washer jets not working

teulk · Post by **teulk** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:15 am

All of a sudden yesterday all but one of the jets in the washer nozzles stopped working. Why would this suddenly happen and whats the chances of them all becoming blocked/clogged at the same time. Only one jet works on the passenger side the rest don\'t

kawika · Post by **kawika** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:37 pm

mine keep doin same thing sometimes they work fine other times they just stop...lol

hamesy · Post by **hamesy** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:54 pm

I had the same problem, but I found that the pipe was kinkin when I shut the bonnet. All I done was pull the pipe a little to stop the kink and now they work fine.

kawika · Post by **kawika** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:41 pm

cool will look at that

pct corsa · Post by **pct corsa** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:10 pm

also clean the washer bottle out then clean jets backwards with a tyre pressure pump might have filled up water bottle from a tap that had been cleaned with clorine which stays slightly gritty

davie_16v · Post by **davie_16v** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:12 pm

yeah i had a list of many plants living in my last corsas water bottle which didnt help much, and to make matters worse the rear one was burst so when ever you went to clean the rear one the water would piss in where you adjust the rear seat belt fecking annoying things

rant over

davie

teulk · Post by **teulk** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:25 am

thanks for that........don\'t think the pipe is kinked or jammed as they still don\'t work even with the bonnet up. Looks like they must be blocked

amanda · Post by **amanda** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:43 am

mine didnt work, it was the combination of a kink in the pipe to washers, and the water bottle being blocked up

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:07 pm

poke the washers with a pin..... gently! im thinking you may not have used your washers for a while as the weather had been nice and you get crud in there

its easy enough to follow the washer lines along and find the blockage, the fact one is still working rules out the pump

teulk · Post by **teulk** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:13 pm

I\'m at a bit of a loss really. The only thing it can be are blocked nozzles but i don\'t have a pin thin enough

. I managed to get a boom bristle in them and they seem clear so if the pipe is blocked then its one helluva big blockage

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:26 pm

you could always repplace the lines, easy enough to do, but you should be able to see the blockage

teulk · Post by **teulk** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:36 pm

the pipes are black so i ant see thru them, i think I\'ll just replace the lines and nozzles.........prob easier and I\'m sure it wont cost more than a few pounds for the parts

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:24 pm

yeah the pipes are dirt cheap, black??? thats strange. if you live near an aquatic shop go in there and buy some \'airline\' its the same stuff and cheaper from aquatic shop plus they\'ll have the connectors

id leave the \'nozzles\' for the time being see if replacing the lines work

teulk · Post by **teulk** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:19 am

i think it may be easier just to replace the whole lot, i mean there is a hole about the size of a 10pence piece which allows for access behind the nozzles and not a lot of space to be faffin around trying to disconnect and reconnect new pipes. I also tried to remove the nozzles and i gave up in case i broke the securing lugs........................if anyone has any tips id love to hear them

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:08 pm

think you are just gonna have to get on with the job matey, im pretty sure everyones going its a blocked pipe ffs!

start pulling it apart, you cant break it, its already broke