Windshield solvent pressure

[ChiTDI]

My solvent barely squirts out of the nozzles on my '02. Is there any special trick to cleaning them or the tubes that deliver the fluid to them?
Been below freezing for three weeks here and car repair at zero in a foot of snow has been difficult.

[toyomoho]

Make sure the fluid is not freezing in the system. You can remove the lines to the nozzles then run the washer and determine if enough fluid is coming out. If Ok, the nozzles are most likely clogged, use a needle to clean them. If not, go back further on the tubing to check for plugged areas. You can remove the tube from the pump and blow them out with air.

[ChiTDI]

Originally Posted by toyomoho

Make sure the fluid is not freezing in the system. You can remove the lines to the nozzles then run the washer and determine if enough fluid is coming out. If Ok, the nozzles are most likely clogged, use a needle to clean them. If not, go back further on the tubing to check for plugged areas. You can remove the tube from the pump and blow them out with air.

Outstanding. Thanks.
Didn't know I could disconnect at the nozzles!

[ChiTDI]

Cleared the plugged hoses and vwallah!!
Toyomoho - YU DA MAN !

[avalonshoe]

i just stab the nozzle with a needle and fix it.. make sure u the smallest needles, test, then gradually use a bigger needle. i know someone that used the biggest needle and made the nozzle shoot windshield washer fluid over the windshield

[tr7driver]

Originally Posted by avalonshoe

i know someone that used the biggest needle and made the nozzle shoot windshield washer fluid over the windshield

Isn't that what they are supposed to do?

[avalonshoe]

i meant ....and "overshot" the windshield haha