Multiplewagon
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Just noticed my headlight washers arn't popping out the bumper and doing their squirty thing... any ideas?
Technical Head light washers not working
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Technical Head light washers not working
The headlamp washers are lifted by hydraulic water pressure. They're fed by a separate high pressure pump in the washer bottle. If they're not popping up, there could be several reasons:
You may have insufficient or frozen water in the resevoir.
One or more of the pipes could be disconnected or split.
The hydraulic jet raising device could be siezed (frozen?).
The pump isn't working. (fuse?)
First things to check for would be: Ice, water on the ground under the offside front wing or front of the car, and can you hear the pump running when you operate it.
I needed a new headlight washer pump for my MW a few months ago and found that the complete resevoir including headlight and windscreen washer pumps was only £3 more than buying just the headlight washer pump.
Dave.
You may have insufficient or frozen water in the resevoir.
One or more of the pipes could be disconnected or split.
The hydraulic jet raising device could be siezed (frozen?).
The pump isn't working. (fuse?)
First things to check for would be: Ice, water on the ground under the offside front wing or front of the car, and can you hear the pump running when you operate it.
I needed a new headlight washer pump for my MW a few months ago and found that the complete resevoir including headlight and windscreen washer pumps was only £3 more than buying just the headlight washer pump.
Dave.
wotnowarninglight
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Appreciate the insight on how they work Davren, mine still work, but I do seem to be loosing screen wash through a leak somewhere around the bottom of the washer bottle 
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You need to take the off side wheel arch liner out to see the bottom of the resevoir and the pumps.
Headlamp washer pump is the one with a larger pipe. The pump plugs into the resevoir with a rubber grommet that could be leaking. It could also be leaking where the pipe goes onto the pump or you could have a split in the resevoir.
Dave.
Headlamp washer pump is the one with a larger pipe. The pump plugs into the resevoir with a rubber grommet that could be leaking. It could also be leaking where the pipe goes onto the pump or you could have a split in the resevoir.
Dave.
