screen-wash bottle removal?

[chrism]

Hi All. Ugh...black slimy guff in the screen-wash bottle
I've removed the obvious nut but can't see anything else that might persuade it to 'let go' so's I can remove it and clean it out
Anyone got any advice please?
TIA

[Fredjohn]

It is held on by 3 nuts/bolts.

See parts catalogue page 1721A for locations.

Items 35 (2) and 36 (1).


Edited after recount!

[johnj]

Hi

I own an S2 so it may be different but it has 3 nuts holding the container in place. One on the cabin side of the boot and 2 on the lights side. One is clearly visible but the other is hidden behind the motor and wiring, access is further hindered by a metal bar

[chrism]

Yep, thanks folks.
I found 3 x 10mm nuts + bolts - inc one nut well-hidden but accessible and one nut impossible to get at in the rear light corner; these are in the boot.
It seems you undo the nuts inside the boot area then unscrew their bolts in the rh rear wheel arch.
Of course you can't get a 10mm spanner on the impossible nut to finally get it out ...anyway I managed to drain the black water but couldn't get the bottle out to get its inside clean.
All normal for our Elans isn't it?

Oh, and the bolts in the wheel arch are all those shallow-headed types that rust and round-off when you reach for a spanner...

[Fredjohn]

I managed to undo them all in the boot I think.

Use of a ¼'' or ⅜'' flexible drive helps.

[johnj]

Mine were undone from the boot. The difficult nut to undo I used a 10mm socket and an extension bar of a length that allowed the ratchet movement

[chrism]

So, armed with those prompt replies and extra info I went back out and 'nailed it'

Take a bow folks - it was down to you (plus I reckon all 'Elanners' have to be bloody-minded, right?)

[chrism]

Grr...I just went out to admire y'days work and found a deep puddle of washer fluid below the screen-wash bottle Carpet soaked...

So, I drained the bottle again, took it all back out - inc carpet bits to dry out - and found what seemed to be a small split* along the seam of the bottom lhs fixing lug.

There's old drying marks around the wheel cover cardboard here so it might have been weeping, or a previous spillage, but I strongly suspect that I might have over-tightened the fixing screw/nut combination and made the leak worse...

Yep, now I fully understand 'mission creep'...

* not totally convinced it's a split, the pump is very close; I'll try putting some sealant around the pump gasket first when it's all dried out (and a small amount of water) to see if that works

Another edit; the small split seemed 'cosmetic' when poked with a screwdriver, so I tightened up the pump (it's a fragile plastic screw-in effort), crossed my fingers, bolted it all back in, added a little washer fluid and it's got through the night w/out leaking further . (Phew hope that's the end of it - that hidden screw is a bee..aa..tcch to reach!)