My 500s front jetwashers are not squirting properly,the passenger side works fine but the drivers just bubbles up and doesn’t fire at the windscreen I’ve looked for the nozzles to stick a pin in but can’t find any holes, are they easy to take off and clean. Cheers in advance for any help
Technical Fiat 500 front jet washers
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Technical Fiat 500 front jet washers
Lift bonnet..
Pull off the supply hose..
Let the debris-ridden fluid drain out.. then reconnect
Pull off the supply hose..
Let the debris-ridden fluid drain out.. then reconnect
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The barrel inside should have three tiny holes. Early ones the barrel was prone to coming loose and rotating a little, hiding the holes, or moving sideways out of the housing, leaving a dribble instead of a squirt.
Have a good look at it to see if the barrel is out of place. There's a screwdriver slot on the side for adjusting it, but rotating it far may make it loose. New ones are not expensive.
If the barrel will rotate and stay tight enough, turn it 180 degrees. The tiny holes outside usually have larger ones inside, where the goo collects. Turning the big holes out, then giving a squirt will often eject the goo. Then turn them back again and spend an hour adjusting them. Once happy, drive off, and find they are too low when moving. Adjust up a bit, and squirt over the roof. Always been a problem with almost every car since washers were created.
Have a good look at it to see if the barrel is out of place. There's a screwdriver slot on the side for adjusting it, but rotating it far may make it loose. New ones are not expensive.
If the barrel will rotate and stay tight enough, turn it 180 degrees. The tiny holes outside usually have larger ones inside, where the goo collects. Turning the big holes out, then giving a squirt will often eject the goo. Then turn them back again and spend an hour adjusting them. Once happy, drive off, and find they are too low when moving. Adjust up a bit, and squirt over the roof. Always been a problem with almost every car since washers were created.
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Anyone know if that tiny barrel is available by itself to buy?
(and where from?)
I've also lost the driver's side one!
You have to buy the whol thing. Not difficult to change.
It is a cheap design, and the barrel is not supposed to be adjusted much, just once really. Too much adjustment makes it loose, then it falls out. They also fall out as they age, so a replacement barrel would likely not last long.
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They also pop out if they freeze (and the pipes are prone to splitting), so it's important to ensure there is sufficient additive in the screenwasher fluid if frosty weather is expected.
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Cheers - replaced it today with the new one..... now need a new scuttle cover for the passenger side wiper.... D'OH! Luckily there was one on ebay for a tenner.
Anyone know a source for the little plastic 2-piece fixings that hold the full-width scuttle cover down?
Anyone know a source for the little plastic 2-piece fixings that hold the full-width scuttle cover down?
Ebay, plastic panel fixings only issue is there's so many to choose from, think they're 5mm
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The part number is 51761163, but shockingly expensive from Fiat. A search will give alternative suppliers tho' for more sensibly priced ones...
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