washer jets not working

[GTste]

my rear one works fine but my front ones dont! and with the winter months coming i could do with some screenwash at hand lol.

ive had a quick look and they look a right pain to get out or inspect. any tips on checking pipes etc?

thanks.

 

[cyclops]

have you checked for a split pipe? fill your washer bottle up. park somewhere bone dry and try washing your windscreen for a while. then check under the car. if youve got water youve got a leak. so get someone to opperate your washer while you look about for a spurt of water. suppose the jets could be blocked but doubt they'd all be blocked at same time. cant be the pump if the rear 1 works.

 

[Deleted member 20482]

i'm sure the jets just pop out of the plastic housing they sit in?
small screwdriver to prise them out.
i agree with what cyclops said check for disconnected hose or split.... my jets stopped working after a visit to auto windscreens, they hadn't connected them back up... idiots..had water peeing out under the car so it was pretty obvious.

 

[megadyptes]

Pulled this from another thread, when I had a washer problem with the front jets. Sounds easy, but trying to reconnect the tubing if they've come appart is a good way of removing the skin from your knuckles.

You could have a pipe off under the scuttle panel (plastic section in front of windscreen).

Pull off the long seal that goes all the way across the front of the scuttle, you should then be able to gently lever up the front of the scuttle to see what's happening with the washer pipes.

 

[GTste]

ok cheers for that, ill have a look tomorrow!