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GlosBoy
Member Since: 16 Oct 2009
Location: Chandlers Ford
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read a few of the threads last week as I too had no washers.
Found fuse 11 in Glove Box had blown so as per threads replaced with 15A - all seems fine.
I thought I would check to see if I had heated nozzles, on looking at the pipe into the underhood cover it appears to have a wire taped to it and there is a fuse in Slot 12 next to battery, Fuse was OK tho.
Its a MY06 SE - am I likely to have this option? Was too cold to take the cover off to check.
If I do not sure how/when they are activated. I had snow on the bonnet the other day and didnt see andy tell/tale rings on the bonnet where it may have been hot.
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 4th Jan 2010 12:36 pm |
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disco_steve
Member Since: 25 Aug 2009
Location: Are you sure this is the M5 ?
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I have a 06MY D3 HSE (which I think should have heated screen wash jets) but . . . . no sign whatsoever of anything melting around the jets, and they seem to be frozen up solid in this current spate of cold weather 
I have checked all the fuses, and upgraded to 15A etc etc
The headlamp ones seem fine (so, why don't they freeze  )) Never get mad - get even !!
06 D3 now gone to family member and still going strong at 265k
previous vehicles:
04 D2 TD5 - (clocked 189k from new)
52 X-Trail 2.2 SVE
various euro boxes !
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| 4th Jan 2010 12:41 pm |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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My heated nozzles are not working. I mentioned this to the dealers a couple of weeks ago and they changed the nozzles, however still no sign of any thawing at all (and I remember in the early days you'd get a good 3" melt spot around each nozzle).
Today I re-checked the fuses (OK) and the timer-relay(OK).
Measuring the current at fuse 12, at first connect it starts at 1A and then drops to 0.3A over 5 seconds. It stays there until the timer relay cuts the power, then repeats the 1A to 0.3A when the power comes back.
4W doesn't seem like a lot of heating capability, so I'm guessing something is wrong.
Can someone with working nozzles (oooh errrr!) please do a current check at fuse 12 in the battery box and post the results? Thanks!
By the way, my mirrors are toasty, and for the record draw 3.5A (at fuse 14 in the battery box). Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 4th Jan 2010 3:43 pm |
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jollybodger
Member Since: 11 Jul 2005
Location: Marlow, Bucks
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Happy new year everyone. I've got a 05 SE, I presume that there are heated jets but haven't seen a patch of melted ice around said jets. Previously have swapped the fuse out, re-seated the relay. Does the car use the external temp probe to decide when to activate the heated jets?
Cheers
Duncan
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| 4th Jan 2010 4:27 pm |
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AVE
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3097
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stapldm wrote:however still no sign of any thawing at all (and I remember in the early days you'd get a good 3" melt spot around each nozzle).
I used to get this on my MY05... haven't noticed it of late and washer jets were frozen this morning when I started out. As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17
Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)
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| 4th Jan 2010 5:31 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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Bear in mind when checking the circuit current draw that the relay also powers the heated mirrors, the relay is controlled by the ATCM, operation is normally 'on' for a period of time relative to the external temperature then 'pulsed' for either a secondary period of time or until engine off signal. It's not uncommon for the heated washer jets to fail...
Basically, if the mirrors are warm, the washer jets should be heating up - if you have heated mirrors it does NOT mean you have heated washer jets though, check for wiring taped along the washer jet pipe on the N/S of the bonnet, by the hinge
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| 4th Jan 2010 5:41 pm |
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hensoni
Member Since: 01 Oct 2007
Location: Sleepy Somerset
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Quote:I remember in the early days you'd get a good 3"
Phew, I don't feel so inadequate anymore... 
Is there a definite melted area around functional heated nozzles? The other day, I thought that my NS jet was heating, but the OS wasn't, but then I drove into sun and the whole bonnet melted.
I tried tonight and did not get any melted area - I deliberately didn't use the washers as the washer fluid would melt the ice (presuming that it hadn't frozen...), thereby ruining the test.
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| 4th Jan 2010 9:40 pm |
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JimboD3
Member Since: 23 Mar 2009
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 348
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Hmmm, neither the heated mirrors or the heated washer jets (they are, I've checked !) are working on mine - it's too damn cold and dark to go poking around now, but which fuse(s) do I need to check in the morning ?
Thanks, Jim
Standard TDV6 HSE
Non-standard Td5 110 Hardtop
Club Traxide
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| 7th Jan 2010 10:07 pm |
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Dickydisco
Member Since: 03 Feb 2009
Location: Colchester
Posts: 501
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jimbod3 im with you, dont know the answer but sure would like to as I have the same. I remember the washer jets working when it was not so cold but of late there gets no melted ring around them nor do the mirrors get hot. So if anyone knows which fuses and such like to check that'd be great. Im guessing that the fuse mayb no 12, is that right? Current: D3 commercial
Past: but not forgotten D3 HSE x2, 5 TD5 disco2's, 1 200tdi disco1, 2 300tdi disco1 one of which was a commercial, Off roader with a rather large spec, ARB's and big travel suspension to name a few.
Pajero SWB 2.8 for off road playdays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYBx3SCl8vs check this for laughs
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| 7th Jan 2010 10:41 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
Posts: 14368
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Fuse 12 in the engine bay fuse box is the one for the heated washer jets G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 7th Jan 2010 10:45 pm |
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Dickydisco
Member Since: 03 Feb 2009
Location: Colchester
Posts: 501
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thanks wiggs, will look in the morning. Hope that solves it Current: D3 commercial
Past: but not forgotten D3 HSE x2, 5 TD5 disco2's, 1 200tdi disco1, 2 300tdi disco1 one of which was a commercial, Off roader with a rather large spec, ARB's and big travel suspension to name a few.
Pajero SWB 2.8 for off road playdays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYBx3SCl8vs check this for laughs
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| 7th Jan 2010 11:26 pm |
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DigitalJunior
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 4398
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An alternative (for those without) is to use neat or strong mix screenwash. Mine still work ok in -7c without heated jets.
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| 7th Jan 2010 11:38 pm |
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