseybangfast: idk if it's related

apparently canadian tire lets you borrow cowtools, maybe I will do that and learn to be less r-slurred :marseymechanic:

it's nice you know what you're doing, you probably save thousands from avoiding (((mechanics))) :dizzy:

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Oh Canada? Ok good, I thought you were in Africa or something. Yeah I think Canadian Tire loans cowtools.

The blue thermometer means the engine is still cold, that's perfectly normal. Some manufacturers switched to that because it was cheaper than adding a separate temperature needle.


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giving off afrikang vibes makes me sound way cooler than I am so I will take it :cool:

I looked it up and google said that my coolant is leaking and my engine is overheating and I need to go to a mechanic immediately or it will have to be towed, kill all google "engineers" :stare:

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If it was a red light, then sure. But blue means cold.

I think there's a legit law that the overheat light has to be red, something about "anything that could suddenly leave you stranded on the road must be red"

Repair fixed one of my noises, but the other one is getting steadily worse. Fingers crossed it's just loose tie rod ends, stupid aftermarket ones are harder to torque properly. Nobody owns a wrench that thin


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