Hello Guys and Girls. it is Lurgs here and today the Volkswagen T5 this is
the model 2011 to 2015 the windscreen washer jets are not working! It is really
annoying I am going to squirt them and they are just not working I mean I can't
even hear the motor whining or anything, so is it a bad motor or what let's find
out. But first let us have a nice Cup of Tea! Oh lovely. Right so I'll show you
what is happening at the moment so just put the ignition key in. And on the
Volkswagen T5 you pull the lever towards you and then that should engage the
washer Jets and the windscreen wipers. What is happening is there is no jets of
water, the windscreen wipers engage and you can't even hear the windscreen
washer motor engaging you can't even hear it trying. So that could be a dodgy
motor or it could be a blown Fuse now there are some Fuses under the dashboard
here in the middle which is under the gear lever and it is not one of those.
There is actually another Fuse box in the engine bay so let's go and check this
out before we start looking at the windscreen washer motor which is right
down on the right hand side, you have to take a bit of panelling off under the
wheel arch. So let us check the Fuse box first.
Now the Fuse box is here next to the battery so what you need to do is just
remove this plastic cover which just stops the Fuse box moving about, this is
just a plastic thread very easy to undo so let us just take this off and this just
slides upwards and outwards.
And then once you have got that off there is another just small flat panel
which just lifts up, and I am getting wet here because it is absolutely
chucking it down with rain but we've got to get it done and the Fuse box is here.
So you just turn these small levers on either side anti clockwise just
a quarter of a turn they do not unscrew, a quarter turn and then they are
released. And then the lid just lifts up which you will see now, and there we go and
after trawling the internet and looking at various Volkswagen forums I know that
the windscreen washer motor is the 7.5 amp, so before I test everything else I am
just going to go straight for this one. Now what you can do is you can just take
that Fuse out and just have a look at it but if you want to test all the Fuses
what you can do is get a Multimeter set it on the lowest ohm setting and you can
test the Fuse from the top, and if you have got a reading that means the Fuse is
okay so let me put the the sensors on the 7.5 amp one and check the
ohm reading on the Multimeter and oh that is not good so I am thinking that is
blown so what I'll do now just get a small pair of pliers and just pull this
Fuse out.
This is quite tricky filming with one hand and working on it in the other hand.
And let us hold it up the sky and yeah great news the Fuse has blown, so
hopefully a nice easy fix. So let us have a quick Cup of Tea.
Now I do actually carry Fuses with me So, oh look Van Fuses oh how useful.
Well let us just have a look in here now what I am looking for is a 7.5 amp fuse
and the law of S.O.D says I won't have one.
And I have speeding this up but actually I do not have one, and the nearest one I've
got is a 10 amp which is close enough, I will actually go out and get a 7.5 amp
one but for the time being a 10 amp will do the job. Obviously do not put a
massive one in there because you still want it to blow if there is a problem
with the motor. Right so let us get this Fuse back in make sure you put it back
in the right place, always best to take a photograph if you are removing lots of Fuses
then you can refer back to that afterwards. So we have got that Fuse back in.
So before I put everything all back let us just remove the things from the
engine bay, close the bonnet and then let us just have a Squirt [Laughs]. Right let us go
inside the motor, turn the ignition on and come on. Victorious, nice easy fix
brilliant do not have to change the windscreen washer motor now why that's
probably blown is because we have had a really cold spell over here in England
Lots of ice, lots of snow and I expect
I or my partners tried to squirt it and it's been a bit frozen in the pipes and
it has just blown the fuse which is what it is meant to do, so that is great news.
So I am very happy with that and hopefully you are happy with that as well,
and that is a nice easy fix so just put everything back,
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watching and take it easy Guys and Girls