wiper fluid reservoir relocation...ideas?

[NMTerras]

Anyone have any thoughts on where to relocate the wiper fluid reservoir? With my new bumper, it's just hanging' out in the wind...

Looking around in the engine bay, nothing really came to mind

 

[Xtacular]

For looks or so it won't get hit?

 

[TN4x4Xterra]

Just paint it black and it'll disappear if your worried about looks.

As for functionality....I'd say just eliminate it...who needs windshield washer anyways?

 

[Xtacular]

You could make a little cage for it with expanded metal or a sheet of aluminum from Lowe's.

 

[NMTerras]

Yeah looks, who cares, i can rattle can it black if I have to. But I do need the washer function...deflector might be the way to go

 

[granitex]

Are you still running the factory air cleaner? if not there may be enough room behind the rad.

 

[NMTerras]

no, have a K&N CAI...but I looked and didn't really see any room. Also, I have the SC radiator in there, more than twice as deep as the original crepe-thin POS radiator

 

[J Everett]

Does the tank have to be the same shape? I'm sure you could source some other tank from a junkyard that would fit better somewhere else in the engine bay. Just make sure you get the pump too, and it should be easy-peasy to wire it up and plumb the sprayer lines.

 

[NMTerras]

Does the tank have to be the same shape? I'm sure you could source some other tank from a junkyard that would fit better somewhere else in the engine bay. Just make sure you get the pump too, and it should be easy-peasy to wire it up and plumb the sprayer lines.

Hmmm...maybe. And since the rear-window sprayer is a POS also, I could just swap out a single tube tank and put it anywhere. Good idea!

 

[drbandkgb]

RacerXXL did a mod on his.. Im not sure what but you may ask him

 

[NMTerras]

Hmmm. That sounds vaguely familiar...


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[AaronsX]

I say cut it down, black it out, and put a cage around it

 

[Ricel]

On my old tercel, had to remove it for the CAI. Took a broken weed wackier gas tank, cleaned it real good and installed the pump.

Pros: tiny, can fit anywhere
Cons: xterras have two pumps, might have to fill it more.