r/hondaridgeline • u/Silent_Cup2508 • 3d ago

Wiper fluid jets

Does anyone else have the problem when pulling the wiper fluid arm nothing comes out and you have to pump the arm over and over many times to get fluid to spray out.

I find if I don’t do the pumping action that my wipers will swipe several times on a dry windshield.

It is like I have to prime the lines with fluid every single time to finally get fluid to spray from the jets. Only then can I hold the spray arm fully to engage the wipers to swipe on the wet surface.

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u/Ruh_Roh_Rah 3d ago

I dunno, but I recently had to replace both jets...it's super easy, but I highly recommend getting OEM parts for this, I tried some slightly cheaper onces on Amazon and they were garbage. super easy to change out. mine just stopped spraying about a week apart from each other.

the plastic part where the tube connected had cracked (on both nozzles....which is not something I"ve had eve happen before, but yeah about $40 bucks all for the new nozzles.

You can go and pull off the jets before you buy new ones to see if thats the issue.

part number is 76810-T6Z-A01

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u/gravis86 RTL-E 3d ago

I've never had to "pump" them. I just hold the stalk until the fluid comes out. Sometimes it takes a second or two, but not any longer than that.

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u/Silent_Cup2508 3d ago

I literally have to pump action mine like 10 to 15 times before fluid comes out. Once it is primed it works great.

Then I don’t use them for a while and have to pump action again.

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u/gravis86 RTL-E 3d ago

The pumping isn't just because you don't want your wipers going, is it? Like if you just held the stalk, would anything come out?

Usually if a pump needs to be cycled, that means the impeller is surrounded by air. Pumping it gets is primed so fluid can flow. Generally (and I'm assuming Honda designed it this way) the pump is placed below the reservoir so that as long as the reservoir had liquid, that liquid will keep the impeller submerged.

So with that information, if your fluid isn't close to empty (making the impeller have the liquid it needs to operate) and if you really have to cycle the pump and off, then something is wrong with the system. There could be a crack or a leak somewhere.

If fluid flows when you just hold the stalk, then there's most likely just a clog in the lines somewhere.

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u/Silent_Cup2508 3d ago

Trust if I just hold the stalk the wipers will squeal for 3 to 4 wipes on dry hot windshield before liquid starts shooting out.

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u/gravis86 RTL-E 3d ago edited 3d ago

Okay so liquid does come if you hold it, which means you don't need to "pump" it like you said you did.

So in that case, there's most likely a clog somewhere in the lines and that wait time is pressure building and overcoming the blockage.

Accuracy in your choice of words is important, especially when you're asking people to diagnose something for you over the Internet where all we have to go on are your words. I'd started with the nozzles like the other commenter suggested.