Windscreen washers..

[Minimouse]

Hello Ant,

I have a 1985 Honda acty demountable .. and my windscreen washers have a mind of their own .. They used to work occasionally .. now you can sometimes hear the pump working but I get no water onto the screen . where can I locate the bottle and pump so I can replace them. Sonya

[ant]

Hi Sonya.
From Memory the washers are under the dash on the passenger side. you may have to remove the front grill to get to the washer motor. Try cleaning the electrical contacts on the pump before buying a new one.
Ant

[Minimouse]

Thanks Ant,

I will try the cleaning , and look at the pipes etc before getting a new one .. just need a bit more sun next weekend so I can get out to do it.

[Twolitre]

Facetious perhaps, but if you don't know where the bottle is, has it run dry?

[Minimouse]

Facetious perhaps, but if you don't know where the bottle is, has it run dry?

I know I'm female but I am not that stupid... it fills from the front and have had that overflowing ...so no it is not dry , (but thank you for that thought sometimes it is the obvious that's wrong)

[Twolitre]

I know I'm female but I am not that stupid... it fills from the front and have had that overflowing ...so no it is not dry , (but thank you for that thought sometimes it is the obvious that's wrong)

Sorry, but you would not believe the "repairs" people (often very intelligent) bring their vehicles into garages for. After a lifetime in and around the car repair industry I could fill a book. Perhaps entitled "It should not happen to a motor-mechanic"! There are many disparaging remarks in the trade about "the nut that holds the wheel".
Apologies again, Jim.

[jayjay]

oOO! Just remembered Sonya, mine did the same thing once! And it was the little holes the water squirts out of that had got full of green stuff!

I poked them out with a large needle, and then squirted some warm soapy water at them - and hey presto! they worked again.

So try that before you start dismantling the system, you never know that might just do the trick.

[Minimouse]

will try that again .. but that doesn't explain the pump not wanting to work occasionally.. hoping that might just be dirty contacts . Or maybe another bit of new wire.. maybe I should just get a new wiring loom and start from scratch..