Window washer

[s13_whoa]

Soo this may be a noob question buuut what could be the cause of my window washer not being sprayed. I filled the resevoir almost full with rainX & only the left side barely squirts fluid out. Doesnt even reach the windshield. Only cause of this i could assume would be that its clogged? If so how do i unclog it?

93 nissan 240sx

[rpierce]

Could be clogged. BUT.... I took the main hose off and when i re-routed it through the holder on the hood I did it wrong and it would pinch when I closed the hood. Try spraying it with the hood open and see if it comes out easily.

If it does you gotta reroute the hose even though it might look like you're doing it backwards for some reason that's how it has to be.

[shogun!]

The easy way:
Buy a new car

The lazy way:
Let your girlfriend clean out the spray nozzles, the plastic tubes between the reservoir and the nozzles and also clean out the reservoir itself.

If no go...
Change the spray pump if it is no longer working as it should.

[s13_whoa]

Originally Posted by rpierce

Could be clogged. BUT.... I took the main hose off and when i re-routed it through the holder on the hood I did it wrong and it would pinch when I closed the hood. Try spraying it with the hood open and see if it comes out easily.

If it does you gotta reroute the hose even though it might look like you're doing it backwards for some reason that's how it has to be.

The hose leads into somewhere where its pretty hard to reach or get to & idk where the hose leads to. Idk ill take a pic tomorrow morning amd post it up

[Frank_Jaeger]

Originally Posted by s13_whoa

ill take a pic tomorrow

No one ever takes pics tomorrow. It makes me sad.

[s14boy]

no pictures are needed any one who know a little about a car can explain this. you have had multiple people tell you what to do so i am going to lay it out for you.

1. take off the hoses the start at the fluid reservoir that is located in front of the passenger wheel well then routs up to your hood and T's in to 2 more hoses that go to the hood mounted nozzles. clean all of these or replace them. the re install and test if it still doesn’t work continue on to step 2

2. inspect nozles for damage

3. check the connector that is going to your pump for corrosion and or a cut/shorted wire. if there is corrosion clean it off and test if it is cut solder it back together and heat shrink over the connection.

4. check that you are getting voltage to the pump still. use a multi meter and get a friend to "spray" windshield washer fluid.

5. Replace pump and fluid reservoir

-Mike

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by s13_whoa

The hose leads into somewhere where its pretty hard to reach or get to & idk where the hose leads to. Idk ill take a pic tomorrow morning amd post it up

The hose routing is really straight forward, I'll explain it from the Driver's side nozzle back.

Driver's side nozzle > some length of tubing > Y connection with the Passenger Side Nozzle > tubing runs to passenger side of hose > drops down into a hole through the Passenger side 'upper frame rail' between the firewall and strut tower. From here, it basically follows the passenger side fender harness through/above the wheel well, and finally terminates at the pump/reservoir.

When rerouting my line way back when, I made the mistake of over-tightening a zip-tie that held the line in place and this restricted the flow of fluid enough to make the nozzles mostly useless - so I'd check for that, but it sounds like your nozzle is clogged. If that proves to be the case, you should be able to 'blow' them out using compressed air, or possibly clean then out with a small enough pin. (I don't know what's in the nozzle, so be careful haphazardly poking around in there with a pin.)

[Mikester]

Remove 4 12mm bolts, pop the line off the "Y"- BOOM, hood comes off and you can work with it much more easily.

I personally am not a big fan of lines all over the place, so I tucked my lines into the hood...



BTW, when working with these little lines, a $15 heat gun is your friend.