windscreen washers not working

[m3mpower]

hi, the windscreen washer blades on my e30 320i work fine, but no washer fluid comes out even with a full washer bottle...

i have inserted a needle into the holes to unblock them but still the same...

i am checking the pipes all the way and the question i have is:
there is a white big tube with three small tubes linking the pipes on each side..i have taken it off and blown inside and no air comes out from the small three tubes, is it meant to be like that?
sorry if there is any confusion, a bit difficult to explain

[ad318i]

yeah thats your problem its the valve for the washer jets, they go quite often on the e30's i got one oast week from bmw for Ԛ£3.81 the part number is
61661374978

when thats replaced they should work fine

[m3mpower]

thanks mate, i will replace the 2 valves and see what happens,

[appletree]

mine did the same not to long ago and also one of the holses had split inside the bonnet and was pissing water out.

[m3mpower]

appletree, did you have to replace the valves too?

[Brianmoooore]

The first question I would ask is, does the washer pump work? i.e. make a whirring noise?

[WARLOCKM42]

Chek the washer motor too its located in the water tank it has a small filter clean it not to have problems again if the motor doesnt work check the fuses

[ad318i]

mine did the same not to long ago and also one of the holses had split inside the bonnet and was pissing water out.

excatly what mine was doing only noticed it when the bonnet was up!

[Brianmoooore]

Chek the washer motor too its located in the water tank it has a small filter clean it not to have problems again if the motor doesnt work check the fuses

Washers shsre a fuse with the wipers, so that's not it.

[m3mpower]

hi, thanks everyone for your help, i have now replaced the washer jet valves and everything is working fine...