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windshield washer sprayer nozzle picture please?


Captain_Zeros

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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.

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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.

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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 :facepalm:

....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.

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