Washer jets not spraying

[David_Smith]

Good afternoon all,

I drive a Skoda fabia estate 1.9Tdi on a 58 plate.

On my way to work today I went to wash my windscreen and was a bit disappointed they didn't work! The wiper blades themselves were going across no problem smearing all of the road dirt into the screen!!! The rear wiper blade again goes across no problem but the sprayer does not work.

When I pull the stork to spray my windscreen I can hear no noise at all from the pump. I have looked in my manual and had a look at fuse number 26 which it states controls "Heatable windscreen washing nozzles, Windscreen cleaning system" and it all seemed ok, To be on the safe side I changed the fuse anyway but no joy. Am I missing something in the manual or would my worse thought ie new pump be the probable cause?

Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any help.

Dave Smith

[fabia55]

is it cos it's frozen up in this cold weather

[Ryan90VRS]

could be frozen maybe?

[David_Smith]

I initially thought the same but I do a 30 mile trip to work along motorway so the car would have had plenty of time to defrost surely? I did try again when I got to work but they still are not working

[ChrisRs]

No..They wont defrost as the jets are external.

I poured hot water on ours and they worked again.

The mixture filled by the factory appears to be too weak for sub zero temperatures..Its now topped up with neat solution

[AGENT 47]

mine stopped working cant hear motor working checked fuses none blown water in top of bottle not frozen any clues?

Edited 28 November, 2010 by graham 2574

[David_Smith]

I see what you mean but would this stop the pump motor making any noise?

And if i try this and it works what solution would you recommend for the future?

Cheers

Edited 28 November, 2010 by David_Smith

[fletch555]

I think I remember mine stopped working and there was a second fuse that I had to check to get it back working (on a MkI vRS).....I'll have a search through my posts now.

[gadgetman]

yup, sounds frozen.

What mix do you use?

[David_Smith]

I use a ready mix from a well known motor store (not sure if I can name stores) It says it is the premium mix and for winter use.

[AGENT 47]

mine was just water with a bit of screen wash in but its not frozen at top of bottle will motor be broken or just frozen at bottom

[David_Smith]

Thanks everyone for the answers and ChrisRs I tried it and poured hot water down the jets themselves this initially cleared it and I was able to wash the screen! hooray only for the screen to immediately freeze over! Doh.

I have now got hold of some decent screen wash and will be putting this in as they just refroze on my drive home so will have to do the same tomorrow but the good news is the stuff I now have states -70 degrees so if it freezes I will be very worried!!

Cheers again for all the help.

[Guest Tsi Fly]

Years gone by we used to do a mod with copper brake pipe coiled around a heater hose and then cut and route the screen wash pipe the copper coil, instant hot screen wash. That and a good quality winter screen wash solution worked a treat.

[sharksworth]

mine stopped working cant hear motor working checked fuses none blown water in top of bottle not frozen any clues?

I have the same issue.

Swapped fuse yesterday all fine then this a.m. no joy.

I'm going to try to flush the system and refill with good screen wash - unless someone can suggest what could be causing the washer pump to keep blowing fuses? Could it just be the cold as I can't hear the pump even "trying"

David, did you change fuses or just defrost the nozzles?

Edited 29 November, 2010 by sharksworth

[stevensmith91]

Up here in Scotland its - 10 and to stop my washer jets freezing I put Decosol screenwash which is one of the best with a mixture of 75 / 25% mix 75% being screenwash no problems now

[gadgetman]

Decosol is good stuff. Expensive, but good.

[sharksworth]

Decosol is good stuff. Expensive, but good.

Suggestions on retailers?

I know can get it online but seems to defeat the object

[David_Smith]

Sharksworth, In the end it was just the actual jets themselves that were frozen and the cup of hot water did the trick, Shame I never tried this first as I would have saved £3.50 on fuses! I have picked up some screen wash from a local Audi dealership and this seems to have now prevented the freezing because it is good till -70c so if it freezes I dont think I will have to worry about driving anywhere. The Decosol that people have mentioned I have found you can get it from a well known motor shop that begins with a H (not sure if I can name stores)

Again thanks for all the help and answers

David

[Black]

Dont use anything other than genuine skoda screen wash in the fan jets and you will be fine. I used to get blocked jets frequently until I made the switch. It is actually around the same price as other brands but is more of a hassle to get.

[David_Smith]

The Audi stuff I have got hold of is marked on the bottle as an all for one it has the Audi, VW and Skoda badges on the front stating it is for all 3 makes, hopefully it will be ok and not cause any blockages

[Reavenger]

Sharksworth, In the end it was just the actual jets themselves that were frozen and the cup of hot water did the trick

David

The same worked for me. Boiling hot water from the kettle on to the jets did the trick

[Whoateallthepies]

Water frozen in screen wash tank, guess I should have put neat screen wash in before the bad weather came. Wipers not working either, owners manual says fuse no.41 (FRONT WINDOW WIPER -20A) checked it ok, read someone else,s blog and thanks changed fuse no.15 (HEAD LIGHT CLEANING SYSTEM, WINDOW WIPER -10A). Worked a treat, wipers working again. Just got to defrost the screen wash bottle now.

[Mike Wrightson]

I got some neat screenwash into mine last week, but it can't have been that strong as I'm pretty sure it is now frozen in the bottle :( The pump motor isn't working (frozen), so I'll have to see how I can thaw out the bottle, try and drain it and get some really strong screenwash instead.

[paully]

I bought some screen wash fluid, got it home and cracked out laughing....read the label, it only works down to -5 apparantly not much use in regular -9 to -11 we have been having round here lately

[don_kiddik]

I bought some screen wash fluid, got it home and cracked out laughing....read the label, it only works down to -5 apparantly not much use in regular -9 to -11 we have been having round here lately

Put in 2 lots of it -5 and -5 = -10, should be ok then