Screen wash fluid delivery very poor
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:43 pm
Hi all hope someone here can help
I have been having screen wash issues, rear bottle has been leaking since I bought the car in early June. Car had to go in for a lambada sensor, and I ask them to sort this at the same time. They replaced the front bottle not the rear one that I told them was leaking. So today it went in again to have a new rear bottle fitted. Also said I wanted the jets checked as fluid delivery was poor. Arrived at 8am (55 mile drive to supplying dealer) told prior to arriving I could wait as would only take an hour or 2. So 5 hours later!!! car done bottle replaced they said that the driver side jet was blocked and they have cleaned it but it may not be surfactant ask me to check for myself on the way home and if not satisfied they would order a replacement. Not best pleased with tat as an answer but by now just wanted to get back home. Amount of fluid on the windscreen is very poor so at home tried it stationary on the drive.
When you press wash you can hear the pump run but it pulses as in runs for half a second stops for half a second dose this 5 times then stops completely until you release the button and then dose the same again. As a result you get a few blobs of fluid not a jet and does very little in the way of washing. On my previous XJ It had jets on the wiper arms the same as this it sprayed a powerful spread jet for as long as you kept the button pressed.
Is this normal on the FType?
I have been having screen wash issues, rear bottle has been leaking since I bought the car in early June. Car had to go in for a lambada sensor, and I ask them to sort this at the same time. They replaced the front bottle not the rear one that I told them was leaking. So today it went in again to have a new rear bottle fitted. Also said I wanted the jets checked as fluid delivery was poor. Arrived at 8am (55 mile drive to supplying dealer) told prior to arriving I could wait as would only take an hour or 2. So 5 hours later!!! car done bottle replaced they said that the driver side jet was blocked and they have cleaned it but it may not be surfactant ask me to check for myself on the way home and if not satisfied they would order a replacement. Not best pleased with tat as an answer but by now just wanted to get back home. Amount of fluid on the windscreen is very poor so at home tried it stationary on the drive.
When you press wash you can hear the pump run but it pulses as in runs for half a second stops for half a second dose this 5 times then stops completely until you release the button and then dose the same again. As a result you get a few blobs of fluid not a jet and does very little in the way of washing. On my previous XJ It had jets on the wiper arms the same as this it sprayed a powerful spread jet for as long as you kept the button pressed.
Is this normal on the FType?