Rear wash wipe..no wash..

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Jungian64
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:36 pm

Tank filled, pin down the nozzle seems clean, dash button goes in & the wipe button works...so why no water?!
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:22 pm

Pipe split on tail gate hinge?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:34 pm

Pump!!!!!!!!!!!

Because a split pipe would be very obvious if it was at the hinge.
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:38 pm

I would assume the op would have heard pump running or not.
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:56 pm

I presumed he would have notice a shower in the boot. winkeye
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:57 pm

Corrosion on the steel disc in the motor gearbox, similar to that which afflicts the intermittent and park functions of the front wipers.
Pull out the switch, connect an earthed wire to the black/purple on pin 6, and try it then.
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Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:57 pm

Cheers chaps - I will have a look at the switch Mr Moooore, thank you.
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Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:00 pm

Hi Mr Mooore - nothing doing when I earth out the switch...is that switch u/s then?
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Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:01 pm

Connect the earthed wire to the brown/black on pin 8 of the switch.
Looking back at my last post, I didn't make it clear that the earthed wire should be connected to pin 6 (black/purple) with the switch still connected, and used to turn the washers on in the normal way.
Did you do this, or push the wire into the switch's plug with the switch disconnected?
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Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:59 am

..I pushed the wire in to pin 8 with switch disconnected.
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Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:49 pm

Jungian64 wrote:..I pushed the wire in to pin 8 with switch disconnected.
Do you mean 8? or 6? My last post was a different test from the first one.
And what happened?
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