window washers

GAZ 345 · 01-23-2014, 09:38 AM

just a heads up to save you taking your 1M into dealer,window washers stopped working this week,i could hear the motor working & headlight washers were working,so thought it must be blocked somewhere,the motor is under the front wing so was not wanting to get involved in that,so i removed the hose under the bonnet washer jet,this is quite tight don't just try & pull it straight off,you could break it,put a small screwdriver under hose to break the seal then twist it till it moves free,once removed i blew down the hose you could hear the water bubbling in bottle,so tried washers before i connected hose back up,quite a bit of gunk came out,then connected hose back up & worked perfect must have had a blockage somewhere,worth trying before you start stripping the wheel arch to get to the motor or taking it to dealer to fix

mcx_ · 01-23-2014, 05:16 PM

Cheers will try this as mine are hardly squirting any washer fluid at all.

iDave · 01-24-2014, 02:35 PM

Had this three times now , getting used to removing inner arch and cleaning the gunge out , and that was using the BMW washer fluid so now using some from halfords to see how that goes

gazz · 01-25-2014, 12:32 AM

Don't make the mistake of using dishwashing liquid detergent as I did. ( It cleans glasses doesn't it? ). It will form a sludge in the bottle of the reservoir tank at the pump pickup point necessitating the aforementioned arch removal etc. I'm surprised that the proprietary BMW fluid gunks up. That would be a case for BMW remedying the problem?

01-23-2014, 09:38 AM	#1
GAZ 345 Private First Class 33 Rep 117 Posts Drives: 1M Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: scotland iTrader: (0)	window washers just a heads up to save you taking your 1M into dealer,window washers stopped working this week,i could hear the motor working & headlight washers were working,so thought it must be blocked somewhere,the motor is under the front wing so was not wanting to get involved in that,so i removed the hose under the bonnet washer jet,this is quite tight don't just try & pull it straight off,you could break it,put a small screwdriver under hose to break the seal then twist it till it moves free,once removed i blew down the hose you could hear the water bubbling in bottle,so tried washers before i connected hose back up,quite a bit of gunk came out,then connected hose back up & worked perfect must have had a blockage somewhere,worth trying before you start stripping the wheel arch to get to the motor or taking it to dealer to fix Last edited by GAZ 345; 02-24-2014 at 04:36 AM..
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01-23-2014, 05:16 PM	#2
mcx_ Enlisted Member 2 Rep 46 Posts Drives: BMW 1M Coupe, 991 50th edition Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Brentwood, UK iTrader: (0)	Cheers will try this as mine are hardly squirting any washer fluid at all.
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01-24-2014, 02:35 PM	#3
iDave Private First Class 20 Rep 137 Posts Drives: BMW M4 Competition Pack Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Doncaster iTrader: (0)	Had this three times now , getting used to removing inner arch and cleaning the gunge out , and that was using the BMW washer fluid so now using some from halfords to see how that goes
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01-25-2014, 12:32 AM	#4
gazz ///Mbassador 26 Rep 1,069 Posts Drives: The horse I fell off Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Gold Coast Australia iTrader: (0)	Don't make the mistake of using dishwashing liquid detergent as I did. ( It cleans glasses doesn't it? ). It will form a sludge in the bottle of the reservoir tank at the pump pickup point necessitating the aforementioned arch removal etc. I'm surprised that the proprietary BMW fluid gunks up. That would be a case for BMW remedying the problem?
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