Headlight Washers

[JPD72]

Hi to all,

I hope everyone is well on this Sunday. I have joined to delve into the knowledge of the forum members and hopefully be of some use myself in the future. I have recently purchased a 2011 Laguna Coupe DCI after many years of non-french cars ownership. How many people on here have the coupe? Quite a nice car and spec for the money, but I had an MOT yesterday and it failed on the Headlight washers not working?? That was quite a surprise as most cars probably don't have them. The mechanic said he could here the motor working but the jets were not raising out of the bumper. Does anyone know how this system works or any known issues with it?

Many Thanks

Jay

[Hell Razor5543]

Hi, and welcome to the forum. I am not going to able to help you with this, but I suspect that you also have Xenon headlights. If so (and they were a factory fit, which can easily be checked), they have to have cleaning facilities (the washers), whereas aftermarket fitted units do not.

[Sloppysod]

Hi, and welcome to the forum. I am not going to able to help you with this, but I suspect that you also have Xenon headlights. If so (and they were a factory fit, which can easily be checked), they have to have cleaning facilities (the washers), whereas aftermarket fitted units do not.

Hell Razor, the law in the UK actually says that if you have HID headlights, they must be selflevelling and have a cleaning system in place. People seem to just get away with fitting after market lamps and either swapping back for the MOT or finding a friendly MOT man who does not know or care.
wikki entry http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/wiki/Af ... rsion_kits

[myglaren]

There may be an initiation date - my brother had a Peugeot 307 with HID lamps and no washers. (Factory fit, not aftermarket)
He currently has a '52' reg Mondeo and that is the same.
There were no comments on this when he MOTd the cars.

As for the original question, it is usual for pressure in the water from the headlamp washer pump to extend the washer nozzles.
There could be a blockage in the pipes, a weak pump/motor or muck/corrosion in the mechanism preventing the washers extending.

[JPD72]

Hi all,

Thanks for your replies. I think I will have a look at the pipework as the motor doesn't sound if its struggling to me. Now for the fun part, I'm hoping I can get to them from inside the wheel arch.

Cheers,

Jay

[BenC5HDi]

I believe it's an "if fitted the washers must work.." item.

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[Axa]

Hers a link incase anyonee needs tips around a non working pump on Renault or Citroen, which is using the exact same type of low quality pump.

https://frenchcarforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47266

I've done my best to keep a new one alive for as long as possible by coating the motor and space around shaf with sticky marine greas to avoid moisture creeping up the shaft and causing "death by rust" (as im sure someon is very proud of have beeing calculated to most likely not hapen berfore just after the guarantee have ended )

Do anyone know where the fuse and relay can be found on Espace IV ?
(ours is an 2008)

Cheers

Gunnar

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[seasidesteve]

Waking this on eup again!

Did anyone get anywhere?
My coupe both nozzles extend but I get no squirt out of the passenger side - I can hear the motors pumping, and I assume that if they extend by water pressure, then there's something forcing it through and being blocked near the nozzles somewhere? But the jets are clear... so can I take off the head and get to the actual pipe behind it easily?