I've refilled it, replaced the cap and tried squirting it on the windows and nothing comes out. What's up with that? I don't want to drive until I can figure out what silly thing is wrong with it.
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What's wrong with my window fluid?
I've refilled it, replaced the cap and tried squirting it on the windows and nothing comes out. What's up with that? I don't want to drive until I can figure out what silly thing is wrong with it.
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Does it make a noise when you try to activate it?
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The tubes that bring it from the reservoir to the windshield sprayers, might be clogged with dirt. Most often happens right at the nozzles.
Or the little electric pump might have gone out, especially if you tried to spray fluid earlier when the reservoir was empty. Either a fuse blew, or the pump motor itself died.
Or, if you're in a really cold area, you might have gotten some water or something in the nozzles and they froze. Can also happen if you watered down the washer fluid. Five years in Minnesota, we ALWAYS used it full strength.
Or, if you're driving an old VW, your spare tire is flat.
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Only noise it makes is the same one it always does when you hit the button for the wash to squirt and then the wipers begin moving. The tiny hole where the fluid squirts from isn't plugged on the outside. So unless it's somewhere underneigth then I can't see it. I'm in Michigan so I don't want to drive without it working. First thing that would happen is someone would spit up gunk on my window and there I'd be with no way to clean it off.
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When you lift the hood look for the hoses running up into it. Those are the washer-fluid hoses.
Is it cold outside? Could be water has frozen in the hoses.
You can try washing the nozzles themselves w/ CLR, etc, too.
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I have a similar problem, but definitely not cold-related as it started in the warm weather. I can hear the same noise as ever. We checked the hoses and they are connected. In fact, a tiny bit of water comes out, but it doesn't come close to hitting the windshield. I imagine the lines are about 90% clogged, but have no idea how to clear them.
Do I put something like CLR into the washer fluid reservoir?
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