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I FILLED MY WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID TANK, BUT WHEN I TRY TO USE IT THE WIPER BLADES TURN ON BUT NO LIQUID SPRAYS ON TO THE WINDSHIELD

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Sprayers are clogged up. You can clean out the sprayers with a needle, some have two holes so look carefully.

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You could have a bad washer pump in the washer reservoir. Can you hear the pump run when you turn on the washers? It should hum pretty loud.

If yes, you could have frozen solvent in the ends of the nozzles. Are you in a very cold area?

If yes, use Prestone yellow washer solvent, it doen't freeze like the cheap blue stuff.

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