apologies if this question has already been asked - if it has please just redirect me...
The pump's gone on my windscreen washer after my fella decided to keep on trying to squirt it despite it being frozen a few weeks ago. I can see you can buy them for about £6 on ebay, so to avoid getting ripped off by the local Peugeot dealership, would it be easy enough for me, with zero knowledge of cars, to take out the old one and replace it with a new one myself?? I don't have any tools / mechanical equipment.
If it is easy enough, can someone explain what I need to do? I've read that it's located somewhere near the wheel arch... I really am going to get myself on one of those basic car maintenance courses some day soon...
The job is not THAT difficult but you need to work with extreme care to be safe as the car needs to be jacked up at the front and supported on axle stands. You WILL need basic tools. Remove the right-hand road wheel. Undo the the screws securing the front section of the R/H wheel arch liner to the base of the bumper, and remove the fasteners securing the liner section to the body. Manoeuvre the front section of the liner from under the wing.
Note which washer hoses go where (label them preferably) then disconnect the hoses from the washer pump. Disconnect the wiring connector from the washer pump. Use a bowl to catch the washer fluid as the pump is removed. With care, ease the pump out from the reservoir, and recover the sealing grommet. Wash off any spilt fluid with cold water.
Refitting, using a new pump and a new grommet, is the reverse of removal.
Personally, I'd use a new pump, or at least check the price from your dealership, before spending money on a 2nd hand one that carries no guarantee. You could try to re-use the existing grommet but bear in mind that it could then leak and you'll have to do the job all over again. It would not be too expensive a job for a garage to do. An hours labour at the very most. What makes you think you'd be ripped off - why not get them to quote for the work first? But you take your choice and you could use the money to buy Haynes Workshop Manual No. 4613 and a basic tool kit.
Do be careful though, working under a jacked up car, people have got killed!
Good luck, please feedback how you get on, or how much you got charged for the job to be done.
Ron
Ron
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
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The minute you mentioned jacking the car up that was me out!
I took it to Peugeot today and they charged me £65 to replace the pump, so not too bad, and I'm very glad to have my washers back after a few painful journeys down the Motorway having to stop at every services to clean my windscreen! Am just wary because this particular garage has ripped me off a few times in the past, but it's my local one on my way to work...
Good decision Nix, glad to hear you're still in one piece and the purse didn't suffer too badly. I'd pass the bill over to your fella for his contribution since he seems to be the one that broke it!
Ron
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Golf 1.5 Tsi Evo SE Nav Estate Atlantic Blue
Polo 1.0 SEL DSG Reef Blue (wife's)
(Previously owned a 2005 206CC 1.6 Allure Moonstone for 10 years)
