405 head lamp wash

Hi!

First of all: I'm norwegian, so exuse me if perhaps I express myself a bit
clumsy here.

I have recently bought a 1995 Peugeot 405. Spraying/washing the windscreen
also activates spraying or washing of the headlamps. The spray comes from
brackets on the front bumper. Theese brackets comes out from the bumper
about 10 cm (on arms/bars from inside) when spraying. I guess they are
supposed to? The problem is, one only returns half way, and the other one
does not return at all. (I have to push them back when I have parked).

Can someone tell me how to fix this please?

Gunnar

 

My wife had this arrangement on her 405. They come out fairly slowly and
then snap back in forcing the water against the glass. I do not know how
they worked but they seemed to act like a pump which makes me wonder whether
the jets are blocked preventing it retracting properly (because water is
trapped inside).

 

Thanks for your reply!

When checking more closely, I see that actually only one comes out at all
now, and it stays out. No spraying. Then, when I press this one in without
pressing the other one too, the other one comes out - and goes in again if I
pull the first one out... :^) When pressed in together manually, they
finally spray.

But to get to do something with the mechanism it looks to me as if one has
to remove the whole bumper?

And to get access to the hose at the bottom of the wash reservoir under the
bonnet it looks as though you have to remove lots of stuff there too?

Anyway, do you think the hose can just be pinched off to simply set the
whole lamp wash out of use? I would concider this as a solution, I mean, I
am able to wash my head lights manually ;^) Or would this cause too much
pressure to the hoses for the windscreen-vipers so that they flip off or
something??

Grateful for any ideas!

Gunnar

 

No worries, you express yourself a lot better than some English contributors

I doubt if the hoses to the wipers will come off, in my experience they are
a swine to remove manually let alone by water pressure. But of course Sod's
Law predicts that exactly the opposite will occur.

--
Malc

If you're swimming in a creek
And an eel bites your cheek
That's a moray