Windscreen Washer Pump

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With the bad weather we had this week i think my washer pump froze and blew the fuse was minus -5 on Wednesday

Fast Forward to Friday night and put a fuse in tried it again no noise from pump and it blew .

I have looked in the washer bottle and it does not look frozen now

Put still blowing a fuse any ideas ?

Car it a seat Ibiza 2012

Cheers Ratty
 
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Is the fuse blowing as soon as you attempt to clean the screen? I would think it will still be frozen as it takes a while for a gallon of water to defrost when hidden away under a wheel arch.
 
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I got caught out this week, our Kia Sorento still had quite a dilute mix if washer fluid from the last refill and it froze. After a full day driving around, it still hadn't defrosted. I ended up having to pour boiling water into the tank and waiting for the pump to start working, then I siphoned out the remaining fluid and refilled with concentrate. Point is it can take a surprising amount of time to thaw, so maybe give it a while.
 
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Is the fuse blowing as soon as you attempt to clean the screen? I would think it will still be frozen as it takes a while for a gallon of water to defrost when hidden away under a wheel arch.

yes the fuse blows when attempt to clean the screen. Cant hear the pump run at all .

I would try to put hot water in but its full was a very weak mix of screen wash .
 
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Hope pump is OK.

I had never considered that runnning with a low dilution of washer fluid might cause frozen pump problems -
hopefully they have a low value fuse that blows easily, or good electronics sensing unexpected load.
 
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Well here is an update

Replaced fuse this morning , all working now pulled a load of screen wash through and topped up to increase strength

Lesson Learnt
 
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Good to hear. It's a real pain when it happens. When I got my pump thawed, I pulled one of the pipes from under the bonnet and pumped it all out into a spare bottle. Refilled with a litre of concentrate to last the unusual cold snap, it now it's warmed I can pour the other stuff back in rather than bin it. Tighter than cramp, me :p
 
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