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GTC: washer jet adjustment tool. - Printable Version +- VXOC Astra-J/GTC (https://vxoc.org.uk/forum) +-- Forum: Astra-J/GTC Section (https://vxoc.org.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=5) +--- Forum: Astra-J/GTC Common Problems (https://vxoc.org.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=22) +--- Thread: GTC: washer jet adjustment tool. (/showthread.php?tid=2193) |
GTC: washer jet adjustment tool. - Max Tout - 19:th-Feb-2016 My son has recently bought a 14-reg 2.0 Sri GTC and the drivers-side washer jets are well of out of alignment; a very common problem it seems. Thinking of buying one of these: ‘NOZZLE ADJUSTING TOOL’. Anyone used one?...if so any tips/advice on how to use it correctly without buggering up the nozzles etc. All replies gratefully received. RE: GTC: washer jet adjustment tool. - tucpal - 19:th-Feb-2016 they work but it still takes a fair few attempts to get it better aimed GTC: washer jet adjustment tool. - Nemo - 19:th-Feb-2016 I had an old corsa, just used a needle from a sewing kit RE: GTC: washer jet adjustment tool. - tucpal - 20:th-Feb-2016 the new vauxhalls need a special tool now RE: GTC: washer jet adjustment tool. - Quinniain - 20:th-Feb-2016 Lol gone of the days of a need Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk Let us know how it works out Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk RE: GTC: washer jet adjustment tool. - Max Tout - 24:th-Feb-2016 (20:th-Feb-2016, 15:31:27)Quinniain Wrote: Lol gone of the days of a need OP here; update for anyone interested. I ordered an adjustment-tool (arrived today) and I’ve spent the morning trying! to improve the GTC spray pattern, but with limited success. The adjustment tool itself works perfectly; you just need to coax/tease the prongs gently into the nozzle, hold it firmly (and squarely) and the nozzle jets move quite easily and smoothly, clockwise or anti-clockwise. The problem on our GTC was the ‘drivers side’ jets; one ‘drivers side’ jet was reasonably ok, delivering water to the centre of the windscreen but the other ‘drivers side’ jet was missing the windscreen altogether. The wayward jet was aimed too high and was actually drenching the drivers side window! I’ve spent a good hour (and 3 full tanks of water!) trying to get a decent balance between the 2 jets on the drivers side. Although I now have a reasonably good coverage directly in the drivers eye-line the other jet sends about 50% of its payload onto the mid-windscreen whilst the rest ends up on the roof. The ‘passenger-side’ pair of jets are only marginally better. Having nozzles that are designed to ‘diffuse’ the jets of water is a good thing,… but not to the degree that the GTC seems to do. I’ve never seen windscreen washers that deliver the water in such a ‘misty’ (for want of a better word) fashion. |