i was wondering if saab's just have some kind of special way to get to the tank that hold the washer fluid, cause i just got my car and the light came on for washer fluid, so i nbought some and tried to fill it up. well this morning it came back on, so i put more in and watched it drip out the bottom. Is there any trick to this cause after looking around (i don't know much about cars) i see that the tank its kept in his behind a peice of metal, would i have to take that off to look at it and should i just look at it myself or bring it in to have it fixed?

just remove it from your car, and inspect it for where the leak is. Then buy some Plastic Epoxy and seal up the crack or w/e it is. That should fix it good enough. Otherwise e-mail a person like me and i can help you locate a new one ;)

Remove the tank is first and foremost.
Then inspect tank for cracks (highly doubt) as well as the pump seal or that the washer line has issues, check line for cracks or that it may of just came of the pump.
This is also a good time to wash out tank if it’s gotten a sediment build up….

thanks

I did two of these on my cars, on consecutive weekends. In both cases, the tank split with the split originating from the rear support pillar.

I'm now pretty good at getting the tank out, can do the whole thing in about an hour but I reckon you can do it with the tank in by removing just the offside inner wheel arch liner.

David.

offside inner wheel arch liner

i'm guessing that is the metal piece right there in my way? also where abouts is the nuts for it so i can take it off, cause if i get down there and just start unscrewing things the engine will fall out or something.

djtaylor wrote:
offside inner wheel arch liner


i'm guessing that is the metal piece right there in my way? also where abouts is the nuts for it so i can take it off, cause if i get down there and just start unscrewing things the engine will fall out or something.

Nope. It's the plastic piece (err, to be exact, two pieces) you can see on the wheel well. After unbolting the front wheel it's easy to remove, if totally rust-welded bolts are not taken into account...and will not make your engine drop on the floor :D I'd try removing it just for the heck of it, gives you pretty good access to many areas in the engine bay.

-Ville

danka :)

Remove the nuts that hold the wheel arch trim and remove that trim first, then you'll find one bolt at the top by the strut spring, one a little lower down, a couple below and about 2 towards the front. Remove the liner and you'll find access to the bottle is pretty easy.

To actually remove the bottle is a bit more of a pig, notable you typically need to remove the grill, the headlight. You then need to get to the lower nuts on the inner wing. I find that removing the expansion bottle aids access to these but these are the most time consuming ones.

Whilst you have this lot off, check the tubing carefully, if it's original it tends to be rubber and I had one which had split in addition to the bottle problem itself.

David.