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Normally my car gets all its maintenance done at the service shop, like oils, filters, diagnostics, repairs etc. I do understand cars to some extent, more on the enthusiastic side. Like I can tell if something feels off, but I am not about to rebuild an engine or diagnose a knocking sound with confidence.
So today my windshield washer fluid ran out. No big deal, coz I had some time, stopped by the store, grabbed a bottle and filled it up quickly. I didn’t use it right away since the windshield was clean.
But later on when I finally did, it was like someone smeared oil across the glass lol. Bad af visibility, full greasy chaos. I hit the sprayer again thinking maybe it needed to clear through, but nope, same thing happened. Plus the smell was definitely not the washer fluid one.
Pulled into a car wash, checked the bottle and turns out I dumped 5 liters of coolant into the washer tank🤡
I could not stop laughing and shaming myself. I was used to green washer fluid in a clear bottle from the same shop I always go to. This time they had green coolant in an almost identical container sitting in the same exact spot. And my dumb ass went full autopilot.
Had to hold the washer lever down and just let it all drain out, praying that the coolant would not wreck the system or washer nozzles. Thankfully, the system seems fine, also I used up another 2 liters of actual washer fluid afterward to flush everything through. Lesson learned.
TLDR accidentally filled the windshield washer tank with coolant, drove around for hours with a windshield that looked like it had been dipped in oil and would not clean off. Had to flush the whole system and hope it didn’t melt anything. Used 2 more liters of real washer fluid to clean it out.
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