Bloody Xenon Washers (redux)

[olliewebbuk]

Right, a few months back when I first got the car I took the bumper off and inserted the one way values in that everyone uses. This morning I got in the car to go to work and the lights came on (it was still slightly dark), there was some tree sap on the screen so I cleared it. I heard the xenon washers go off as well as the screenwashers.

I get to work and notice an absolute s**t load of water coming out the bottom of my car, I know for a fact this is screenwash as I use a slightly scented mix. I got someone at work to give me a hand by making the washers come on while I had a look, there's no water coming out the headlight washers at all. Then after a minute or so loads of fluid leaks out the bottom of the bumper.

Any ideas? Do you reckon the valves have failed already? They are only a few months old and were working perfectly when I fitted them. Or do you just reckon one of the pipes has come off one of the washers on the bumper? I stripped them down and cleaned them last time I had the system in bits. I even took out the screenwash header tank and gave that a good scrub out, so as far as I know there shouldn't be any grit in the system.

 

[Jonny1*2]

Valves? Is that an addition to the OE system or a replacement part? Have you checked the seals around the jets themselves. This is the main point of leakage iirc. Either that or one of the hoses might have come loose.

 

[olliewebbuk]

Yes valves, sorry for the typo. Basically mine did the thing that all the washer jets do, the valves went. So I put some inline ones in that people buy from Halfords. They worked fine for ages, now things are leaking and the headlights aren't getting washed.