Washer jet woes

There I am, pootling along when it became apparent that my windscreen was indeed quite filthy. I pulled back the stalk to commence water displacement and.... nothing

 

Okay I thought. Perhaps I've run out of water. I tried the rear and there's water so can't be that. Must be a blockage somewhere at the front.

 

I got to my destination and luckily found a pin in that centre compartment where I keep makeup and stuff. I shoved this into the nozzles on both washer jets and twiddled them around.

 

Pulled back the stalk, still nothing Checked the tank, loads of fluid left.

 

Could it be a blockage somewhere further down the system? Or at the pump? I didn't have a great look but do the fronts and backs run off seperate lines straight from the pump or do they branch off further along?

 

I have a feeling I was a bit too careless with the wax one day and a load of it has become lodged into the nozzles

can you hear the pump running

Push the button on the end

Push the button on the end

 

WTF?!??! I forgot about this.

 

Why am I thinking pulling the stalk towards me should do this?

WTF?!??! I forgot about this.

 

Why am I thinking pulling the stalk towards me should do this?

 

 

You aren't the first, you won't be the last.

Push the button on the end

 

 

PS your not the first

I feel like a complete and utter tool now

okay okay, so what happens when I pull the stalk towards me?

 

Rear missile launchers?

lmao!

indeed

okay okay, so what happens when I pull the stalk towards me?

 

Rear missile launchers?

 

Well it wipes the window once without, and this is important, firing the washer jets

 

Just in case it's raining a bit or something.

 

-Ian

Well it wipes the window once without, and this is important, firing the washer jets

 

Just in case it's raining a bit or something.

 

-Ian

 

i keep indicating with my wipers and ive had the car 7 months

always remember the sugarbabes PUSH THE BUTTON

 

I got to my destination and luckily found a pin in that centre compartment where I keep makeup and stuff.

 

i keep indicating with my wipers and ive had the car 7 months

 

Had mine 2 and half years and I do the same

I even took mine to a mechanic who had the hoses off and blasting them with an air line before reconnecting them and still no fluid.... til he gets in the car and finds it straight away... how stupid i looked/felt!!

mine sprays the jets when i pull it... maybe its a facelift thing

mine sprays the jets when i pull it... maybe its a facelift thing

 

Nope, mine is button powered. It's a VVTi thing though, no button and pulling it works the washers as well.

 

-Ian

I even took mine to a mechanic who had the hoses off and blasting them with an air line before reconnecting them and still no fluid.... til he gets in the car and finds it straight away... how stupid i looked/felt!!

 

dude, that's worse than me

Had mine 2 and half years and I do the same

 

I'm fine in the Supe now... it's just whenever I get into any other car I get confused

I love these threads.

 

Ok then, how many people didn't know you could lock the glovebox? Took me about 6 months.

i dont. but then i dont want to

I love these threads.

 

Ok then, how many people didn't know you could lock the glovebox? Took me about 6 months.

 

You may even have two types of keys. One will do the doors and engine but not the glove box.

 

The other will do them all. Appariantly this is for those who dont trust valet parking.