'92 Corolla windshield spitter

I want to remove the (windshield) spitter on the hood to clean it out as it spits water but not with enough pressure. Underneath hose looks and feels okay and I tried to poke the holes on top but no luck. Is there a way to remove this plastic spitter without breaking it so I can clean it in the sink better?

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Rob
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Have you tried suction (Mityvac hand pump if you don't feel like sucking on a hose) combined with a needle or a welding tip cleaner (fine stiff wire with file style ridges) in the sprayer orifice? The suction hauls the offending chunk of crud out the same way it came in, rather than trying to break it up and push it through the hole.

Do not use anything large like a safety pin that will enlarge the hole, use a fine sewing needle that is smaller than the hole.

Other than that, I don't know that particular car - but they had to install it at the factory, right? It went on, so it comes off.

To solve some problems you just have to stop and think it through logically, and the answers will come.

If the mounting isn't an obvious screw, they might have done something tricky like secured it on the backside with a speed-nut before they installed the cowl vent panel and the windshield wiper arms, or they reach through a cleanout hole that now has a big plastic body plug in the hole, or it's held in by a snap-in metal clip that goes into the mounting hole....

But however they did it, it'll be simple, quick, and obvious once you figure it out - assembly lines have to move fast, so it isn't going to take more than 30 seconds to install - the entire washer system probably come pre-assembled with the tank and pump, hose and two nozzles. When a worker sees that this car gets a washer he grabs an assembly from the pallet, snaps in and screws down the tank, plugs in the washer pump power plug, routes the hose and snaps in a retaining clip or two, and snaps in the nozzles.

Get a flashlight and a mechanic's mirror (Small 1" round, large

2"x4", both on a telescoping handle) and check it from all angles.

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Bruce L. Bergman

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