Wash/Wiper spray problem

My windscreen washer doesnt want to work. I can hear the motor but no water comes out. I know its not frozen.

Are there any simple checks I should make?

unblock the jets

blocked jet or crushed pipe perhaps

Is there any screenwash in it

Sirus said:

Is there any screenwash in it

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ffs

fanatic said:

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What???

First thing I'd check

fanatic said:

ffs

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ere don't knock it, he might be right

guide dog required

Sirus said:

What???

First thing Dripper check

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Sean said:

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get a needle in the washer jets and clean it... i've had to do it recently..

Also need to re-direct one of the jets as its pointing to the roof instead of the windscreen, but everytime i try to move it, the needle breaks!

Check the bottom of the Washer bottle....it may be full of scum..my transit washer bottle was full of nasty stuff after someone had filled it with nasty smelling stuff. I put an airhose in the pipe and back blew it through to break it up.

On a slightly different subject - does anybody know where the hoze to the rear washer is routed when they leave the factory? as i'm putting the rear washed back in after the previous owner removed it for some strange reason!

(i.e. under the roof line (and if so how does it get up there) or under the floor)

It goes up under the aframe next to the window passenger side behind the trim into the roof lining.

Thanks - like the wires to the inside light on the drivers side?

Yep but more rubbery and not so much wirey

Sirus said:

Check the bottom of the Washer bottle....it may be full of scum..my transit washer bottle was full of nasty stuff after someone had filled it with nasty smelling stuff. I put an airhose in the pipe and back blew it through to break it up.

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an them not servicable diaphragm no return valve thingys those get glunged up also if sus fluid used.

Thanks all, I'll wait for the snow to disapear and then give it a 'good coat of looking at'.

Thanks

you're lucky to have a washer spray. mine freezes and swells and dislodges the spray end from the barbed tube and, still full of ice, it blows off when the washer is used. i've been through three of them so now i've drilled a hole in the bonnet and hooked up a bit of poly pipe and an irrigation spray. it looks dodgey but it's more reliable than original equipment....and i am in australia we only get to about minus 9 c here...what do they do in canada and norway etc.?

are there any cold proof solutions to defender original equipment?

fixed my window washer's, st8uck a pin right in the holes (went quite far)gave it a little toggle
then kept the washer button depressed untill it started working
thanks for info