Grrr! Stupid car!

[thewayne]

I stop at Autozone for a new tire pressure gauge (my wife has absconded with my nice little digital), a radiator cap for Russet's Subaru, and a gallon of windshield wiper fluid. My tire pressure light came on today, I assumed one of my new front tires was over-pressure and it turns out my right rear tire is 25% low; I'll have to take care of that tonight.

But the windshield fluid was the interesting part. I start pouring. Continue pouring. I notice the jug is becoming lighter and start thinking that the fluid tank shouldn't hold that much liquid. Then I notice the steadily expanding puddle of fluid on the ground.

Damn tank apparently is broken/cracked.

*sigh*

I can't see this as part of hitting the rock two months ago as the impact was on the right side of the car (facing it) and the tank is on the left. Who knows. Maybe something froze and the expansion cracked the tank. Dunno.

Comments

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

A lot of new cars have sensors that tell you when a tire is over- or under-inflated. Then you have cars like BMW or Corvette that use drive-flat tires. And then you have things like some models of Hummers that let you adjust your tire pressure while you're driving. Basically if you're stuck in sand, you want to lower your tire pressure to give your tires more of a footprint to help you get out.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

That's good enough. If you want to make your tires last the longest, check the pressure weekly and get them rotated every time you get your oil changed (or every other time).