981 - leak from washer bottle on steep downhill ?

[Chappelle]

Air con condensor?

 

[Scrounger]

If the washer bottle is filled too much it seeps out of the neck.

Dan

 

[Muttley7]

On reflection, the air on *could* be the cause, yes. Mine needs re-gassing so was set to max for the hour long drive (it’s so feeble at the moment). The volume of discharge was much higher than I’ve seen from a/c condensate on my non-Porsche cars but they rarely try this hard…

 

[Muttley7]

Another day, another problem!

Parked on a steep downhill today after an hour long drive, came back 30 mina later to find a large damp patch running out from under the front-left (basically below the washer bottle area). Steep as in the rear of the car was probably a good 1-2 feet above the front.

Tasted a drip from the undertray and it’s consistent with washer fluid (probably! - no bittering agent that would signify coolant, not oily, not all that soapy either….)

My Indie might have refilled the bottle when he serviced it a few months back - otherwise I’ve not refilled it in living memory - so I don’t *think* it has just been overfilled.

Any ideas? Is it likely just to be a overflow?

There’s clearly still washer fluid in the system as I used it a couple of times on the trip back.

 

[Design-Icon]

Check the water. If it's clear and odourless then most likely Air conditioning and nothing to worry about.

Washer bottle fluid has antifreeze in it.

 

[Chappelle]

Hope so. I went over a big 'yump' in mine and the car grounded. Stopped to inspect the damage and water was dripping from the underneath but no issues in the last 4 weeks so thinking this was the air con too

 

[Muttley7]

Hope so. I went over a big 'yump' in mine and the car grounded. Stopped to inspect the damage and water was dripping from the underneath but no issues in the last 4 weeks so thinking this was the air con too

To be fair, I’ve come into the Porsche world from 20 years and 60-70k-miles of spirited Caterham touring/track days/competition and have possibly fallen into the “if you think something is wrong and start looking for a problem, you”ll find one” inevitability!