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Just in case this happens to you...
I could get one half-hearted squirt that barely came up half the height of the windsheild, then nothing. The pump seemed to be running normally and the fluid was coming through both nozzles equally, so I suspected the possibility of a plugged intake on the pump. I had just refilled the washer fluid reservoir from a very old jug of "bug dissolver" window washer fluid I found in the garage, so I suspected it may have had some gunk in it.
I disconnected the washer fluid hose at the connection just under the hood on the passenger side. I put a rubber-tipped air nozzle on my compressor, turned the pressure way down, and put a couple of blasts of air down through the washer fluid hose.
It now works as new. If it plugs up again, I'll siphon out the contents of the washer fluid reservoir or try to empty it from the bottom and give it a rinse.
I could get one half-hearted squirt that barely came up half the height of the windsheild, then nothing. The pump seemed to be running normally and the fluid was coming through both nozzles equally, so I suspected the possibility of a plugged intake on the pump. I had just refilled the washer fluid reservoir from a very old jug of "bug dissolver" window washer fluid I found in the garage, so I suspected it may have had some gunk in it.
I disconnected the washer fluid hose at the connection just under the hood on the passenger side. I put a rubber-tipped air nozzle on my compressor, turned the pressure way down, and put a couple of blasts of air down through the washer fluid hose.
It now works as new. If it plugs up again, I'll siphon out the contents of the washer fluid reservoir or try to empty it from the bottom and give it a rinse.
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