Front Washer Not working?

[JA]

In January after a very cold night - I noticed that nothing was coming out of my front washers - at the time I put this down to them being frozen, however they are still not working.

The Rear washer is working fine - they use the same resevoir dont they?

The Front washer makes a noise (which sound fine) so I am sure the motor is working fine.

Any Ideas?

J

 

[craig]

Did you have enough screenwash in? If not your resevoir could have cracked if it was full.
Just an idea!!

 

[Sabre23]

Check all hoses are still attached. Not just at each end, there may be connections in between. If you tried them when they were frozen, pressure may have blown one off.
Yes front and rear washers use same reservoir, you've only ever filled one, I hope.

 

[Barakka]

Re: Re: Front Washer Not working?

Unfortunately you need to trace it from the water bottle back to the jets...

I had a problem with mine in January, it was either not spraying at all or dribbling out when it did. I got the mechanics to have a look on the service, to use his words it was "some fancy three way no-return valve come splitter thingy under the black plastic panel at the base of the windscreen" He replaced it with a standard splitter and it's been fine since, if not better...

Could be worth a look ?

Barakka

 

[cathal]

Re: Re: Re: Front Washer Not working?

had the exact same problem. I found that there was a problem with a connection on the black tubing that carriers the water to the front jets. if you follow the tubing from the jets untill you get a connection that splits the main tube into tubing going to each jet. This splitter can get clogged up or the rubber seal inside can go. Just take it out and open it up and clean it out.Hope that helps.