Help - washers not working, but pump ok?

Help - washers not working, but pump ok?

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mattman

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3,178 posts

229 months

Sunday 20th December 2020
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1992 1.6 SE with ABS

Since collecting the car, the washer jets haven’t worked. I thought it was the pump as I couldn’t hear it operating so ordered a replacement.

Today I was able to get to the pump located inside the front wing and found the pump. The connector on the one I bought was different, so while it was out I hooked it up to the battery just to make sure it was dead. Damn thing worked, so it’s not the pump.

Water poured out of the tank, so that wasn’t blocked either. Checked the fuses, even though I know the wipers and pump are on the same one, all good

So now I’m at a loss, any suggestions for what’s next? I guess it could be the switch on the stalk, but no idea how to test that, or it could be a wiring issue, although all that looks standard and not been played around with.

My next stop is to get it to an auto electrician - anything else I can check?

oilslick

937 posts

193 months

Monday 21st December 2020
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Get a test lamp / multimeter on the washer pump connector and a helper to check if it lights up / shows around 12V when you pull the stalk.