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Originally Posted by mynameissteve
How should I go about unclogging it, I tried clearing out the bottom piece where the tube connects but it seemed empty....
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I haven't found a foolproof way to unclog my windshield washers. Sometimes, carefully poking a fine straight pin into the outlet orifice will push the clogging crap back away from the orifice, but it can reclog is the crap isn't removed or hasn't been broken up into pieces fine enough to pass through the outlet orifice. If the pin is a tight fit in the orifice, I fear that it could damage the orifice resulting in a bad spray pattern. I believe that a fine pin can also be used to adjust the aim of the spray (if I recall, the outlet orifice is in a ball that can be rotated in its socket).
I have also tried blowing into a plastic tube whose end is against the outlet orifice. With the inlet tube disconnected under the hood, this can blow the clogging crap out the inlet.
Fortunately, several attempts have eventually succeeded.
