Headlight washer not working after suspension change

[philbo909]

My headlight washers aren't working, I think this is since the springs were changed.
Is there a common culprit where something can get knocked and stop them working?

 

[RustyZ4]

I would guess that's more likely to be a coincidence,

 

[wonkydonkey]

Just as a first port of call, is your washer bottle definitely full enough for the headlight washers to be working? The headlight washers typically "stop working" long before the windscreen washers stop working as the water level drops. This is to decrease the rate of water usage as you get down to the lower half of the washer bottle to make sure you can still clean your windscreen.

 

[philbo909]

was half full, I've filled it up just, so will see tomorrow if this is the culprit

 

[wonkydonkey]

You never know

 

[philbo909]

Nope, it's a mystery. I'll have to poke around

 

[wonkydonkey]

I presume no water leaked out from anywhere when you filled up the washer bottle? I have my front bumper off and headlight washers removed at the moment so give me a shout if you want any pictures that could help. I can upload later this evening.

 

[ph001]

Fuse no.40 controls the headlamp washers - so you need to check that as a first port of call. God knows why it's 30A! If that's all good you could pull the windscreen washer pump fuse no.38 (also a 30A) and then see if you can hear the headlamp washer pump running.

Points to note:
1) Headlights must be on (obviously)
2) Washer bottle must be >25% full
3) It only activates the headlamp wash motor once after several windscreen wash cycles. The exact number is codeable but think it's about between 3 and 7 from memory.

 

[philbo909]

This fixed itself today, maybe there was a blockage or it was the Italian sun bringing them back to life

 

[wonkydonkey]

Thanks for feeding back this completely inconclusive and baffling conclusion :rofl: Glad it's fixed itself!