06 V8V windscreen washers not working. Advice required plz
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Hi Team,
Advice needed chaps please..
My headlight washers work but not the windscreen washers.
I know there is a pump for each and there is no noise from the windscreen one.
So, either the fuse or the pump right. 🤔
Can anyone tell me if this has a separate fuse and where is it located as i haven't checked this yet.
Also, what would be the replacement, an AM pump or is there an alternative if there is one?
As per usual, where to go for one?
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Gary. 👍
Advice needed chaps please..
My headlight washers work but not the windscreen washers.
I know there is a pump for each and there is no noise from the windscreen one.
So, either the fuse or the pump right. 🤔
Can anyone tell me if this has a separate fuse and where is it located as i haven't checked this yet.
Also, what would be the replacement, an AM pump or is there an alternative if there is one?
As per usual, where to go for one?
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Gary. 👍
Hello Gary.
You are correct. Two pumps, two fuses. Obviously, check the fuse 1st.
One fuse is in the box under the bonnet. See owners manual for which one. One is in the box under the passenger footwell. I can’t remember which is which, check the manual. The one under the footwell has a metal plate covering it, secured with multiple bolts, you won’t believe it’s a fuse box cover. Lift the carpet to find it.
From memory, one is a 10A fuse, one a 15A. I think it’s the headlamp washer that’s 15A as it’s a high pressure pump.
The pumps are known to fail. They are easy to change and are not so expensive. The low pressure (windscreen) one is about £30-40 IIRC, I did mine last year. Obtain it direct from HWM, who for some reason could get hold of a new pump, while other dealers (Aston reading) somehow could not. It’s one of those parts they have had to find a
new supplier for.
To fit the new pump once you have bought it, once you fully confirm it’s not the fuse (if replacing fuse makes it work again, check multiple times as replacing the fuse might work a few times, but there will be a reason it has blown, for me, it was a short in the pump that only manifested if holding the pump on more than 5 seconds). I blew another 3 fuses before finally concluding the fuse wasn’t the issue while I was investigating…
The motor/pump is accessed by removing OSF wheel and the wheel liner, which is easy enough, there you will see the firmed wash tank in front of the A pillar. Both pumps are simply pushed/snapped in to the wash tank, held by gravity and friction with the formed tank body. Check the electrical connector isn’t shorting due to ingress of winter salt spray water running down the cable - the cable perhaps unhelpfully (in that respect) enters the connector vertically. If there is shorting, you would see the blackening at the terminals.
I am captain slow and after spending £40 on the pump it took me an hour to jack up the car, remove the wheel and liner and remove/fit the new pump.
You are correct. Two pumps, two fuses. Obviously, check the fuse 1st.
One fuse is in the box under the bonnet. See owners manual for which one. One is in the box under the passenger footwell. I can’t remember which is which, check the manual. The one under the footwell has a metal plate covering it, secured with multiple bolts, you won’t believe it’s a fuse box cover. Lift the carpet to find it.
From memory, one is a 10A fuse, one a 15A. I think it’s the headlamp washer that’s 15A as it’s a high pressure pump.
The pumps are known to fail. They are easy to change and are not so expensive. The low pressure (windscreen) one is about £30-40 IIRC, I did mine last year. Obtain it direct from HWM, who for some reason could get hold of a new pump, while other dealers (Aston reading) somehow could not. It’s one of those parts they have had to find a
new supplier for.
To fit the new pump once you have bought it, once you fully confirm it’s not the fuse (if replacing fuse makes it work again, check multiple times as replacing the fuse might work a few times, but there will be a reason it has blown, for me, it was a short in the pump that only manifested if holding the pump on more than 5 seconds). I blew another 3 fuses before finally concluding the fuse wasn’t the issue while I was investigating…
The motor/pump is accessed by removing OSF wheel and the wheel liner, which is easy enough, there you will see the firmed wash tank in front of the A pillar. Both pumps are simply pushed/snapped in to the wash tank, held by gravity and friction with the formed tank body. Check the electrical connector isn’t shorting due to ingress of winter salt spray water running down the cable - the cable perhaps unhelpfully (in that respect) enters the connector vertically. If there is shorting, you would see the blackening at the terminals.
I am captain slow and after spending £40 on the pump it took me an hour to jack up the car, remove the wheel and liner and remove/fit the new pump.
Calinours said:
Hello Gary.
You are correct. Two pumps, two fuses. Obviously, check the fuse 1st.
One fuse is in the box under the bonnet. See owners manual for which one. One is in the box under the passenger footwell. I can’t remember which is which, check the manual. The one under the footwell has a metal plate covering it, secured with multiple bolts, you won’t believe it’s a fuse box cover. Lift the carpet to find it.
From memory, one is a 10A fuse, one a 15A. I think it’s the headlamp washer that’s 15A as it’s a high pressure pump.
