Windscreen washers seem very very poor on windscreen lately

kjb1 · Post by **kjb1** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:55 pm

Since this cold weather, the washers for windscreen have become very poor indeed, not much more than a half arsed dribble. Headlight washers are as normal and if anything its those which really wet the screen for me currently!!

Not really looked yet, any known failures or places to look first before I start investigating please?

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Horizon · Post by **Horizon** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:14 pm

Gunk in the tank, and the individual pump filters get blocked. Clean out the tank and filters

kjb1 · Post by **kjb1** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:25 pm

okay, if i put hot water in tank would it help?? how easy is it to access filters?

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Horizon · Post by **Horizon** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:55 pm

http://xdrivers.co.uk/forum/index.php/t ... l#msg52678

This is for X6, should be the sme for E70

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 3:35 pm

Filters are integrated with the pumps so if you remove the pump, the filter is there too.

kjb1 · Post by **kjb1** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:18 pm

thanks guys, will check it out!!!

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