Gasket wrote:

EDIT: rather than start a new thread I may as well add it here...

Is there an accepted way of upgrading the washers (screenwash squirters) on the front and back screens? The factory ones seem to dribble a bit of fluid out and I've long thought about upgrading either the pump or nozzles. The only thing is that I really do like my stock-looking 90 and am not convinced that the fancy Optimill/Design Development - type billet ones are in keeping with the look.

EDIT #2: I've just seen a reference to the CSI washer jets in another thread: http://www.csiparts.co.uk/en-gb/collections/screen-wash-jets - half the price of Optimill and a little more standard looking.

So a set of new wiper blades as recommended above and a pair of CSI washer jets should provide a significant improvement to the front and back screens for about £190 delivered.

On the subject of weak washers, first thing to check is the non return valves in the washer pipes, they usually reside by the heater box in the wing where it meets the bulkhead. Follow the pipes as hey leave the pumps and eventually you'll come across the point where the pipe looks like it's been cut and joined. These valves can clog up and significantly reduce flow. The rear washer on my 110 is perfectly fine for what it's required to do, adequate flow and if correctly aimed gets to where it needs to.

For the fronts I added a second 'standard' nozzle into the blanked off holes in the bulkhead, again the standard pump provides more than adequate flow to give 4 strong steams of fluid into the far corners of the screen. I think the total cost for 2 new nozzles, pipe and T piece connector was about £14! I elected to fit two new ones because as predicted the old one cracked when I tried to remove it.



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