windshield washers not working.....

hardhittinz · **Joined:** Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:44 pm **Posts:** 195

its snowing and all and my washers arent workin i hear the motor when i try to use them and i get a tiny dribble out of the passenger side sprayer and thats it not sure but i think tyhe back one is working,not sure if the blue stuff froze some or what but any idea on what to do?thanks..

TwoBobsKJ · **Joined:** Fri May 11, 2012 8:03 pm **Posts:** 463

hardhittinz wrote:

its snowing and all and my washers arent workin i hear the motor when i try to use them and i get a tiny dribble out of the passenger side sprayer and thats it not sure but i think tyhe back one is working,not sure if the blue stuff froze some or what but any idea on what to do?thanks..

If the back works then the problem is either the pump motor or frozen lines/sprayers. The motor reverses direction depending on whether you're spraying the front or back. If the back works but the fronts don't, first try parking in a warm garage to try to thaw the washer lines. If that doesn't work you may need a new pump.

Bob

TheJawsOfDeath · **Joined:** Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:56 am **Posts:** 305

When my washers weren't working, the problem was in a check valve under the cowl. It's y-shaped and splits off to each sprayer, and mine was restricted. Might want to check that.

SavageUrge · **Posted:** Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:26 pm

Dealing from experience, do not mix different types of washer fluid. I was using Rain-X wwf then topped it off with regular blue stuff. Well, what happened was the two kinds congealed and what "came" out of the nozzles looked like...yeah - on my windshield. It was gross as hell to say the least, but I had to remove the lines and the pump and clean them out, and had to go through a almost a whole tank of fluid to clean out the inside lines!

lfhoward · **Posted:** Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:29 pm

Dang. I just topped off the orange RainEx with blue stuff yesterday. :banghead:

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