Xantia heated washer jets
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Xantia heated washer jets
Spotted on Ebay a set of MK 2 heated washer jets(cant sleep you see ).
How would i be able to wire these up to mine?If i could?.
Night night.
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How would i be able to wire these up to mine?If i could?.
Night night.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1
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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?
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?
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 .
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 .
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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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Xantia V6 Exclusive (2000
Xantia 1.9TD SX (2000)
Previously owned
Xantia V6 Exclusive (97)
XM V6 Exclusive (95)
AX 1.4
Xantia V6 Exclusive (2000
Xantia 1.9TD SX (2000)
Previously owned
Xantia V6 Exclusive (97)
XM V6 Exclusive (95)
AX 1.4
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.
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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