Remove windshield washer hose

[MvM]

I have bought myself a nice Type-R hood.
Now I need to remove the windshield washer hose from the OEM hood to be able to install the windshield washers on the new hood.
However, so far I have been unable to remove the clips holding the hose to the hood. There are about six of them and for some reason I cannog get them off. I tried twisting them or squeezing them with a pair of pliers but still they won't come off.
Is there a special trick to do this without damaging the paintwork??

 

[hofffam]

I have bought myself a nice Type-R hood.
Now I need to remove the windshield washer hose from the OEM hood to be able to install the windshield washers on the new hood.
However, so far I have been unable to remove the clips holding the hose to the hood. There are about six of them and for some reason I cannog get them off. I tried twisting them or squeezing them with a pair of pliers but still they won't come off.
Is there a special trick to do this without damaging the paintwork??

I did this not long ago to flush the washer nozzles. They are a pain to do but I think I used a skinny screwdriver to very gently pry the clips loose. You could put electrical or masking tape over the tip of the screwdriver to protect the paint.

 

[MvM]

I did this not long ago to flush the washer nozzles. They are a pain to do but I think I used a skinny screwdriver to very gently pry the clips loose. You could put electrical or masking tape over the tip of the screwdriver to protect the paint.

I get the feeling that you are talking about how to remove the washer nozzles. Those are not really my problem.
Gently trying to get the clips loose hasn't worked for me
Even trying to force them from the underside of the hood doesn't work either.

 

[hofffam]

I did not remove the actual nozzles. To flush the nozzles I had to remove the lines from the nozzles and the lines are attached to the underside of the hood with several clips and coupling fittings. I haven't looked under the hood to refresh my memory of what I did, but I'll try to tonight.

 

[SPRCHGDNSX]

I did not remove the actual nozzles. To flush the nozzles I had to remove the lines from the nozzles and the lines are attached to the underside of the hood with several clips and coupling fittings. I haven't looked under the hood to refresh my memory of what I did, but I'll try to tonight.

How were you able to flush the nozzles without removing them? I need to do this to my car.

 

[OLDMNSX]

A couple things that you can try:

1. Use a small sewing needle or small safety wire that fits into the nozzle hole, have someone activate the washer motor, work the wire in and out of the hole. Have someone hold their finger over the other nozzle to gain maximum pressure. Have a couple towels handy. If you have some small numbered drill bits you could use one to clean the residue off the inside of the nozzle. Just turn them by hand. NO POWER TOOLS!!!!!

2. If No. 1 doesn't work. Remove the tube from the nozzle. Apply 20-30 psi air into the nozzle, from the outlet side. Hold a paper towel on the inlet side to see what comes out.

Brad

 

[SPRCHGDNSX]

A couple things that you can try:

1. Use a small sewing needle or small safety wire that fits into the nozzle hole, have someone activate the washer motor, work the wire in and out of the hole. Have someone hold their finger over the other nozzle to gain maximum pressure. Have a couple towels handy. If you have some small numbered drill bits you could use one to clean the residue off the inside of the nozzle. Just turn them by hand. NO POWER TOOLS!!!!!

2. If No. 1 doesn't work. Remove the tube from the nozzle. Apply 20-30 psi air into the nozzle, from the outlet side. Hold a paper towel on the inlet side to see what comes out.

Brad

I will try these this weekend, thanks for the tips.

 

[hofffam]

How were you able to flush the nozzles without removing them? I need to do this to my car.

When I bought the car two of the four nozzles were clogged. At first I tried a very small copper wire that I inserted into the nozzles. Only temporary improvement - which meant the clogging substance was in the line.

That's why I took the lines off. With the lines disconnected I ran the washer which flushed the lines. Then I did the copper wire again, then followed it with compressed air-in-a-can (Radio Shack) blowing from the nozzle side.

It all works now....

Oh - I was mistaken about the clips I mentioned above. I looked at the car tonight and I removed the rubber grommet-fittings that connect the hoses to the nozzle fitting. They are a pain in the butt too but maybe not like the plastic clips. My suggestion is to use a plastic interior fastener removal tool - used by car audio shops to pop the plastic fasteners used in door panel. They look like a small forked pry bar but are made of plastic.

 

[MvM]

Oh - I was mistaken about the clips I mentioned above. I looked at the car tonight and I removed the rubber grommet-fittings that connect the hoses to the nozzle fitting. They are a pain in the butt too but maybe not like the plastic clips. My suggestion is to use a plastic interior fastener removal tool - used by car audio shops to pop the plastic fasteners used in door panel. They look like a small forked pry bar but are made of plastic.

Thanks for the tip. This is what I did.
Last night I wanted to get the hose done. After fidgetting with it for another twenty minutes without getting nowhere, I just took a pair of pliers and pulled the clips from the hood. Messed them up real but. But taking a good look at them, I realised that maybe they are simply not ment to come off once they have been inserted. The clips are something like two halves that you press together and then insert into the openings in the hood. In all cases (on my hood anyway), there are little edges sticking out left and right which I could not get to when mounted. This prevented their removal.

Afterwards, I found out that the hose is made up from several different pieces which are stuck together and not glued like I first thought.
Which means you can split the hose and then simply pull it out from the clips without removing them
So, in the end, my forceful extortions were not really necessary.