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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Eastern Long Island
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Windshield washer 90 C2 Kaput!
just lost function of the washer. pulled the pump from the tank and jumped it. It buzzes. It does not run when installed. Fuse is intact. Anyone have a method for testing the switch? Or any other ideas? Thanks.
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07-18-2001, 10:34 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Charlotte, NC USA
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are you turning the lights on when you push the washer switch? it wont work with out the lights on!
------------------ Zuvuya 85 carrera targa |
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07-18-2001, 02:04 PM
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Location: Millersville, MD
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Mine stopped working a while back. Voltage tested fine to the pump wires, but read 0 when the pump is attached. Pump works when sending live feeds direct to the pump, but it didn't work through the switch. I think my switch is gone. Rather than replacing the switch $$, I'm thinking about installing a relay on the hot wires right before the pump, that way the relay can fire up the pump instead of the switch. ... or am I about to set my car on fire?
 Anyway... when the pump buzzed, were you connected to its original wires or did you hotwire it into another circuit or direct to the battery. If it runs through the switch when removed from tank, but not when in the tank, I'd suspect the check valves to be clogged - or clogged enough to put enough of a load on the switch to short everything out. If voltage = 0 at the switch when plugged in to the tank, you're shorting. If it reads 12 but just doesn't get anywhere, it is probably trying but not pushing through the valves. The valves are cheap, but they look like a mother to install. Hope my ramblings help. ------------------ Brian Smith '91 C2 |
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07-19-2001, 07:52 AM
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