Windscreen washers

[smudgedon]

Stopped working for some reason

 

Topped up the reservoir, nothing

 

Headlight washers still work though, is there a fuse for the washers I can check or is it going to be the pump?

[14N]

Possible non return valve problem?

 

You normally still get a little fluid at the wipers though rather than nothing at all?

[Pnthrblkzs]

As above could be the non return valve.

 

At least it's a cheap thing to attempt first

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/63671-cleaning-screen-washer-jets/page__hl__+return%20+valve#entry943996

 

Jon

[smudgedon]

New valve doesn't work, I'm assuming the pumps gone if nothing comes out of the pipe without a connector?

 

The headlight washers work, is this a separate pump?

[cs2000]

Yep, if you unclip the pipe and still get nothing the pumps dead (or jammed, limescale??)

 

The headlamp washer is attached to the bottle on the passenger side of the car, windscreen washer motor is on the drivers side bottle

[smudgedon]

Wait, there's 2 bottles?

[4RE Leather]

Yep, if you unclip the pipe and still get nothing the pumps dead (or jammed, limescale??)

 

The headlamp washer is attached to the bottle on the passenger side of the car, windscreen washer motor is on the drivers side bottle

I thought it was the other way round? Reason being when Abbey fitted the supercharger they did away with the drivers side as no room for air filter and induction pipes. Hence I now have no headlight washers:)

[cs2000]

Wait, there's 2 bottles?

Lol

Wait, there's 2 bottles?

Lol yes, you fill up the drivers side bottle and a pipe (which you can see exiting one bottle and leading to another) takes the fluid to the other bottle, headlamp washers stop working when the main bottle is about half full iirc

 

The two circles show the bottles, ive stolen a photo from Horsham Developments build thred and highlighted the washer bottle locations

 

 

 

 

Yep, if you unclip the pipe and still get nothing the pumps dead (or jammed, limescale??)

 

The headlamp washer is attached to the bottle on the passenger side of the car, windscreen washer motor is on the drivers side bottle

I thought it was the other way round? Reason being when Abbey fitted the supercharger they did away with the drivers side as no room for air filter and induction pipes. Hence I now have no headlight washers:)

Well, my headlamp washers didn't work when i bought the car, so I bought a washer motor from a member on the club, replaced the motor in the passenger side bottle and I had headlamp washers again, the windscreen ones worked fine all that time. Unless this changed between car models, mines a UK 04 plate.

 

I suspect they either relocated the bottle, OR, did some jiggery pokery and make the whole system run off of the smaller bottle that's on the passenger side. I guess anyway.

Edited July 8, 2013 by cs2000

[smudgedon]

Oh right, so just 1 location to fill them up

 

Thought I was going mad

 

There's no noticeable noise from the pump for the windscreen washers, so I assume it's fubarred

[cs2000]

Yeah, they're fairly noisy if the engine is off, as in, you would easily be able to hear it from the outside.

 

But yes, 1 filling location! haha

[smudgedon]

Damn it

[smudgedon]

I take it this will do the trick?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-350Z-WASHER-PUMP-MOTOR-/330943758979?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4d0dc90283

 

Just a simple swap?

[cs2000]

Yeah looks the same as the headlamp washer one (and VERY cheap if that's a genuine part), aside from the inlet nozzle in pointed upwards on that one (which is correct). FYI, the inlet nozzle is the larger one, I think the smaller one is a breather pipe or something

 

On the passenger side bottle there is a large clip holding the washer motor to the bottle, I assume its the same for the divers side, if so just undo this with a number 10 socket set/spanner and pull(may be hard) to remove the pump from the bottle, you will now be covered in wash fluid!

 

To put it back together, you should have a rubber grommet type thing on the inlet nozzle on the old broken washer pump, pull this off and put it in the hole on the washer bottle (don't fit it onto the pump as you wont be able to get it into the bottle this way, trust me...lol)

 

Then simply shove your new pump into the hole in the bottle/rubber grommet, connect the plug to the motor and test it, if all works well then tighten up the holding bracket.

 

Its about a 15-20 min job assuming you can get to the pump without too much hassle, the passenger side one is very easy.

Edited July 8, 2013 by cs2000

[jollyranchers]

I replaced mine last week. Pm zmanalex for spares.

 

It's worth taking your pumps off and oiling them , after I fitted my new ones i stripped down the old ones and found they were just jammed which freed up after a session with 3 in one.

 

 

[smudgedon]

Thanks guys