to get wof!Purchased car a while ago & notice there is no horn or windscreen washer.Previous owner cleaned up engine bay but I think he might have gone too far.Have purchased horn just wondering about washer.
alimac1,
Sep 13, 6:08pm
If it was fitted in the factory it has to be there and it has to work
robinm1,
Sep 13, 6:08pm
If the car had a windscreen washer as std, ie everything in the last 50 years then it has to have a working one to get a WOF.
likit,
Sep 13, 6:12pm
Cheers for that.Do you know of a aftermarket alloy washer bottle with motor attached similar to factory plastic washer bottles!
johnf_456,
Sep 13, 6:13pm
What sort of car is it! Can you not find one at a wrecker!
likit,
Sep 13, 6:15pm
I'm doing up an XD Fairmont & don't want plastic in engine bay hence alloy or aluminium
mopeds,
Sep 13, 6:16pm
They quite often don't bother checking, I had a car that passed its warrant routinely without the washer working because they didn't bother checking.
snoopy221,
Sep 13, 6:16pm
Can we start with THE YEAR! First registered.Please as if pre 1991 ! -I.E. your 1956 morrii.NO it doesn't need screen washers.
franc123,
Sep 13, 6:16pm
No it doesn't have to have one.
likit,
Sep 13, 6:17pm
79 XD Fairmont
richardmayes,
Sep 13, 6:21pm
You can get a stand alone pump/motor anywhere, you're probably going to have to go custom for a metal water bottle.
snothead45,
Sep 13, 6:27pm
It is not a warrant of fitness requirement to have a windscreen washer.does have to have wiper, but not screen washer.
franc123,
Sep 13, 6:30pm
It is if its post '92.
snoopy221,
Sep 13, 6:50pm
Mandatory equipment 1. A vehicle manufactured before 1 January 1992 that is fitted with a windscreen must have a windscreen wipe system. 2. A vehicle manufactured on or after 1 January 1992 that is fitted with a windscreen must have a windscreen wipe and wash system. 3. Windscreen wipers must be power driven, unless they follow OE specifications in a vehicle manufactured before 1 January 1960. Permitted equipment 4. A vehicle may be fitted with a wash system when this is not required.
likit,
Sep 13, 7:33pm
So looks like I don't need it,thanks.
rob_man,
Sep 13, 7:55pm
Stick a water pistol in the door pocket.
gunhand,
Sep 13, 7:58pm
Concealing what could be construed as a possable lethal weapon! tsk tsk.
rob_man,
Sep 13, 8:01pm
I guess it would be OK if it was plastic.
gunhand,
Sep 13, 8:04pm
Glocks (is that how you spell it!) are plastic lol, but yea a bright yellow one might be ok.
howie69,
Sep 14, 5:56am
Never Never go to VTNZ testing stations for WOF. They don't have a clue and fail cars for faults that are not a WOF requirement. I think they fail to keep up to date with WOF changes, and there have been many of these in the past year.
shelleigh,
Sep 14, 9:35am
To me it's just a matter of common sense and safety that a vehicle has to have windscreen washer. It's something I keep an eye on especially before going on a long trip especially if it involves going off sealed roads.
likit,
Sep 14, 6:15pm
I'm doing up an XD Fairmont & don't want plastic in engine bay hence alloy or aluminium
mopeds,
Sep 14, 6:16pm
They quite often don't bother checking, I had a car that passed its warrant routinely without the washer working because they didn't bother checking.
franc123,
Sep 14, 6:16pm
No it doesn't have to have one.
snoopy221,
Sep 14, 6:16pm
Can we start with THE YEAR! First registered.Please as if pre 1991 ! -I.E. your 1956 morrii.NO it doesn't need screen washers.
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