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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: neil_1821 on 30 August 2006, 12:34
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Ok so the rear washer jet doesnt work on my golf, got the haynes manual posted to me this morning so i took the bugger off, took the whole thing out. Only problem is i can dissasemble it anyfurther than it already is as shown below.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a237/neil_1821/rearwipermotor.jpg)
I wonder if it is possible to pull this grey part off to see closer if there is a blockage as water reaches the pipe at the back as shown below:
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a237/neil_1821/wipermotor.jpg)
Only problem is i put a pin in to see if it was at the top and now it's stuck so i need to take it apart further to get the lil bugger out. If not do you think i'd need a new unit as i dont get any water at all.
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you cant really strip it any more than that easily, its assembled with tamperproof bolts & rivets etc. Does the pump actually work, i.e now that the motor is of does water come out of the tube on the tailgate?
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water will come out of the pipe that attaches onto that grey part, so the pump and everything else seems to work fine. There must be an internal blockage somewhere as the lady owner before me put way too much fairy liquid and i'm worried that it might have gunged up. Also any ideas for getting the pin out? Or even that grey part, obviously no point unless i can dis assemble it further.
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An air hose maybe? to unblock.
As for pin, tut tut, ya shouldnt go sticking things where they dont belong! LOL!!
sorry, couldnt resist. Have ya tried some fine nosed pliers? or tweezers maybe?
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Missed the bit about the pin :grin:
Try holding a speaker magnet to the end, it might be strong enough to pull the pin out!
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well it's one of those pins that have got that annoying head on :laugh:, so i think i'll try using a small drill bit and make a small hole and try and pull it out like that, as for the air hose i dont have one, suppose i could always go to the local shopping centre and use their air pump for the tyres. If that is no success will i need a new unit? If so how much are they or would it jsut be better not to bother
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I'd go for a second hand unit, price of a new one will probably give you a heart attack :grin:
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well i finally got the lil bugger out, had to saw a tiny piece off the plastic to get beneath the head but it all fits back now, blew through the pipe and it's getting air as far as i can tell and i went as far as i could taking it all apart. Put it all back in and tried it but to no luck nothing happened :cry:
Open the boot again and find out i'm getting a little leak obviously because there's a blockage somewhere.
Now can anyone give me a rough estimate on a 2nd hand unit, i've rang around local dealers but no-one has one. 2nd option is to remove the whole lot and have no back wiper and have it filled in. Which do you think is the better option? Can you live without a rear window wiper? :rolleyes:
At least i've learnt not to stick pins where they dont belong :grin:
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right, peel back the boot carpet/card on the driver side, you'll see the washer hose where it runs up to the tailgate. You'll probably find its come undone there :)
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no it hasnt, thats how i got the unit out, i took the whole of the rear unit out, pulled that hose out and water comes out up to there fine, that's why i took the unit off to see of there was a blockage, but as i cant dismantle the whole thing i cant figure out wehre it is. i've blew air through and tiny bits get through, if you keep the jet on long enough you get a tiny river but it's not got the power to get up the window screen. So it's either a 2nd hand unit or just get rid of the whole thing, which wouldnt be too bad because it's a small hole but i'm not sure what to do because i'm having the drivers door sprayed so why he's doing that maybe have the hole taken car of as well?? dunno :huh:
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if you think it may be fairy liquid gunging it up, soak it in boiling water for a bit and see if that works? :undecided:
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well the leak in the boot suggests theres a hole in the pipe there! best get it checked anyway ;)
The pumps also have a non-return valve on the rear connection, perhaps its broken on your pump so it cant build up any pressure?
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i think the leak was from too much pressure building andn ot being able to get, i managed to disassemble it even further and found the blockage to be in a bout an inch of plastic, recently had the drill down it and a few long pins :grin:
Put a small tube on and filled it with water, comes out in a nice steady flow and then when you blow it comes out quickly so i'm going to try putting it back on the car when i have it, just taken it to have its cambelt changed so hopefully it will all be ok after that. Got a rear VW badge coming cause the lady had it knicked, then we can start modifying it. ALthough think i'm gonna have to wait until christmas to get some nice alloy wheels as i have no income cause i quit my part time job as i'm going away to study.
Although i can get my hands on some JBL speakers, i know there not very good but there better than standard and as their free i cant complain :smiley:
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JBL are actually pretty damn good speakers, my mate who is well into he stereo rates them. Though he doesn't use em himself, but then hes one of these nutters who spends hundreds of pounds on his kit! Hes in the middle of a proper boot build atm :)