russtic Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Folks - Anyone got any good ideas for unblocking the windscreen washers? Mine have slowly clogged up. I made sure the pump was working (the pipes all the way up to the washers themselves are definitely clear - as demonstrated by squirting water over my crotch!), then went about it myself with limited success. Basically I started with the trusty safety-pin down the nozzles trick. Seemed pretty clear straight away but didn't help with the squirting. Then I got a football pump to the underside of the nozzles and did a few good blasts through it - definitely felt blocked and I found there was blue powder (washer fluid I guess), coming out of the nozzles. This opened the nozzles up a bit but over a week or so they've blocked up again. Waaaaa! Any sneaky tricks for sorting this problem? Russ. P.S. "nozzle", mmm that's a nice word. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I use an airline, but if you're blasting the stuff back down the pipe then eventually it'll come back to the top and block again. Trick would be to disconnect the pipes under the bonnet then the sh1te gets blown out completely I'd guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtic Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 Cheers Andy - Yeah I was blasting the stuff up and out of the nozzles from underneath. Do you reckon I should just keep at it like that then? Russ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I'd do it from the top down, so to speak. Can't push a camel through the eye of a needle etc (unless it's camel vindaloo of course!) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete shrimp Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Mr Muscle? It works on sink plugs... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtic Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 heh, I did think about that sort of stuff but I'm more than a little nervous about the paintwork! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Buy some new nozzles?! They cant be much even from Nissan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete shrimp Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Originally posted by russtic heh, I did think about that sort of stuff but I'm more than a little nervous about the paintwork! Good point - dont really wanna squirt it all over the windscreen :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilky Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 It is possible to disconnect the nozzles from off the bonnet and take the pipes off - then you can do what you like with them - they just have plastic clips on the underside of them to hold them down on the bonnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andyduff Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Pull the hose off the back, and blow back through them. In other words, from the bonnet side. As has been said, if the sh1t won't come out through the nozzle with washer fluid, then why should it come out with a blast of air? Blow the nozzles backwards, only way ;) CheerZ, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtic Posted June 24, 2003 Author Share Posted June 24, 2003 OK - thanks folks! I'll see how I get on over the weekend. I'll begin by blowing from the bonnet side down (with the hoses off). If that fails I'll look into taking 'em off. Again - cheers for the info and advice. Russ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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