Windscreen washers.

sponix · Unread post by **sponix** » 01 Aug 2005, 14:13

The windscreen washers on the Bling are playing up..
When you operate them you can hear the motor buzzing away but there is a delay of some 15 seconds before the water comes out of the jets.
If you operate the washers soon afterwards they work fine...if you leave them a few hours then there is that 15 second delay.
The rear washer works fine.
It's almost as if the water is draining from the pipes back into the reservoir.
Before I take it all apart does anyone know if there are any non return valve(s) in the system anywhere? If so, are they in the pump or the jets themselves?

dnsey · Unread post by **dnsey** » 01 Aug 2005, 15:02

Don't know if there's a non-return valve fitted, but they are available from accessory shops very cheaply. Personally, I'd just fit one anyway (OK, so I'm a bodger[:D]).

sponix · Unread post by **sponix** » 01 Aug 2005, 15:44

I'm a bodger too! Why waste time and money doing something properly when you can bodge it and spend the time saved in the pub??!

madasafish · Unread post by **madasafish** » 01 Aug 2005, 21:47

You may have a leaking junction which empties the tubing after a time. Check at the pump end. Newpaper round it for a day: if it gets wet you have found the problem ?

sponix · Unread post by **sponix** » 02 Aug 2005, 16:38

Bought non return valve, fitted non return valve, scratched paintwork, kicked cat, problem gone away.
(Either the system already has a non return valve that has failed or there's a slight leak in the pipe, north of where I fitted the new valve.)