How To Fix A Clogged Windshield Washer Spray Nozzle-Easy Tutorial

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  • @michalmcquaite4698
    @michalmcquaite4698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I can't thank u enough for ur short and sweet video! It literally just saved my life while travelling the snowy, slushy and muddy roads in Colorado alone. Stopped at a Valero right past Red Rocks, and watched ur video. I didnt have a paper clip on me, but the cashier was nice enough to give me TWO! Didn't think mine was going to work as they looked corroded (2006 Kia Sorrento) But it did, and I can't thank u enough! This girl loves to be able to fix things on her own, so I wasn't the damsel in distress I thought I was going to be. Much Love from Snowy Colorado!!💜🌻💜

  • @bryanmyers9977
    @bryanmyers9977 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I have simply partially filled my reservoir with vinegar. Then ran it periodically. The acid ate the clog and the system returned to normal after several days. Good if you have some flow and time to let it do it's thing

    • @Boomie0419
      @Boomie0419 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did you just dumped vinegar in the reservoir straight up or was it makes or diluted with water and what kind of vinegar do you use I notice sometimes one will spray and not the other and now neither one of them sprays and I kind of thought it was the windshield company maybe not hooking it up but, there is a little hose coming out of my passenger fender going towards the windshield so maybe they didn't mess it up

    • @bryanmyers9977
      @bryanmyers9977 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Boomie0419 I just used normal vinegar that you would find at any grocery store. Usually in the salad dressing Isle in a gallon sized container (so not the expensive stuff).
      I later found out that you can buy really industrial strength vinegar... strong enough to take the rust off an engine. What I used was not nearly that strong and I don't think I would risk putting the strong stuff in the system.

    • @Psalm-yg6yi
      @Psalm-yg6yi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Vinegar pits glass.

  • @PotterBoy18
    @PotterBoy18 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Worked for me! In my case 5/6 of nozzles were blocked. A toothpick did the job just fine for me.

  • @chucktaylor7680
    @chucktaylor7680 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I tried the paper clip several times, to no avail. Before I took half the car apart to get to the supply hose, I fired up my air compressor and blew into the valve hole from the exit (winshield) side with about 120 PSI. Instantly water squirted out from the opposite side. Tried it again, and BINGO - works like it's supposed to do. I have a 2014 Impala LTZ. Hopefully this will work for others, and save a lot of time. The passenger side was the one that was clogged.

  • @katiebird53
    @katiebird53 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wish you had shown how to remove the cowl covering the access to the hose connection. That is what I need to see. I am sure I will break some connector if I don't know how to do it correctly. Pin cleaning didn't work. So no spray/water on driver side at all, so I think the hose has come off that sprayhead.

    • @Boomie0419
      @Boomie0419 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      On mine it's a 2014 Sonata there was three clips they look like screws but they're actually just popped in there. But I think you have to remove the windshield wipers also so I will be scouring TH-cam to try to find that video too

    • @johnchojo
      @johnchojo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You'll have to remove the wipers gently to remove that front cover that hides the line.

  • @smiddywesson2703
    @smiddywesson2703 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Paper clip, no joy. Can of compressed computer air, no joy. Rinse and repeat, no joy, but now I have a dribble on the nozzel that isn't working. I had replaced the windshield cowl, the mesh dingus under the windshield. There was a Y fitting, and everything was fine before I replaced the cowl, so the replacement cowl, found at a junkyard, had a clog from that fitting to the nozzle. After mutiple failures, but I HAD A DRIBBLE, I realized I had a way to get vinegar to the nozzle. At first, no joy. Repeat, it worked. Repeat again, it was spraying just as strong as the other nozzle. Be patient, it took years, if not decades, for the nozzle to clog. It could take a few days for the vinegar to do its job. Me? Less than an hour. PS: I washed off the vinegar after each try to preserve the paint and trim.

  • @TMCSFCA
    @TMCSFCA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    How do you remove the plastic housing in order to access the nozzles and the tubing?!?

