sam0056 1 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Hello people i need some advice my MOT is due and i discovered this morning that the washer jets were not spraying water on windscreen properly so i used a thin sewing needle to try to clear them. I managed to clear the passenger side jets but while poking the needle on the driver side in one of the jets the needle broke off inside the jet. I tried to pull out the needle with a pair of nose pliers but it just slips. Then i tried to remove the heatshield from under the bonnet to see if i could take the jet out and do something or even replace it but the damn clips are so solid and wont budge at all. Does anyone know how to remove the heatshield clips or any other way i could remove the broke off needle somehow. Thanks in advance for reading. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ICF 4 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Try using side cutters to lever it out. Be careful not to cut the pin off by squeezing to hard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mooly 187 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Wire cutters used with light pressure can be good for gripping things. Just be careful not to cut any more off the broken piece. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mooly 187 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 LOL, both had the same thought. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stantheman1 56 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I would use blunt nose pliers and not long nose as you'll have more 'purchase' on the needle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donkeychomp 10 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Poke a little bit of Blu Tac in the hole. Hopefully the needle will come out with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bernard Foy 103 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 If there a little bit of the needle that you can get a grip on try using vicegrips, and grip it hard and pull Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrpj 158 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 14 hours ago, donkeychomp said: Poke a little bit of Blu Tac in the hole. Hopefully the needle will come out with it. Or block it up completely! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donkeychomp 10 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Magnet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stantheman1 56 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 He may have sorted it already as the op has not been back since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sam0056 1 Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Hi thanks for all your replys i forgot all about it after posting. i tried nose pliers and they would just slip so i tried some angled wire cutters that i used to get a better grip but i guess it must have got cut straight away since the needle is flush with the hole now. What a headache. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bernard Foy 103 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Pull off the washer fluid supply tube at the back of the Jet and see if you can do anything to push out from there, otherwise it will have to be replaced. Sorry I cannot help further as its one those things that I may be able to help if I was on the spot. On 1/24/2021 at 11:09 PM, sam0056 said: Hi thanks for all your replys i forgot all about it after posting. i tried nose pliers and they would just slip so i tried some angled wire cutters that i used to get a better grip but i guess it must have got cut straight away since the needle is flush with the hole now. What a headache. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sam0056 1 Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 OK thanks very much i will attempt at some point to take the jet of and just replace it they are cheap but when i did see about doing that the heat shield thing on the underside of the bonnet was diificult to remove especially those plastic clips they seemed like they might break. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bernard Foy 103 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 On 1/29/2021 at 2:24 AM, sam0056 said: OK thanks very much i will attempt at some point to take the jet of and just replace it they are cheap but when i did see about doing that the heat shield thing on the underside of the bonnet was diificult to remove especially those plastic clips they seemed like they might break. I’m always wary about plastic clips also particularly in colder temperatures. Maybe warm it a little bit with a hair dryer, but be careful don’t overheat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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