Xantia heated washer jets

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Xantia heated washer jets

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Spotted on Ebay a set of MK 2 heated washer jets(cant sleep you see :? :cry: ).
How would i be able to wire these up to mine?If i could?.
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From a previous discussion I believe they are normally wired up to come on with the heated rear window.
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Did the Mark I Xantia have these as an option? Will it have a nice plug somewhere on the loom just waiting for this thing to be plugged in?
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Had a good hunt around today.Cant find anything looking like a nice plug to plug them straight in.No mention in the manual or Hanyes.I expect with a bit of jiggery pokery i could get them to work.Will see how the auction goes.
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I spotted them as well and having the same thoughts...will they fit a Mk 1 Xantia.
Dont worry I wont be bidding for them. :)
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You carry on & bid.I dont think i`ll bother.Also its pick up only,& i`m back to work next week.Dont know where i`ll be.Its about an hour away for me.
I expect they could be wired up with a simple switch in the car or something. :)
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The heated mirrors are on the same circuit as the heated rear window, theres a relay too so I think there will be some wiring that is easilly accessable.

The thing that I did notice is that the leads on those jets are rather long, meaning that even if you do have the correct plug/socket on your wiring loom, it could be some distance from the washer jets. Needle, haystack?
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Yes they are long.I may have a bid on them & see.I reckon if you could get the cable through the bulkhead into the foot well,maybe tap the wires into the mirror circuit by the doors.If not,wire in a fused feed & earth via a switch & simply turn them on & off.
I had them once on my Rover VI.They heated up every time you turned the engine on,for 10 mins.Never had to carry any de-icer :D .
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Anyone on the forum with a Xantia mk 2 with heated washer jets :?: :?: :?:
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Didn't realise that mine had them... the Exclusive anyway! I know it is fitted with the 'winter pack' but thought it was just headlight squirters and heated seats.... must try them and see. Perhaps I can find some wiring! (have you ever looked in the engine bay of the V6)
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Yes they are heated on my exclusive, but not on my 1.9td yr2000 does not have them... will attempt to trace the wiring this weekend.
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Ok thanks for that.Gonna bid on them anyway. :)
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Just got home,forgot the bloody auction :roll: :oops: :cry: .Never mind.
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Post by davek-uk »

A slightly different approach, if you're after heated washer jets, is to utilise the coolant temperature. My old SAAB (RIP) had a simple heat exchanger fitted in the upper rad hose. This was a unit of coiled copper washer pipe wound around a metal rad hose - and it worked quite well.

I don't know how well this would heat the washer water with some of the high output washers but the Xantia washers don't put out gallons/second like some newer cars do. So something like this may work. There must be a number of cars on the market that used this type of washer water heating in the past.
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