[V8] Oh, Damn: a failure

[Ed Dekker]

The intensive thingy has a special control (button?) but I don't remember 
what it is.  That system used special insect fluid which I bought once and 
that gallon lasted 16 yrs, but no reason it couldn't be used as a backup. 
Surprised that you never had a washer pump failure.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ingo Rautenberg" <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
To: "Roger Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
Cc: V8 at audifans.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Oh, Damn: a failure


> Roger,
>
> The washer pump may well be dead.  The other thing is that the wires to 
> the
> pump (they don't have much slack), might be broken or the connectors
> corroded (they're at the bottom of the reservoir up front).  The pump is 
> the
> typical cheap VW Bosch unit that goes for $20 or so. The intensive thing
> also uses one of thsoe pumps and the small reserve reservoir.  It may/may
> not be working. Other areas to look at are the plastic tubing for the 
> washer
> system gets brittle and breaks and the one-way check valves fail/clog.
>
> HTH
>
> -Ingo
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Roger Woodbury 
> <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>wrote:
>
>> I just drove my V8 on some errands and when I tried to use the windshield
>> washer, I got....nothing.
>>
>> Sigh.  I guess this means that the washer pump is dead, since it makes no
>> sound.  I haven't checked the circuit or the fuses, but I assume the 
>> worst.
>>
>> It looks like it just pulls out from the top, is that right?  I have 
>> never
>> done one of these before.
>>
>> Oh, and my intensive clean thingy has never worked since I have had the
>> car,
>> and I wonder how that even works....this has never been an issue with any
>> of
>> my previous Audis, and it pisses me off that it happens now that the snow
>> and ugly road season has arrived!
>>
>> Go figure.  I wonder of Piuses have this problem?
>>
>> Roger
>>
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