No fluid to rear wiper

[grizz3000]

01 Windstar LX

Okay, the windshield fluid resevoir is FULL. The front wiper fluid spray works, as do the front wipers.

The rear wiper works, but it is not getting winshield fluid. I hear the pump 'working', but no fluid is sprayed on the rear window. The manual says that both wipers use the same resevoir. Is there an easy way to trace the supply line from the rear wiper back to the fluid pump?

Please help me make my wife happy. If momma ain't happy, nobody is happy!

The oil leak it has is more important to me (Sunday's project), but hopefully the rear windshield fluid issue can be solved quickly.

Thanks guys!

[mundy5]

there must be some obstruction to the rear wiper spray. If it is anything like mine, you will probably have to open up the interior moulding on the rear door to gain access to the sprayer. But then again, maybe Ford actually made this an easy job to maintain. I don't have access to my FSM right now. Take a look at see if there is a way to gain access to it. Then disconnect the tip and then try to spray it. If it doesn't come out the tube, then you know that there is a blockage further upstream, possibly at the reservoir and the tube connection.

If it does spray, then you know that the problem is blockage at the tip. You will need to clean it out. These are very tiny holes and it will not take much to plug them up.

[grizz3000]

Looks like the rear wiper fluid will be Sunday's project. Turns out the oil leak is only at the oil filter (easy).