Windshield wiper fluid not working

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Jwithing

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Sunday, my windshield was covered in a thin sheet of ice. I was lazy and barely scraped enough off on the driver side and sprayed the windshield washer fluid for about a minute and blasted the defrost for the rest while driving. Yesterday, I was getting the washer fluid light on the dash and put some more in, but it was only one circle down from max. Figured the lines were frozen or something. Got a tiny sputter onto the hood this morning and can hear the motor going strong. It got up to 47 degrees today and still not coming out at all. I blasted some air duster in the nozzles and nothing. I don't feel like messing with it at the moment and figured I'll pull the reservoir next week if need be when I get my new grille, but wanted thoughts on troubleshooting?
 

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1 circle down from Max??? Are you sure you didn't put washer fluid on your anti-freeze fill? The washer fluid doesn't have any fill lines or dipsticks.
 
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1 circle down from Max??? Are you sure you didn't put washer fluid on your anti-freeze fill? The washer fluid doesn't have any fill lines or dipsticks.
******* God dammit
 
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Well, washer fluid comes out when you put it in the correct reservoir. :emotions122:

I put the wrong coolant in when I did my 180 thermo and have been running high in engine temps, was planning on flushing the coolant when it warmed up anyway.
 

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Well, washer fluid comes out when you put it in the correct reservoir. :emotions122:

I put the wrong coolant in when I did my 180 thermo and have been running high in engine temps, was planning on flushing the coolant when it warmed up anyway.

Oooops!


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Every Ram I've had the washers didn't work all winter. Even with -25 degree fluid. My '14 300 is the same way.

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