windshield washer sprayer nozzle picture please?

[Captain_Zeros]

Anybody with a working 240z windshield washer sprayer mind taking a picture of the end of the nozzle? Mine seem to have been mangled by the previous owner.

My pump was dead when I got the car and I finally replaced it, and I get a steady limp wide stream of water that comes almost to the windshield. All I can find is tips on using wire to de-clog the system, but I'm thinking with how chewed up mine are I think somebody might've reamed out the nozzles too far. Smaller orifice should provide more pressure and therefore distance, right?

The closest picture to the business end of a (ostensibly functioning) nozzle is from this ebay listing and it looks pretty flat and even, whereas mine look kind of like somebody chewed on the end of a pencil. How wide is the orifice when viewed dead-on? If it's narrow I'll just mangle them further with some pliers, but I don't really want to do that without a little more info on how they're SUPPOSED to work.

Edited November 20, 2013 by Captain_Zeros

[SteveJ]

That looks like the ones on my cars.

[Captain_Zeros]

My actual nozzles looks sorta mangled to me.

[zKars]

Yeah, they have been "adjusted". They are close to stock, but definitely opened up some. The orfice size is critical to having a stream velocity that will reach the windshield but still deliver decent volume.

Try tapping them shut a little at a time until they squirt better.

I replaced mine with '08 Altima heads that are fitted to the top of the cowl. They have two streams each, and have a decent spray pattern. Stock pump runs them fine. Cost about $8 bucks. I think I have an old set here is you want better stockers. Let me know.

[SteveJ]

My actual nozzles looks sorta mangled to me.

I would agree with that.

[Captain_Zeros]

Resolved, I attacked the nozzles with a pair of vice-grips and fixed a bit of a kink that was probably at least half the problem

....Then I had a fully working roof-washer sprayer

A little re-aiming later and everything is a-ok! It's just nice to have a second opinion before potentially destroying a part that may or may not be function and may or may not be hard to replace.

[Mikes Z car]

Fun loving folks have been known to aim them at the sidewalk.

[bpilati]

Yeah, the windshield washer nozzles on the Z suck. I've thought about install the body-mounted type. Of course you have to put hole in the cowl.

[Mikes Z car]

I was able to improve the spray on a previous car by forcing a sewing pin into the hole then making water flow to blow out any dirt.

[Willoughby Z]

A soak in an ultrasonic bath of C-L-R cleaned mine right up.

Edited November 24, 2013 by Willoughby Z

[bartsscooterservice]

I love their simplicity haha, but the spray pattern is worthless I agree. Personally I don't botter..it's an old car anyhow. But maybe you could do an upgrade to more modern nozzles ?

[Captain_Zeros]

I like the idea of throwing the whole thing in an ultrasonic cleaner, didn't think of that.

Mine weren't clogged though, they were rounded out by some nimno with a pair of pliers, a little persuasion with a pair of vice grips had them nozzle-shaped again and working great.