PSA - Windshield washer

Well my passenger side windshield squirter was barely working. I took the nozzle out and cleaned it with no luck. I noticed the splitter in the inlet line between the driver side and passenger side was unusually large. I checked it and found it didn't flow well on one side. I took it apart (cut the housing) and found that it is a sort of backflow preventer. I saw no obvious debris and removed the spring/plunger and rubber seal then glued the housing back together (no spring etc). Now it works fine...
I would just suggest buying a new one, but I was leaving on a roadtrip and needed it to work.

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks for the tip.

 

Don't use the blue washer fluid, it just plugs stuff up. Use quality fluid like Prestone bugwash in the summer and Prestone Ice in the winter. The stuff is the best i have ever used. I drive 50-60,000 mi a year and use a lot of it.

 

Whatever you use, make sure to throw a pack of this in your reservoir to keep things fresh!! -

 

A pack of what?

 

I recently took my taco to the dealer because the driver sprayer was shooting like a hose and not fanning out and the passenger sprayer was spraying over the cab onto the roof and into the bed. My taco was purchased 11 months ago and the dealer found defective sprayers and replaced under warranty.

 

https://www.scentco.net/wiper-breeze/

 

Wow, never thought about that. I love the fresh car wash smell, so this can't be a bad thing.