How to adjust windshield washer nozzles?

shah269 · 11-25-2013, 08:57 AM

My dirvers side went from flat to OMG...it's aiming straight down! WTF!

Dackelone · 11-25-2013, 09:07 AM

Use a safety pin or a sewing needle to aim the washer jet nozzle.

shah269 · 11-25-2013, 09:15 AM

ok let me try.....i googled it....apparently there is a BMW tool....ooohhh aaaaahhh.
Called BMW and since I'm at 52k miles....it's $130......yeah $130 to adjust it......
I'll give the self adjustment a shot ;-)
did it on all my other cars so...how hard can it be!

eric@helix · 11-25-2013, 10:10 AM

Safety pin.

Dackelone · 11-25-2013, 10:17 AM

$130 is just a crazy price to pay! I think your dealer must not know how to do it! lol Should be like a 5 minute job TOPS! Charging an hour's labor rate is criminal.

Hazet makes a tool to adjust the washer nozzles. As you can see a safety pin would also do the (same)job. The shaft size of the Hazet tool's needle is a 1mm O.D.

IF your car has heated washer jets... sometimes some type of fluids can corod the washer jet - then you would need to just replace it.

http://www.samstagsales.com/matador.htm

shah269 · 11-25-2013, 01:02 PM

yeah i agree it's nuts. went out with a pin....think i found the hole (that's what she said) moved it up and now it's better...a bit towards the center rather than straight on the drivers side...but better.

Dackelone · 11-25-2013, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by shah269

yeah i agree it's nuts. went out with a pin....think i found the hole (that's what she said) moved it up and now it's better...a bit towards the center rather than straight on the drivers side...but better.

Ok, cool! Now I will only charge you half(what your dealer wanted) for my advice! Just send a PayPal too..

<jk>of course!

shah269 · 11-25-2013, 03:03 PM

The older cars you can just look and see "Oh ok it's a ball in a socket!" cool...BMW you look in and all you see is.....plastic...where the hell is that hole! how can i get this little prick in that little hole...why god...why is this hole so small! Why isn't my prick..smaller? huh?

bmw1racer · 11-25-2013, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dackelone

$130 is just a crazy price to pay! I think your dealer must not know how to do it! lol Should be like a 5 minute job TOPS! Charging an hour's labor rate is criminal.

Hazet makes a tool to adjust the washer nozzles. As you can see a safety pin would also do the (same)job. The shaft size of the Hazet tool's needle is a 1mm O.D.

IF your car has heated washer jets... sometimes some type of fluids can corod the washer jet - then you would need to just replace it.

http://www.samstagsales.com/matador.htm

Yow, that looks like a gadget from a James Bond movie.

shah269 · 12-03-2013, 08:26 AM

And now the freaking things are sideways...well the one that's on the drivers side.....this is silly! how the hell did it turn sideways?

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