Washer Hoses/Tubes: Description: Front

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Fig 1: Washer Reservoir Remove/Install

Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.

1 - RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HOUSE

2 - WASHER RESERVOIR

3 - ENGINE COMPARTMENT WASHER HOSE

4 - SCREW (2)

5 - RESERVOIR REAR WASHER HOSE

The front washer plumbing consists of a small diameter rubber hose that is routed from the barbed outlet nipple of the reversible electric washer pump/motor unit on the washer reservoir and along the reservoir filler neck into the engine compartment. See Fig 1. Within the engine compartment, the front washer hose is routed side by side with the engine compartment rear washer hose along the top of the right front fender wheel house to the dash panel. Molded plastic routing clips secure the hoses to the headlamp and dash wire harness in the engine compartment. See Fig 2.

Fig 2: Engine Compartment Washer Hose

Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.

1 - RESERVOIR FILLER CAP

2 - ROUTING CLIP (3)

3 - ROUTING CLIP (1)

4 - FRONT WASHER HOSE

5 - IN-LINE HOSE FITTING

6 - PLENUM PANEL GROMMET

7 - DASH PANEL GROMMET

8 - REAR WASHER HEADLINER HOSE

The front washer hose is connected in the engine compartment to the barbed nipple of a molded plastic in-line fitting installed through a rubber grommet in a hole in the right side of the dash plenum panel. The barbed nipple of the in-line fitting protrudes through the other side of the rubber grommet into the cowl plenum area, where the cowl plenum washer hose joins the front washer hose to the front check valve/"Y" fitting. The cowl plenum washer hose is routed through integral routing clips on the underside of the cowl plenum cover/grille panel to the molded plastic "Y" fitting. The cowl plenum washer hose is connected to one nipple on the "Y" fitting and the two washer nozzle hoses are connected to the other two "Y" fitting nipples. The washer nozzle hoses are then routed along the underside of the cowl plenum cover/grille panel to the two front washer nozzles.

Washer hose is available for service only as roll stock, which must then be cut to length. The molded plastic washer hose fittings cannot be repaired. If these fittings are faulty or damaged, they must be replaced.