LHS wrote: : I ran across this post in another Hyundai forum and so far no one has : been able to help this person. There was one recommendation to check : for residue in the reservoir. Following this newsgroup for a few : years now, you folks seem to be able to figure out just about : anything. Any ideas for this person? Thanks in advance for the help : : : "I have an 03 Santa Fe and the washers shoot only about an inch jet of : fluid. The rear washer is the same. The washer motor sounds like it is : working. On the front hood you can see fluid come out of the jet : holes so it would not appear to be blocked. Any ideas or is it the : washer motor?"
I had the same thing here with my Accent. A fairly thick scum had built up on the inside walls of the reservoir even though we were using a quality washer detergent properly diluted. Some of this stuff came loose and repeatedly clogged the pickup screen. I could clear it temporarily by blowing backwards down the hose to the jets but it plugged up again in a day or two.
The only way I could get rid of this was to alternately blow backwards through the hose and flush hose water into the container and siphon it out multiple times. From memory, it took about 20 attempts before the water siphoned out clear of chunks of the scum and the plugging of the screen stopped.
-- Larry