OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
So, this is a new one to me.
The Jeep, like me previous two SRT's, has headlight washers. It's a pump located under each headlight with a telescoping "wand" that shoots out and a nozzle blasts the headlights clean. Operation looks like this:
You have no control over when they operate.
So, the other day, I hit the sprayer to clear the dust off the windshield in my driveway and the passenger side is spraying like a garden hose all over the vehicle. Hmmmm...
I am reminded of this again today when I was leaving work and hit the sprayers and it dumped like a litre of fluid all over the hood.
Get home, pull the arm out using an iMac screen removal wedge tool and the nozzle is totally missing. There's just a large hole there where it's supposed to be. So, apparently it was launched off the sprayer at some point and a cursory glance around my driveway did not yield the unit, so I've probably lost it somewhere on the road. Contacted the dealer, SM is going to see if that part is available by itself (maybe they have one kicking around). I'd hate to have to buy a whole sprayer assembly for a $0.50 nozzle.
Anybody else ever have something like this happen? My bimmer had nozzles fixed to the bumper just under the light, so this wasn't possible. Will update with what I end up doing once I hear back from the dealership. Important to get this remedied, as I'll otherwise run out of fluid quite quickly I suspect, given the volume expelled.
The Jeep, like me previous two SRT's, has headlight washers. It's a pump located under each headlight with a telescoping "wand" that shoots out and a nozzle blasts the headlights clean. Operation looks like this:
You have no control over when they operate.
So, the other day, I hit the sprayer to clear the dust off the windshield in my driveway and the passenger side is spraying like a garden hose all over the vehicle. Hmmmm...
I am reminded of this again today when I was leaving work and hit the sprayers and it dumped like a litre of fluid all over the hood.
Get home, pull the arm out using an iMac screen removal wedge tool and the nozzle is totally missing. There's just a large hole there where it's supposed to be. So, apparently it was launched off the sprayer at some point and a cursory glance around my driveway did not yield the unit, so I've probably lost it somewhere on the road. Contacted the dealer, SM is going to see if that part is available by itself (maybe they have one kicking around). I'd hate to have to buy a whole sprayer assembly for a $0.50 nozzle.
Anybody else ever have something like this happen? My bimmer had nozzles fixed to the bumper just under the light, so this wasn't possible. Will update with what I end up doing once I hear back from the dealership. Important to get this remedied, as I'll otherwise run out of fluid quite quickly I suspect, given the volume expelled.
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