How do you clean/adjust the front screen washer nozzles on a 1.4 Tipo Easy? All I can see is a rectangular gap with no obvious way of altering the direction of the water jet. Are there several jet holes hidden in there somewhere?
Technical Screen washer nozzles
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Technical Screen washer nozzles
First I would pull off an easy to access washer hose and see if there is a good delivery of water from that when working the lever. Often the screen wash pump can be the problem.
You can use old fashioned fuse wire, me being ex motor trade an high pressure air line is a favourite too.
Thanks for those tips. Water is coming through but I can't find how to alter the direction of spray.
On many jets there is a round ball with a hole through it and a pin or similar can redirect the angle by moving the ball slightly, I doubt if that is your issue as they don't usually alter so most likely partially blocked if pump is working correctly.
Remove hose from rear of washer jet and blast through with a can of compressed air?
That being said I've never needed to adjust mine at all
That being said I've never needed to adjust mine at all
You can remove them and clean them up and if you dare, get a mouth full of water and fit the nozzle side over your mouth and blow / push water backwards and any trapped dirt exits the way it came in. I’ve cleaned a few like that over the years and before you refit the nozzle pump some screen wash through the open end of the pipe.
The Tipo manual says they are fixed so you can’t adjust the aim. One of mine was a bit low and I had a go with a needle file. Now they cover the roof with water. Maybe OK for motorway driving as it should all now hit the screen. Seems a bit concentrated in the middle, not much spread so I’ve ordered a set from amazon (search OEM 52023509,52023510 and a set come up for £8.49)
The Tipo manual says they are fixed so you can’t adjust the aim. One of mine was a bit low and I had a go with a needle file. Now they cover the roof with water. Maybe OK for motorway driving as it should all now hit the screen. Seems a bit concentrated in the middle, not much spread so I’ve ordered a set from amazon (search OEM 52023509,52023510 and a set come up for £8.49)
Thanks so much for this. It explains the problem with aiming the jet! I'll remove them and clean them.
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My Panda ones have a hole at one end that you can adjust the aim with a small
screw driver slot, and using a pin in one of the jets you can slide the jet block
out of.
screw driver slot, and using a pin in one of the jets you can slide the jet block
out of.
My Panda sporting had a slot each side of the jets so you could manipulate sprey height with a screwdriver, and glue it to stop it moving. The 57 plate panda was the same & the twinair didn't last long in my ownerships to get as far as washer jets.
No such slot on the Tipo & handbook in blue file says it's fixed / not adjustable
