Ventured out this morning and lost my washer cover!

[mr nurburgring]

I fear loosing mine so I always make sure I use the Bmw antifreeze mixing to at least 80% never had a washer freeze up.

[kis]

I don’t need a washer because I wash the car frequently enough. So I deactivated mine, coded it out. And it still fell off somehow?

[Ducklakeview]

I’m sure I only paid around half that from my main dealer a cou0le of years ago.

That one is primed, I had an un-primed one from the dealer cheaper a few years back and painted it. A colour matched cover from BMW costs over £45!

I had previously wondered if the retaining clips could be 3D printed and it now looks like someone is, I've no idea if they are any good and won't just ship your new cover but must be worth buying to see if it looks OK. Buying a complete washer unit is the only way to get a retaining clip from BMW and cost £80 or so. https://www.shapeways.com/product/WY58J ... z4-e85-e86

I read on another forum a while back that the diamond shaped retaining clips are also a shared part with the Volvo XC90 headlight washer jets and are interchangeable with BMW. I've not actually confirmed this myself, but thought I would share it since it might be cheaper to buy the Volvo unit just for the clip alone.
http://www.partsmonster.co.uk/genuine-volvo-xc90-03-06-headlamp--headlight-washer-jet--nozzle-right-17982-p.asp

Can confirm that the star shaped fitting is indeed the same as fitted to the XC90 headlight washer, as for the cover - I got a used one from breaker for a fiver and painted it (subsequently repainted when I changed bumper)

Mike

[Swiftly]

That one is primed, I had an un-primed one from the dealer cheaper a few years back and painted it. A colour matched cover from BMW costs over £45!

I had previously wondered if the retaining clips could be 3D printed and it now looks like someone is, I've no idea if they are any good and won't just ship your new cover but must be worth buying to see if it looks OK. Buying a complete washer unit is the only way to get a retaining clip from BMW and cost £80 or so. https://www.shapeways.com/product/WY58J ... z4-e85-e86

I read on another forum a while back that the diamond shaped retaining clips are also a shared part with the Volvo XC90 headlight washer jets and are interchangeable with BMW. I've not actually confirmed this myself, but thought I would share it since it might be cheaper to buy the Volvo unit just for the clip alone.
http://www.partsmonster.co.uk/genuine-volvo-xc90-03-06-headlamp--headlight-washer-jet--nozzle-right-17982-p.asp

Can confirm that the star shaped fitting is indeed the same as fitted to the XC90 headlight washer, as for the cover - I got a used one from breaker for a fiver and painted it (subsequently repainted when I changed bumper)

Mike

Cheers Mike, there was also a seller on fleabay selling these star shaped clips separately for £7 each and they weren't 3D printed ones either, as they were OEM bought direct from the manufacturer. As usual I forget to bookmark it at the time and now can't find the seller on fleabay

[Ant]

folks just bumping this as i watched the top of my headlight washer (cap and the nozzle) ping off at 60mph and into the ether never to be seen again

http://www.partsmonster.co.uk/genuine-volvo-xc90-03-06-headlamp--headlight-washer-jet--nozzle-right-17982-p.asp

does that nozzle work on our lamp as well or are you lads just using it for the clip?

[Ant]

going by this i might be in luck, if i use the washer i can see water and the pipe still raises etc, just no nozzle

z4 piece that's went awol (minus the clip adn cover)


volvo replacement for £14

[kis]

Is the old washer jet easy to disassemble? I’m still looking to replace mine and figure I may as well fit the whole unit pictured above to hopefully avoid future (re)failure.

Has anyone done this? Or just replace the diamond swivel section and cap?

[Ant]

Dunno about the whole unit but that bit i posted + diamond bit and cap just pull out, it's held in place by tension and the o-ring just

the rest of the main unit no idea not going near it

[kis]

Dunno about the whole unit but that bit i posted + diamond bit and cap just pull out, it's held in place by tension and the o-ring just

the rest of the main unit no idea not going near it

Right so I can just pull the old one out? And then it pushes back in? Just that... seems too easy?

[Swiftly]

Dunno about the whole unit but that bit i posted + diamond bit and cap just pull out, it's held in place by tension and the o-ring just

the rest of the main unit no idea not going near it

Right so I can just pull the old one out? And then it pushes back in? Just that... seems too easy?

Correct, the diamond clip just requires pushing back in place to relocate it mate. It really is an easy refit and thats also probably why the original diamond clip disconnected so easily in the first place.

[Bluecat]

I got the clip from Shapeways for about £5 plus postage and the cap from ebay, found it easiest to fit the clip on to the cover first then got a mate to activate the washer grabbed it and clipped it in, so far so good.

[Ant]

Dunno about the whole unit but that bit i posted + diamond bit and cap just pull out, it's held in place by tension and the o-ring just

the rest of the main unit no idea not going near it

Right so I can just pull the old one out? And then it pushes back in? Just that... seems too easy?

yup literally comes out like the part i pictured above, and pushes back in

[kis]

I'll buy and give it a go! Cheers!