Washers

[Kieran_ctr]

Now this may sound like a daft question but i used my washers to spray my wind screen & nothing came out, so I filled the washer tank up & tried again but nothing! So I have looked for the washer jets to see if they are connected properly & I can't find them! Where the hell are they haha! Need to see if they are connected because when I pull the lever back it doesn't even make a noise but my rear window is spraying water.

 

Sorry about the daft question but I can't see out my window when driving due to all the grit that's going down now so having to keep poor water on it

[Quinster]

They're on the wiper arm, there's a thread on here about cleaning the hoses.

Go look and you'll find it.

I think it's cleaning water jets or something.

[Kieran_ctr]

They're on the wiper arm, there's a thread on here about cleaning the hoses.

Go look and you'll find it.

I think it's cleaning water jets or something.

 

Thanks matey I'll have a look

[GMballistic]

There are various reasons why your front windscreen washers wouldn't work:

• Fuse gone (in which case your rear wouldn't work either as it's a shared fuse AFAIK).
  
• Washer motor pump gone (most likely in your case as you say you cannot hear the motor anymore).
  
• Blocked or disconnected pipe (if it's blocked you'd still hear the motor/disconnected then you'd see a puddle of screen wash eventually appear under the car).
  
• Blocked return valve (usually still get a dribble from the washer jets) or simply no screen wash in the reservoir (you've already checked that & topped up).
  

There are separate washer motor pumps for the front & rear windscreens fyi.

 

The pumps are both fixed to the washer reservoir located on the drivers side in the lower bumper section just in front of the wheel/tyre behind the wheel arch liner. If you cannot hear the motor running then it is most likely the pump motor has died imo.

 

I went through 1 front windscreen washer pump motor & two rear ones during my Zed ownership (fairly common especially as the 350's get older). It's a fairly simple job to replace them although it can get a little messy if you've a full reservoir of screen wash.

 

You can get the washer pumps (both front & rear) from various places but I've found Clark Motorsport (a trader on here although other traders are available) to be very good & fairly priced.

Link: http://www.clarkmoto...ake=Nissan 350Z

 

 

More threads on the same/similar subject:

http://www.350z-uk.c...washer-problem/

(this thread has even more links in it provided by me ) http://www.350z-uk.c...42-washer-woes/

 

 

Also I forgot to mention: the tubing & the non-return valve for the front windscreen washer jets are located underneath the windscreen scuttle panel. You can get at some of it from inside the clutch/brake reservoir cover location although I still think the pump is your problem.

Hope that helps.

[veeg33]

Sounds like your pipes are connected the other way around?

 

Does both front and rear screen washer works? Pull for front and push for rear.

 

They both have a separate pump and if either one don't make a sound, you might need a new pump. If they do, check the value which is located on the driver side, just under the cover. These no-return valve can be faulty and you can replace that with a normal connector (halfords) I think it's 2.5mm size.

[SherlockH]

I've got the same problem as this glad this thread popped up, I'll do some investigating aswell at the weekend when I have time

[Paul K]

one thing worth checking, on my old car ( a mondeo...) i sent it in for a full service and when it came back the washers had stopped working.....after a bit of searching, i had found that the screen wash the service place had used, had not mixed well with what i had existing and turned the whole lot to jelly....had to dump the lot, and clean the internal filter