Front and Rear washers switched?

Nov 23, 2003 3 Replies

My '02 OBS needed a new head gasket (warranty item). Everything seems to have gone well with the repair, but now my front and rear washer sprayers are reversed (i.e. activated the front washer causes the rear window to get sprayed, and vice versa).



My question is, how did they pull this off? It appears that they accidentally switched the hoses, but the hoses aren't long enough to switch them back (at least how they are routed now). And it's not the wiring switched (the harnesses for each pump are different), or the pumps themselves switched (the holes in the reservoir are slightly different sizes). Anyone have any ideas?



I'm sure the guys at the Subaru dealership can fix it up, but it's a bit of a haul to get there and I'm massively busy with the holidays and short of time to get out of the office. Anyone have any hints on fixing this myself?


If they didn't (couldn't) switch the hoses, they probably switched the electrical connectors.

-- Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH

How? They are physically different and incompatible connectors.

Weird.

They switched the hoses where they connect to the pumps.

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