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[jacko]

hi guys,

yet another problem with my old girl the car I mean,

windscreen washers have packed up wipers work which I understand are on the same fuse so I guess its not that,

have no wheering noise from the motor any idea chaps what the most likely course is on a 2.2. 

[tunnie]

Sounds like water pump failure if no sound when pulling the stalk

[Fraggles Rock]

Lift the pump and check for gunge

[Andy B]

Lift the pump and check for gunge

But gunge won't stop a working pump from whirring 

[Andy B]

hi guys,

yet another problem with my old girl the car I mean,

windscreen washers have packed up wipers work which I understand are on the same fuse so I guess its not that,

have no wheering noise from the motor any idea chaps what the most likely course is on a 2.2. 

Pull the pump from the tank .... it's just a push fit ...... check for voltage (when the stalk end is pushed) or stick 12 volts across the pump & see if it runs.

[jacko]

hi Andy.

is the pump at the top of the tank where you fill up 

[TheBoy]

hi Andy.

is the pump at the top of the tank where you fill up 

Facelift, open bonnet, you can seen one or 2 (if you have headlight washers) pumps with a rubber protection sleeve over top, that is mounted vertically in approx. the middle of the tank.

Peel up this rubber cover to expose connector, and unplug connector to test as AndyB says.

[Andy B]

hi Andy.

is the pump at the top of the tank where you fill up 

I'm in work ..... I wasn't ignoring you   

[Fraggles Rock]

Lift the pump and check for gunge

But gunge won't stop a working pump from whirring 

Most likely cause of pump failure though...

[Andy B]

Lift the pump and check for gunge

But gunge won't stop a working pump from whirring 

Most likely cause of pump failure though...

Maybe  but it'd need a lot to stop a pump. 

[jacko]

hi guys.

firstly thanks for all your help.

update.

firstly I took the pipe of the pump and blew it thu to the washer jets all was clear.

so in my wisdom concluded that it must be the pump motor so I changed that with a new one at £9.74. but to my shock still not working.

so I took it back out complete with the rubber grommet this time to find that what I thought was just a rubber seal grommet was actually a filter to and was very clogged up.


so cleaned that and put back with original pump and is working better than it has in a long while.

took new pump back for a refund job done. 

[ronnyd]

Nice one

[TheBoy]

That white gunge in that filter is due to using neat water in the screenwash. Even in summer it needs some commercial screenwash

(Triple QX screenwash might not be strong enough to prevent the build up of this stuff, it would appear from another member's experiences)

[Andy B]

Glad you're sorted. Now it's working, make sure you use a decent quality screen wash. The grunge was a result of cheapo or no screen wash.

[jacko]

yes I will do in future,  to be honest I have only ever put a squirt of washing up liquid in for last 4 years so I have been lucky it lasted that long