I figured that just in case it might be helpful to the next person, here are some photos of what the headlight powerwash unit looks like. The first photo shows the overall unit along with the stupid little piece that broke off that holds the shiny finisher (made of brittle plastic, don't you know). The second photo is the underside of the unit that shows the plastic tabs at the mounting piece that flimsily hold the powerwash to the headlight.

The third photo is a close-up of the nozzle area. When I was originally fiddling around with the unit still in the car I could clearly see the clip that holds the nozzle piece to the stem. I mentioned to the mechanic that this would be a simple fix if you could just get that piece and, in fact, he said the original intent of the design was that this plastic nozzle piece would indeed be a replaceable part but you can not get these anywhere--must buy the entire powerwash assembly. Had these been available the other flaw in the design is that there is no easy way to extend the stem with the powerwash in the car since pulling on it (like I did) results in the powerwash dismounting from the headlight. It would have been nice to have some way of having the powerwash extend to some "stand-off" position for servicing without having to tug on the stem.

The last photo shows how the nozzle comes off the stem by easily removing he metal clip.

I might try to epoxy the little broken piece back to the front of the nozzle just to have a spare.


Doug

 

Thanks Doug for the pictures.

I'm never surprised when cosmetic or light mechanical fixes on these cars seem to include the word "plastic" in the discussion. For $75k - $85k you'd think they would have used metal more often.

 

Mike,
I agree. The plastic that Jaguar used is not durable and used in lots of places where metal would have been much more long-lasting. It seems the Jag engineers were obsessed with saving weight, not with durability.

 

Well whoever manufactured this particular contrivance clearly originally intended that the cheapo breakable plastic part should be easily replaced but I guess someone had other ideas. Although the configuration does suggest another perhaps better way to deal with the shiny piece falling off. Seems to me that you should remove the nozzle by removing the clip and then permanently glue the shiny piece to the nozzle. I think others here might have also gone that route but it is much easier to do by removing he nozzle from the stem. If there was a way of getting the stem to extend on its own to allow access to the clip, this would be a piece of cake.


Doug

 

that is exactly where mine broke off, and that tiny piece along with my jet cover is somewhere on a street in LA. luckily, the dealer had a new jet cover in stock (part #LJA7054FA) and i just used a tiny drop of gorilla glue to reattach. i dont ever think i will use the headlight washer since i hate the mess it makes all over the front skirt...so if i just glued it shut, oh well.

 

Yes I understand about the mess. It can shoot inside the car with the roof down too. I was going to advise you which fuse or relay to pull to disable it, but sounds like you have glued it shut. Come back if you want the relay / fuse info.

John

 

I would love to pull the fuse as long as it won't trigger any warning alerts. the kitty has been amber light free, and I like her that way
please advise. thank you!

 

Heck my headlight washers work better for cleaning the windshield than the ones on the wipers. LOL

 

Astromorg helped me out on this back on 6/1/16. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...washer-163707/

John

 

2 for the price of one! deal!!!

 

so to clarify, ONLY the #7 fuse needs to be pulled to disable?
thank you so much John!

 

I wound up pulling the relay, no particular reason. So I can't answer. John