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Hi again, sorry - I meant to ask this earlier but I forgot (whoops)

Please could someone tell me what the purpose of this brown & purple connector might be?

I found it dangling down in the O/S front wheel arch of my 406 HDi 90 Rapier Estate, by the screenwash bottle.





I'd love to be able to re-connect it correctly, if necessary,

Thank you,

:-)

My guess is that it's the connector for cars fitted with headlamp washers?

Welly wrote:My guess is that it's the connector for cars fitted with headlamp washers?

ah - not a "luxury" that this one has :'(
do we have any other "bids"?
Maybe I could use it as a trigger for James Bond/Condorman machine guns instead then ;-)

Well, it would be a luxury but seeing as about 90% of 406 headlamp washers cease working then.....

isnt that the plug for front fogs ?

Welly wrote:My guess is that it's the connector for cars fitted with headlamp washers?

Correct! it goes on the 2nd pump (when fitted)on washer bottle to power the light washers on mine.

Gary406 wrote:isnt that the plug for front fogs ?

No - That's the side that has a working fog light!
(The fog on the otherside appears to have been "smashed out" - I suspect that the previous owner hit a badger/fox/breeze-block/Clarkson which not only took out the N/S front fog but ripped the back box off the exhaust).

The fog connector is similar but appears to be blue.
I spotted it hanging down on the other side of the engine bay, where the non-existent N/S front fog /should/ be.

Welly wrote:Well, it would be a luxury but seeing as about 90% of 406 headlamp washers cease working then.....

Does anyone know /why/ they cease working? Are they the old mechanical "pop-out and spray" like a "multi-purpose massager" device ;-) type?

wasp wrote:

Welly wrote:My guess is that it's the connector for cars fitted with headlamp washers?

Correct! it goes on the 2nd pump (when fitted)on washer bottle to power the light washers on mine.

Sadly, I'm not so "blessed" as some of my fellows here... *sniff* if only I were so well endowed...


Thank you for the confirmation chaps/chapesses...
I'm relieved that it's not something that I need to worry about.
Back to worrying about the waterpump, oil etc... ;-)
Thank you all once again :-)
You've put my mind very much at ease.

bytecode wrote:

Welly wrote:Well, it would be a luxury but seeing as about 90% of 406 headlamp washers cease working then.....

Does anyone know /why/ they cease working? Are they the old mechanical "pop-out and spray" like a "multi-purpose massager" device ;-) type?

Dunno,and yeah they should pop up n squirt ..mine dont work(retro fitted)-had to turn them on wiv pp2000,still dead!! but when i can be arsed,im gonna delv in,disect the pump and see what jack frost and sludge has done to it.
Then if working re-aim the jets 90deg to the nearside and shoot traffic wardens with mouldy water....

bytecode wrote:

Welly wrote:Well, it would be a luxury but seeing as about 90% of 406 headlamp washers cease working then.....

Does anyone know /why/ they cease working? Are they the old mechanical "pop-out and spray" like a "multi-purpose massager" device ;-) type?

I thought they work on the amount of water pressure - could be based on the pump, the piping or the amount of water pressure in the system!

They work on water pressure and larger-bore hoses, mine used to extend majestically if you pulled them out by hand but the pump never worked - I don't know if the pump fails or a fuse somewhere (maybe when they freeze in winter?) anyhow others on here said that they are only any good at leaving a dirty splash all up yer bonnet so I just left them be