    • @ohxvvt
      @ohxvvt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There should be pins or clips that you either pop off or release the grip and slid off

  • @avocatogato8407
    @avocatogato8407 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Needed the assist ty, but also tremendous unintentional ASMR quality 🙏🙏

  • @joyfulfrazier2996
    @joyfulfrazier2996 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This worked for me today. Thank you!!!!

  • @asurasgamingwrath1977
    @asurasgamingwrath1977 ปีที่แล้ว

    Trying today. Will keep you posted sir.

  • @allenh7835
    @allenh7835 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If you soak it in anything, soak it in vinegar. Water is a waste of time.

  • @Boomie0419
    @Boomie0419 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very informative to a point I was really hoping you were going to take it apart and show us how to get the jet out of there but you didn't and that's okay but the wind is making a difficult to hear and understand you but again I do greatly appreciate the video have a nice day

  • @rogerhislip5269
    @rogerhislip5269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I gave my nozzles at light shot of compressed air each way and it works like new

  • @almaguevara4583
    @almaguevara4583 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope it’ll work; going to try it tomorrow. Excellent video!

  • @jondnz
    @jondnz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My problem is, I can't even see the nozzle hole where the water should be coming out to hit the window. It's like that whole area has some kind of rubber plug right over it that I can't seem to move. Water does come out but it's not really going where I want it to go or it just seems to piddle out and flood around the nozzle area. Toyota Wish

  • @tonyhill234
    @tonyhill234 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you have to remove the nozzle, Vinegar will dissolve minerals that could have been in the water and coagulated inside the nozzle. Same thing with your faucet strainer.

  • @ChrystalGregory
    @ChrystalGregory ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your help !!! I think this video in laymen's terms helped a bunch .

  • @sj122s
    @sj122s 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If a paper clip is to large to go into the sprayer hole, use a sewing needle. Rotate the needle to help break apart the debris stuck inside.

    • @fasjackson3588
      @fasjackson3588 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      he mentions that at the very start when he suggest a sewing needle or paper clip depending on what works best for different vehicles

  • @markmacpherson90
    @markmacpherson90 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks. Problem now solved

  • @joecoss5787
    @joecoss5787 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty straight forward. Didn't mention blowing air into the washer nozzle to push an obstruction back through the line and, hopefully, into the reservoir where it came from. Something that doesn't work?

  • @myfirst7988
    @myfirst7988 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks bro😀

  • @myst1406
    @myst1406 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i was 700th like

  • @1smae100
    @1smae100 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just used a spray can and picked the hole with needle still nothing comes out

    • @fasjackson3588
      @fasjackson3588 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then the line inside the cowling is off or clogged, check the other end at the resevoir.

  • @madb9422
    @madb9422 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thx.

  • @Dee-pj5zn
    @Dee-pj5zn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unfortunately, this did not fix my problem, it actually made it worse.

    • @jamiev7165
      @jamiev7165 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you try inserting the paper clip only, or did you remove the nozzle and clean it?

    • @Dee-pj5zn
      @Dee-pj5zn 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamiev7165 I only tried tried the paper clip. I’m going to try using hot water through the rubber hose and /or vinegar and baking soda to break up the dirt that’s blocking the hose.

  • @BricoTurbine
    @BricoTurbine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wind sound!!. You could have recorded a voiceover

    • @mikel4888
      @mikel4888 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Be thankful

    • @raulbluesman9463
      @raulbluesman9463 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mikel4888goes without saying, but still.

  • @RV-ds5uf
    @RV-ds5uf ปีที่แล้ว

    That wind noise sux!!

  • @erwinu688
    @erwinu688 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So 75K people sat through the windy ass noise? wtf dude

    • @williambrown8654
      @williambrown8654 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      U gotta b single

    • @godwinsboom
      @godwinsboom 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's a free video.

  • @120beers
    @120beers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks. Now how about that manicure.