XC60 replacement washer jets - fan type

[Simeon90]

Hi all, recently purchased my XC60 and quite surprised that it has old style jets of (inaccurate) water for the windscreen washer, rather than more modern fan type. I've had a search around the internet and found some info for V70s and I think the part number talked about on that thread will work, but I wondered if anyone has any actual experience of upgrading these on an XC60?

Any info appreciated
Cheers

[Kev0607]

Originally Posted by Simeon90

Hi all, recently purchased my XC60 and quite surprised that it has old style jets of (inaccurate) water for the windscreen washer, rather than more modern fan type. I've had a search around the internet and found some info for V70s and I think the part number talked about on that thread will work, but I wondered if anyone has any actual experience of upgrading these on an XC60?

Any info appreciated
Cheers

You need to establish if you have heated jets or not. If you have heated wing mirrors, you'll probably have heated washer jets. Lift the bonnet and see if there's an electrical connector going to the existing jets.

Fitting them is easy, just disconnect the wiring and piping and fit the new ones in. Clip everything back together.

Make sure you buy heated nozzles though if you have a heating element. As if you buy "ordinary" nozzles, they won't have the connector port for the heating element wiring to go to. So you'll end up with new nozzles, but no heating function in that scenario. They're easy to tell apart - Heated ones have a wire coming off them, the non-heated don't.

Heated nozzles aren't cheap though. Pretty sure they were around £37 from Volvo (each) when I got them last year. Those are the fan type ones. They work well, but its a lot for washer nozzles.

[Simeon90]

Cheers Kev, yeah I've found them online for about that, pricey for washer jets as you say .. I'll get that EGR issue resolved first

[GrahamBrown1]

I was told that actually Volvo went back to the single jet due to safety as the fan jet coverers the entire screen where as the single jets don’t therefore there is no loss of visibility.

Makes sense I suppose and the info came from a Volvo dealer. .