Windshield Wiper FLUID

MMNineInchNails · #1 (**permalink**) 08-03-03, 05:22 PM

YO,

My windshield wiper fluid doesn't shoot out. I don't know if it ever did, but there's water in the tank and the hoses are attached etc. what's up with it not working?

MMNineInchNails · #2 (**permalink**) 08-03-03, 06:00 PM

Just tested if any of the hoses are clogged. NO. put my finger over the little sucker thing that gets the water out of the tank, and yes i could feel it sucking trying to get water, but it doesn't come out of the hoses that shoot it to the windshield.

elwesso · #3 (**permalink**) 08-03-03, 10:43 PM

Then it is leaking somewhere....... Cracked hose....... Put water in it, and run it for a while and see if/where it leaks......

2dfx · #4 (**permalink**) 08-03-03, 11:26 PM

The nozzles themselves could be clogged as well. Make sure they are good too!

MMNineInchNails · #5 (**permalink**) 08-04-03, 12:39 AM

they're not. I unplugged the hose to the actual nozzles, and you would see water coming out of it, but it's not. I don't think there is a leak, because the fluid level stays consistant.

elwesso · #6 (**permalink**) 08-04-03, 02:33 PM

Im saying there could be a crack in a hose and it could be leaking..... wether or not it goes to the ground....... Or an insect or something like that could have made a home.......

MMNineInchNails · #7 (**permalink**) 08-05-03, 02:57 AM

no i unplugged the hose from the actuall pump too to see if it shot out.

2dfx · #8 (**permalink**) 08-05-03, 08:28 AM

My suggestion would be to remove the existing hoses and go to like a Home Depot and get the same size hozing and 'rewire' the washer fluid lines. That may be easier than all this guesswork IMHO