Bianca Ratlye

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Today was a slow day. I was meant to go to work but couldn't be arsed so sacked it off. Managed to get a bit done on the car at least, but as ever i'm avoiding major mechanical jobs as I don't want to immobilise it before a house move!

So, time to sort out the dodgy rear washer jet. It had worked once, but recently the pump just whirred away and nothing happened. I needed to take the spoiler off anyway to sort out a couple of spots of rust, so off she came:



Quick scrub of the shut, again there was more ming growing in here. Auto Finesse Citrus Power again.



So, whilst that was taking effect, I stuck a big needle into the washer jet.. it spurted some black filth out at me like a tube of paste lol.



So, in with the needle again, only this time it spat at me like a naughty child!



After this it still wasn't pumping, so off with the nozzle! Quick wash in a bucket and tap it on the roof...



Nice! Put it back together and... ta-da!



I suspect it was just bacterial growth, from the stagnant screenwash sitting in the tube for so long whilst I was in Africa. We get it with oil systems at work quite a lot, where the conditions are just right for bacteria to propagate.

So, touched up these spots of rust quickly whilst I was there:



And took the lights out to clean all the moss and ming out!



After that, I hoovered an absolute ton of s**t out the back! Bit more respectable now. And that'll do for tonight.

Short of continuing to polish it, not much more I can do now without taking big stuff apart.