How to Replace Windshield Washer Reservoir 2010-15 Chevy Camaro
Created on: 2017-03-28
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a broken, damaged, split or leaking windshield washer bottle / reservoir on 11 Chevy Camaro
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step 1 :Removing the Wheel
- Loosen the 22mm lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
- Secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
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step 2 :Removing the Windshield Washer Reservoir
- Remove the three T20 Torx bolts from the wheel well liner
- Remove the two clips on the top of the wheel well liner
- Remove the clip on the back of the wheel well liner
- Have a drain pan ready
- Disconnect the hose from the pump
- Remove the connector from the pump
- Remove the two 13mm bolts from the reservoir
- Unclip the hose from the reservoir
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step 3 :Installing the Windshield Washer Reservoir
- Clip the hose to the reservoir
- Connect the hose to the pump
- Tighten the two 13mm bolts to the reservoir
- Refill the reservoir
- Press the clips in to the wheel well liner
- Tighten the three T20 Torx bolts to the wheel well liner
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step 4 :Installing the Wheel
- Slide the wheel into place
- Start the lug nuts by hand
- Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Tighten the lug nuts to 140 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
Tools needed
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13mm Socket
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Torque Wrench
T20 Driver
Drain Pan
Door Panel Removal Tool
Ratchet
22mm Socket
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We're bringing our vehicle up on the lift to make it easier to show you what's going on, but you should be able to do this either with the vehicle on the ground or the front end raised slightly. Once the vehicle is supported, you'll want to take off your left front wheel and you'll want to do that with a 22 millimeter socket. You'll pull the lug nuts off, pull the wheel off, and then you'll have access to the inner fender liner so that you can access the three Torx bolts that are right on the inner fender liner. They're T20 bolts and you'll want to remove those along with the two clips on the top of the fender liner so that you can push the liner out of the way.
With the tool that you can get from 1A Auto you can pop it right in the clip and pull the clip right out of the fender liners. Once you have the centers out the bottom half will come out very easily, just like that. There's one more clip right here in the back on the inner wheel well. You'll pop out the center and then the bottom half. With the clips out and the bolts out you can pull the fender liner out in front of the brake rotor and get it out of the way.
Most washer bottles are going to have fluid in them when you are removing them, so you're going to want to empty that. To do that you have a rubber hose right here that you can disconnect from the pump itself which usually just pops right off. At that point you just need to catch all the fluid with a bucket.
Then there's going to be two 13 millimeter bolts—one in the back and one up here in the front. You'll need a 13 millimeter socket and extension to get at them. As soon as they're loose, they'll probably just spin out by hand. You can remove the connector from the pump like so. There's actually one more bolt right here in the front, also a 13 millimeter. We'll have to remove that one as well. The vacuum hose just clicks right into the pump. The washer bottle itself and you can feed it right through and remove it from the vehicle.
Feed your rubber hose through the hole in the washer bottle and down to the pump. You can snap it right into the bottle and then weave it through all of the connectors up top. Next you can slide the washer bottle into its home on the frame, right about there, and then start feeding your 13 millimeter bolts into the holes. Then you'll use your ratchet and extension to tighten them down. You don't need to tighten them down too tight, just turning with your wrist. You don't want to be using your elbow because that'll be way too much, way too much on these bolts, and the third one. Snap the connector back into place.
The fender liner can now be put back into place. Tuck it behind the ABS sensor wire, and then start putting your pushpins right back into place. You'll want to reinstall your three T20 Torx screws next in the front of the fender liner.
Now you'll want to reinstall your wheel and tire. With the tire back on the ground and lug nuts just hand tightened into place you'll want to torque each one in a cross pattern to 140 foot-pounds.
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