I am not having any luck adjusting the aim of the drivers side wiper fluid squirter (technical term).

When the wipers are not moving, the fluid hits the air foil that is on the wiper arm . When the wipers are moving I can only time the squirt to shoot below the wiper blade. The wiper fluid hits the air foil otherwise. To effectively clean my windshield, I also need it to squirt above my wiper blade.

With the windshield being so small, any attempts to raise the squirt location, shoots the wiper fluid over my roof. There is just no room for error.

Any suggestions?...Its just annoying to me...and please save the "wash your car before you drive it" comments. My Crossfire does not get garaged.

 

I never used the washers come to think of it... I'm going to squirt them when I get home.

 

I'm curious about this myself. Mine works, but hits the top edge of the glass by the silver trip. So, mine is aimed too high. I'll see what I can figure out.

 

They are adjusted by using a paperclip. Straighten one end, insert into the nozzle, and adjust aim.

 

I will try the paperclip adjustment this weekend. My adjustment attempt was to raise the plastic/rubber housing that encased the nozzle. While I was able to raise it, I wondered if it would stay in place. At the time of my quick attempt, it didn't seem that the nozzles themselves could move. Glad to hear that they can. This should do the trick. I don't need to move that far.

Also, there have been discussions about heated wiper fluid. I would swear that when I was making my feeble attempt at adjusting the aim of my fluid, that I got sprayed with slightly warmer than air temp. fluid. Was this a placebo affect from me expecting it to be heated? I cannot remember where I read that the fluid was heated.

- Is the wiper fluid be heated radiantly by where its located and routed?
- Is the wiper fluid not heated at all?
- Is the wiper fluid heated electrically?

 

Two things you may want to take into consideration are...
a) when you are driving the vehicle, you are moving towards the stream of fluid, therefore, it will hit the windshield lower than where you aimed it when the car was in your driveway.
b) the fluid will want to move up the windshield once it hits, due to its own velocity, and secondly, the air movement pushing it up the windshield when you are moving.

 

Once I can get it to squirt above the wiper blade, your factors will come into play. I will aim it a bit high while its in the driveway so when using it at speed it will squirt in a good location above the wiper blade. When moving, the wind resistance will make it squirt lower than it does while stationary.

 

I've always liked the systems where there is a tube/pipe attached to the wiper arm, so the fluid is applied right at the blade.

 

I had the exact same thought last week when I used the windshield washer on my '94 Cutlass. It has the nozzles attached to the wiper arm.

Why can't we take the best traits of U.S., Asian, and European cars, such as how to clean a windshield, and make that standard for all cars?

 

Agreed...

By the way I had a '93 Cutlass Convertible with the 3.4... Man the was a great car, wish I still had it.



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