Oily fluid in windshield washer resevoir

heidig
Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:45:22 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I turned on the windshield washers in my husband’s 95 volvo wagon and the windshield became smudged and totally impossible to see through. I pulled over to see what was in the resevoir and found an oily substance. It looked a bit like congealed olive oil. I emptied the resevoir by running it until it no longer sprayed. Needless to say, I had the oily substance all over the windshield and front end of the car. After 3 hours of cleaning the car off and rinsing the resevoir with dawn mixed with water, I think I’ve cleared the system. My question is… what could this fluid be? My husband says that he has not put anything in the wiper fluid resevoir. The only other person would be the mechanic. I plan to ask him, but thought I’d ask you first.

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