Pre Mot check - panic....

[Deletedmember130310]

Thought I'd take the car out this morning for a spin and quick check over before its MoT tomorrow as I only used it once in the last 6 moth (long, separate story)


All was good except the windscreen washer jets weren't working. Mmm - this will be an MoT fail tomorrow


Bottle full - check
Disconnect hoses - seem clear.
Blow air through nozzles - all good.


Check I can hear motor running when stalk pressed - mmm, no noise


Panic - this could be expensive






Check fuses etc - all ok


when in doubt, return to manual for any tips




Argh - I'd forgotten the stalk requires a double / deep press to activate the washers - the first stage merely activates the flick wipe...




All good


Panic over

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

If only all small problems with a Mercedes were as cheap and easy to fix.

 

[Deleted member 131833]

My first Merc was a 1968 280S, being keen I wanted everything to work on the car, boot light not working, hmm, spent hours tracing wiring, cleaning multipin plugs until I checked wiring diagram more thoroughly to find boot light only worked when side lights switched on.

doh! Lesson learnt

 

[Deletedmember130310]

classic case of RTFM...

 

[w124uk]

Argh - I'd forgotten the stalk requires a double / deep press to activate the washers - the first stage merely activates the flick wipe...

Had a similar issue with wipers not working on our Caddy Va. It turned out the bonnet hadn't latched correctly and this resulted in the wipers being deactivated

 

[slade1]

My Ponton faild the MOT last year, windscreen washers. Did knot how to work the foot operated washers, showed him and it passed.

 

[w124uk]

My Ponton faild the MOT last year, windscreen washers. Did knot how to work the foot operated washers, showed him and it passed.

Had a similar issue with our S70 - the headlights were by default in DRL mode with dipped beam coming on automatically. They failed it, changed the setting, passed it and went back to the original setting.