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walchy01
PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:09 pm 
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Hi all

As title, no water coming out of rear wiper,Water is full in the tank(engine bay) am i missing a rear water tank for back window or does it run off the main tank in the engine bay.

Your help is much appreciated, fed up of this one:(

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pug
PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:55 pm 
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Motor stopped working or hose come undone? If it's anything like the VAG cars there's a habit of stupid push connections popping off and flooding the boot area whenever you try the washer.
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Robert
PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 8:13 pm 
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Mine doesn't work either. Have an assistant stand by the front wheel arch when you try to use it. If they can't hear anything (and you have checked the fuses/relays) then it's probably the pump.

(With good timing you can probably get them with the headlamp squirters - only if fresh pure water though)

My h/l wipers don't work either, I wonder if there is a connection...

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anjum
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When it happened on the GFs focus Ford wanted to replace the pump. Just gunge in the pump and pipes.

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Have you tried lifting the washer cap out of place whole operating the washer ??

They are prone to the caps getting blocked .

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sgould
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I'd go with B&T's advice. The water to the jet comes through a metal tube up the middle of the wiper spindle. Tube rusts and all the holes etc. block with the rusty bits. Centre cap can be levered off and the insides cleaned.

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Non-return valve failed?
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leejitsu
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pug wrote:
Motor stopped working or hose come undone? If it's anything like the VAG cars there's a habit of stupid push connections popping off and flooding the boot area whenever you try the washer.



mine does exactly this ! not bothered to try find the fault yet, I just don't use it, might take a look one day ;)

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walchy01
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:31 pm 
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Can I find the water pipes in the tailgate behind the mouldings?
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rincewind
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Rusty hole under cap?

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Stevemlc
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:48 pm 
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Had the same problem back in the winter - there's a 10 amp fuse in the under bonnet fuse box which feeds the rear washer, headlight wipers and headlight levelling switch. Mine blew when the headlamp wipers were frozen to the lens. Worth a look.


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walchy01
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:59 pm 
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Stevemlc wrote:
Had the same problem back in the winter - there's a 10 amp fuse in the under bonnet fuse box which feeds the rear washer, headlight wipers and headlight levelling switch. Mine blew when the headlamp wipers were frozen to the lens. Worth a look.


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Thank you will have a look at that...
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