The pumps are known to fail. They are easy to change and are not so expensive. The low pressure (windscreen) one is about £30-40 IIRC, I did mine last year. Obtain it direct from HWM, who for some reason could get hold of a new pump, while other dealers (Aston reading) somehow could not. It’s one of those parts they have had to find a
new supplier for.
To fit the new pump once you have bought it, once you fully confirm it’s not the fuse (if replacing fuse makes it work again, check multiple times as replacing the fuse might work a few times, but there will be a reason it has blown, for me, it was a short in the pump that only manifested if holding the pump on more than 5 seconds). I blew another 3 fuses before finally concluding the fuse wasn’t the issue while I was investigating…
The motor/pump is accessed by removing OSF wheel and the wheel liner, which is easy enough, there you will see the firmed wash tank in front of the A pillar. Both pumps are simply pushed/snapped in to the wash tank, held by gravity and friction with the formed tank body. Check the electrical connector isn’t shorting due to ingress of winter salt spray water running down the cable - the cable perhaps unhelpfully (in that respect) enters the connector vertically. If there is shorting, you would see the blackening at the terminals.
I am captain slow and after spending £40 on the pump it took me an hour to jack up the car, remove the wheel and liner and remove/fit the new pump.
Thanks for the detailed reply mate, awesome. You are correct. Two pumps, two fuses. Obviously, check the fuse 1st.
One fuse is in the box under the bonnet. See owners manual for which one. One is in the box under the passenger footwell. I can’t remember which is which, check the manual. The one under the footwell has a metal plate covering it, secured with multiple bolts, you won’t believe it’s a fuse box cover. Lift the carpet to find it.
From memory, one is a 10A fuse, one a 15A. I think it’s the headlamp washer that’s 15A as it’s a high pressure pump.
The pumps are known to fail. They are easy to change and are not so expensive. The low pressure (windscreen) one is about £30-40 IIRC, I did mine last year. Obtain it direct from HWM, who for some reason could get hold of a new pump, while other dealers (Aston reading) somehow could not. It’s one of those parts they have had to find a
new supplier for.
To fit the new pump once you have bought it, once you fully confirm it’s not the fuse (if replacing fuse makes it work again, check multiple times as replacing the fuse might work a few times, but there will be a reason it has blown, for me, it was a short in the pump that only manifested if holding the pump on more than 5 seconds). I blew another 3 fuses before finally concluding the fuse wasn’t the issue while I was investigating…
The motor/pump is accessed by removing OSF wheel and the wheel liner, which is easy enough, there you will see the firmed wash tank in front of the A pillar. Both pumps are simply pushed/snapped in to the wash tank, held by gravity and friction with the formed tank body. Check the electrical connector isn’t shorting due to ingress of winter salt spray water running down the cable - the cable perhaps unhelpfully (in that respect) enters the connector vertically. If there is shorting, you would see the blackening at the terminals.
I am captain slow and after spending £40 on the pump it took me an hour to jack up the car, remove the wheel and liner and remove/fit the new pump.
I gave HWM a call last night (NZ time) your morning and the guy quoted me 104GBP for a pump. That equates to double that price here in dollars... I must be able to get one cheaper than that surely..
I'm thinking its possibly a Volvo part etc..
Thanks again, appreciated. 👍
LTP said:
If you've not already done so it might be worth mooching through the "Alternative Parts" thread at the top of the forum in case someone has already identified it
Thanks mate, i have seen that thread previously but i will have another look to see if its mentioned there. 😉👍 Cheers,
Turns out, when i took the pump out and hooked it to a battery, it was jammed. I sprayed some contact cleaner into it, gave it a slight tap and shake, and got it working again.
I'm guessing, being located where it is, dirty water must get into it.
Got to love when things are repairable, so to speak.
Cheers,
Regards.
I'm guessing, being located where it is, dirty water must get into it.
Got to love when things are repairable, so to speak.
Cheers,
Regards.
Good for you mate. It’s always worth checking such stuff. Feels good when you can repair or fix. A garage would not have even tried.
I wasn’t so lucky with mine, the terminals had burnt out because some F
g joker (a thankfully now defunct outfit called eastcoastporsche) had bodged (like everything else) the loom repair in 2013 post accident. He’d cut the pump connector off and made a little bodge connector. Salt water then got into the terminals, shorted out and burned away the pump terminals before the fuse eventually went. I had for years to deal with the results of bodged repairs to my cat D car (aka Purdey) since I bought her in 2016…
Sorry rant over, all good now
I wasn’t so lucky with mine, the terminals had burnt out because some F
g joker (a thankfully now defunct outfit called eastcoastporsche) had bodged (like everything else) the loom repair in 2013 post accident. He’d cut the pump connector off and made a little bodge connector. Salt water then got into the terminals, shorted out and burned away the pump terminals before the fuse eventually went. I had for years to deal with the results of bodged repairs to my cat D car (aka Purdey) since I bought her in 2016…Sorry rant over, all good now
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