Hello everyone.
Today I changed the engine cutoff valve which was a rather nice job. I had to remove the cruise control and also the washing fluid reservoir. You certainly know this feeling that after putting something apart and then together you begin to have your doubts whether that certain part is working the way it should. Having my doubts I found out that the spiral in the reservoir doesn't heat up and seem to recall that the fluid inside the reservoir used to be hot after even a short drive.
There are two rubber hoses from the cooling system fluid connected to each end of the spiral. They are not interchangeable - one is wider (left) and one is narrower (right). I pulled them off the metal spiral and tried blowing/sucking in them. They feel very easy for the flow, there is nothing stuck in them.
I then tried blowing/sucking in the metal spiral inside the reservoir. When I suck at the wider (left) end then the passage for flow is free. But when I blow then there is a rattle sound as if there was a ball valve and the flow closes. Nothing comes thru. Alternatively, when I blow at the narrow end the flow is OK but when I suck at it that 'something' closes the flow.
Is this the way it is supposed to be? Because when the engine is running the cooland flow comes from the wider end and can't flow through the spiral because there is some sort of a one way valve. This way, however, the reservoir will never heat up and I remember it did.
Am I doing something wrong? If there is a valve (which there clearly is) - is it supposed to work this way or is it stuck the incorrect way? Or will the valve open after a certain time or ... or what?
Thank you for your suggestions!
10-19-2006, 04:08 PM
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