jet washers

[deanski]

I thought my screen wash had frozen but since its been mild today and i've just been on a long drive, and the washers still aint working I think somethings wrong. the headlight washers aint coming out either and there is no whir from the motors when i pull the lever back. any suggestion where I should start fellas?

 

[scott b]

check fuses

 

[Higgsy]

id say fuses too

 

[A4 nut]

Mabee not defrosted yet did you have 100% screenwash in or was it diluted?

 

[A4 nut]

Drove for 5 hours on friday they did not defrost!

 

[simon.m]

if its the cold just put more/stronger screenwash in it plus use some hot warter on it just to free them up

 

[quattrojames]

Heated nozzles is where it's at

 

[simon.m]

thats not to hard to make your self really just grab your self some of the pip that runs from the jets to the warter bottle from say halfords along with a joining pice then rap the new pip around your rad top pip a few times then snip your cars pip as it comes off the bottle joining them to gether now when your rad heats up so does your jets takes a few secs to work mind

 

[quattrojames]

Mine are electric and work instantly. Like all things Audi it seems a bit hit and miss which models came fitted with them!

 

[simon.m]

i dont have it ;-( but did fit some fan jets so that helps a bit and just more screenwash than normal

 

[A4 nut]

i was driving a mondeo in minus 14 at the time no screen wash will survive that!

 

[Turkster]

id say fuses too

What he said, x3

 

[Turkster]

Heated nozzles is where it's at

can they be retro fitted ?

 

[quattrojames]

I expect so, when I replaced my jets with Passat 'spray' type ones they were £30 as they were heated as opposed to the usual tenner or so. I've not idea when/how the heated part works though.

 

[scott b]

was thinking about the passat washer jets the other day, nice mod for after xmas

 

[Turkster]

strange how some VW parts are designed better than Audi parts even after they are made by the same folk?

 

[BahnStormer77]

Turkster - the Passat ones are just a newer style... and it's quite common that they try new designs on the other brands.

 

[Turkster]

Turkster - the Passat ones are just a newer style... and it's quite common that they try new designs on the other brands.

Did Audi take up the new style on later Audi's ?