[s-cars] headlamp washer update

[Bruce Mendel]

I refuse to answer your last question on the grounds that it may incriminate
me.

Bruce
93 S4, sufficiently lubricated
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: [s-cars] headlamp washer update


>
> Here's a quick update on my no wash situation.
>
> Several (perhaps many!) pointed out that the headlamps have to be *on* for
> the washers to work. That I knew :)
>
> Andrew also suggested that if the washer fluid was low, the windshield
would
> be washed, and the headlamps would not. I have not been able to either
> confirm or deny this. My wash fluid was indeed low and I put a gallon in.
> Washers still did not work. :(
>
> I resigned myself to doing an R&R of the headlamp washer pump, called Mack
> at Clair to order one. I called him from the car, left a message and then
> tried the washers *one last time.*
>
> They worked!
>
> Either they heard me talking with Mack...or my cleaning the washer units
on
> Saturday did the trick. During my weekly car wash, I pulled each of the
> washers away from the headlamps, and I guess that cleaned the shafts
> sufficiently to remobilize them. They must have been clogged with grime
and
> grit.
>
> What do you use to lubricate your shafts?
>
> Anyway, problem solved!
>
> Lee
> '95.5 S6 avant
> '96 A6 quattro avant
>
>
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