Washer pump

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anonymous-user

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60 months

Tuesday 25th August 2020
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The windscreen washers on my Monaro have packed up again (I'm on my second pump in 4 years) and I'm trying to work out how to change it. Does it require bumper removal, wheel arch liner removal,or both? Any tips welcome.

bigwheel

1,621 posts

220 months

Tuesday 25th August 2020
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Mine stopped the other year but was only clogged with slime.
The pump is behind the rear area of the O/S/F wheel arch liner. Moved the liner enough to get your hand on the pump, wiggled it while pulling the pump out of the rubber grommet holding it in the bottom of the screen washer tank. There's a screen filter on the pump that was well clogged with slime from stagnant screen washer fluid.
Cleaned the filter, flushed out the tank, sorted.

stevieturbo

17,457 posts

253 months

Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Always use proper screenwash, never the likes of fairy liquid.

But even then, sometimes a sort of bacteria crap can grow if things sit about. If you get it apart, give the entire bottle etc a good clean.
For some reason the bottle in my van would grow some kind of crap, even despite fairly frequent use and always proper screenwash and cleaning the bottle. Although I never let it get to the clogging stage.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

60 months

Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Thanks, it’s not making any noise and I suspect lack of use has killed it as suggested. I’ll take the wheel off and remove the wheel arch liner to see what’s going on.