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Old Oct 28, 2015 | 10:20 AM
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When these bottles, rubber and hard plastic lines finally start leaking like my '00 1500, (and it's leaking right at the bottle and perhaps a "fitting" that passes thru into the washer fluid, from what I can tell..

Trying to avoid pulling the new battery out the top if I can fix it from the bottom...

Where do these things typically leak at the bottle, and what's the fix?? Tired of the blue stain.... lol!!

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Old Oct 28, 2015 | 11:21 AM
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My self, I haven't seen very many. We don't have extreme weather conditions here.
Usually around the pump. It has a rubber grommet.

Either the pump itself or the gromet. I have seen a few older bottles where the plastic dried out and was cracking. Or they have been damaged by tire's on lifted trucks.
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Old Oct 28, 2015 | 11:30 AM
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Thanks. The definitive sense of direction I've gotten. Pulling it all out so it can be properly inspected and fixed. Nothing leaks on my truck....., for long..

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Old Oct 28, 2015 | 12:28 PM
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Had the bottle go bad on a GMT900, since it was a company truck our shop changed out the bottle, and cracked the pump body while cramming it into the new bottle. I ordered a new pump and stuck it in with simply peeling back the wheelwell lining. So I guess what I'm saying is, don't assume it's the bottle unless you can see the damage. Could be the grommet, could be the pump itself as the plastic seems brittle.

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Old Oct 28, 2015 | 08:25 PM
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Thanks for the additional heads-up.
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Old Nov 26, 2015 | 08:59 PM
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Interestingly I recv'd a Genuine GM Jug, cap, pump and level sensor from Parts geek. NOS I suspect. The orig. packaging is Fisher/GM nomenclature, pn etc. along with GM logo OEM cardboard header, (circa 99-06). Then it looks like it's remarked by someone before Parts geek got it.

Very ice OEM Nos replacement. May last another 15-16 years.. lol..
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Glad you got it fixed!
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Old Nov 28, 2015 | 02:52 AM
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The black plastic case around my pump motor cracked and started leaking in the middle of the pump. Quite strange. Replaced the pump and fixed it.
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