Living in the Midwest, I use my rear windshield wiper washer quite a bit. However, I don't like how it just runs down the back. It doesn't really get the window clean.

Has anyone replaced the stock unit with something hat actually sprays the rear window for more coverage?

 

Maybe mount another motor inline near the rear of the box to give it some more power. It is quite a long run for a single motor.

 

I think the problem lies with the nozzle more than the motor, though.

 

Sorry..I am in SoCal and have no need for the rear wiper/nozzle.

 

I removed my wiper and the nozzle. That's the future spot for my rear-view camera!

 

I feel your pain.

I think Heathen is right though. It's not so much a function of a bad nozzle, but a pump that needs to push the fluid along 10 feet of hose. That's a lot to ask from such a small pump.

I'm going to experiment though and we'll find out for sure. We're supposed to have a nice weekend here and I should be able to check a couple of things out. I'll post up if I come up with anything good.

-Alex

 

I have a little experience here, although not automotive-related. I suggest a larger diameter hose. I have not tried this in an automotive application, but it worked well on another project of mine (think refrigerators and how slow water comes out of the door filler.)

Drinking through a big straw is easier than a coffee stirrer.

 

MMMmm sushi. Dammit man, now I got to go get my fix. Yellow tail, squid, and bbq'd eel are my favs.

Increase the hose diameter and there will be less resistance in the line for the small motor.

 

Yup!

 

Here's something weird..... On my white business box the rear squirter has only one hole and yes it just kind of dribbles out. However, the TCM personal box has a two hole squirter that actually has enuogh pressure to make it work the way it's supposed to. Bought 'em about 6 weeks apart. What's up with that?

 

Yes, I hear ya. I'm a sushi fiend. I can't get enough if it!

Hmmm....that's interesting. One of the nicest washer nozzles I had on a car were on my old Ford Focus. The hood-mounted sprayers shot a fan of mist instead of a stream. I think that'd be what I'd ultimately want. Then again, it's probably hard to aim one on a flat surface, such as the xB's rear glass.

 

Do either of yours have steering wheel controls?

At the moment there is only one part number for all years of xB rear washer nozzles. I do wonder, however, if the 2006.5 models will have an altered rear nozzle. The easiest identifier of a 2006.5 model is the wheel controls.

-Alex

 

Neither has the steering controls.... Except for the paint, transmission and hubcaps everything else is the same. It's the TCM w/ auto that has the "good" two squirter apparatus. It, however, has the 8 spoke caps, I'd take just about any other style in trade if anyone is interested. I'm planning on some new rims later to ultimatly fix that problem.

 

Keep looking for the nozzle & don't bother w/the hose or the pump. There is a sufficient AMOUNT of liquid coming out. It just needs to be controlled more efficiently at the end (the nozzle).

Think of a garden hose. A limp dick with nothing on the end, but restrict the flow just right & voila! You can hit your neighbor's house...WITHOUT increasing the pressure OR the diameter of the hose.

It's the nozzle. Let me know if you find anything.

While you're at it, let me know if you find anything better for the FRONT sprayers too...you know, the ones that shoot liquid with enough power to break the damn windshield, but deposit it in 6 very small spots. Yeah, those. And don't tell me to get a larger motor or hose.

 

You said 'limp dick.'

 

The front sprayers for both of mine work great. It's the rear one on the PW box that has a GM design flaw the TCM's is acceptable. But, in Toyota's defense I can't remember ever seeing a rear window washer that was worth a darn.

 

Swapped the rear wiper nozel off my element one day with the xB...works much better....i wouldnt call it a spray (its hard to get a spray to get on the rear window at that angle, plus while your driving the wind blows the spray all over the place...but its got three little jets, one to the left, right and down the middle...comes out alittle more pressured then the stock nozel, but best of all it get the whole rear window wet so the wiper doesnt just push around dirt on the rear left side like it does with the stock one cause it doesnt have enough liquid...
(oh, and it still looks stock, same color, and same size (about 1/24" bigger, no whoop))

 

I have a solution...

Move to So. Cal.

 

Reckon the better squirter is a front nozle put on by mistake?

 

Yes, but the front nozzles have three squirters per nozzle, where as the rear only has one.