Re: Blocked windscreen washer

On Tue, 06 May 2008 21:00:56 +1000d, Scotty Blathered on
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> "Toby Ponsenby" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 : On Tue, 06 May 2008
> 16:32:08 +1000d, Scotty Blathered on :
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 : > : My 2000 Astra has
> stopped squirting - there appears to be a blockage : : > somewhere
> betwen the reservoir and the jets.  I've tried : : > unsuccessfully to
> clear with needles and fine wire.  I wonder if : : > there's some
> chemical I can add to the reservoir which could dissolve : : > the
> blockage?
> : >
> : > You will need to try sucking the pipes backwards, small bit sof junk
> : > have blocked it, or the pumps stuffed. : >
> : > If that fails go to your garage and ask them to blow it out with : >
> compressed air.
> :
> : Backwards - after having first removed any one-way valves in the
> system, : of course.
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> : Toby
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> One would assume that you would have removed the tube from the reservoir
> motor which contains the nonreturn valve!
> 
> Good point for those that didnt realise though, ta.

Not soo fast there :-).. Some cars get a non return valve up near the 
squirters rather than at the wee centrifugal pump itself.




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Toby