7 replies to this topic

[Morgan]

Today, my water jet nozzles decided to stop working.

I pressed the button; nothing.

The HID washers still pop up and spray as normal.

There is an electrical noise in the engine bay when you press the button as if they should be working, but they aren't?

Yes, the washer bottle is full of water.

Any ideas?

[alexGT]

blocked one way valve perhaps. open the joins just after the lines attach to the bonnet and try again

[RX25SE]

Some washer pumps have a filter on the inlet.

You may need to remove the washer bottle, pull the pump off it and give the whole thing a clean.

Do this and flush the lines as alexxxxxxxxxxx suggested.

[Adam]

Clean the nozzles out maybe. (after you check what alexxxxxxxxxxx said)

I use the ties you get with the freezer bags, strip off the plastic, take the pipe off and push the metal through a few times.

alexxxxxxxxxxx

Lol I didn't see this til after my post!

[bd-850]

pull the hose off and get a air gun to blow air through the lines and out the nozzle, or get a pin and poke down the holes

[Morgan]

Sweeeeet thanks guys. Will give that a go

Weird how they were working yesterday and not today. Do they often just stop working like that?

[RX25SE]

Careful blowing compressed air down the lines.

You run the risk of popping the hose off the connectors.
Not much of a problem, unless a joiner is inside a panel or behind a dash like on most vans.


Yeah, Iv'e done it.




If you are poking something down the jets, do it with the pump running so it flushes the gunk* out.





*Gunk is a technical term for crud.

[Morgan]

All fixed. Thanks for the tips, all.

After pressing the button for a while I noticed it was all leaking out the bottom so I got under there and pulled apart a few things.

It was then that I realised it was coming from the top of the engine bay. Got back up there and found the main hose that connects to the jets was disconnected. Plugged back in and BAM, it worked