What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Gomez]

I've been getting 33-34 out of mine recently. This past summer was more like 39 in all conditions no matter how I drove.

[TorqueEffect]

Just topped up and figured 28 MPG OUCH!

What the flying $#@& is wrong? The car drives just fine, except for what sounds like an occasional miss while idling.
This car should be achieving 35 MINIMUM under ANY driving conditions regardless if they are short trips in the cold.

Starting to think that accelerating up to 65 on to the highway to get off the highway one exit later is proving to be more costly on gas than going the route with 7 stop lights.

[Chobobulous]

Well 3 of the 4 holes are spraying onto the windshield now, not very high up mind you, but it was a damn site better than before where it didn't work at all.

It will work for now, until I can find one that wasn't as cheaply made.

I had this sameish problem on my carpet cleaner. Granted your problem isnt being caused by hard water calcifying in the heater unit, this is what i did to rectify the problem.

I took off one nozzle cleaned it up real good so it squirted like it was supposed to, then i used CLR to decalcify the heater unit. You can probably skip the CLR step. Then i flushed out the line by spraying water through it. In your case you can just run washer fluid into a cup or something, just to get the crap out of the lines. I bet sediment is sitting at the bottom of the fluid tank. I reinstalled the nozzle and did the other side. It took two tries but now my carpet cleaner sprays awesomely.

[TorqueEffect]

sounds like you have crap in the line. Need a filter or something. Clean the whole system out and install a nice high flow filter

Well 3 of the 4 holes are spraying onto the windshield now, not very high up mind you, but it was a damn site better than before where it didn't work at all.

It will work for now, until I can find one that wasn't as cheaply made.

[Gomez]

sounds like you have crap in the line. Need a filter or something. Clean the whole system out and install a nice high flow filter

[TorqueEffect]

I don't understand these damn nozzles at all.

Cleaned the gunk out, let it soak in alcohol, and used a air compressor to force air through it, and worked on the car for maybe 10 seconds of spraying time before clogging up again.

I don't get it!! Why does these pieces of junk just refuse to spray? I can get the damn hose to be a better nozzle just by pinching the end than this peice of $#!7.

[FestivaCollector]

I went to Ft Walton and bought # 6. I drove it onto a dolly and dragged it from Ft Walton to Auburn Al. It pulled easy. The seller had contacted a battle buddy of mine to sell it for scrap. He was offered $100 if seller would drive it to Andalusia. My battle remembered I was a freak about Festiva's and called the tip to me. So, I have another Festiva and got it for $200. Runs! 91 gl ford blue

[TorqueEffect]

There is a salt solution you can buy called salt-x that apparently washes off salt and protects your car

sent from the depths of hell.

Never heard of the stuff.
Any old washer fluid washes it off. Though now I am partial to the Rain-X brand, I did notice a improvement with my rear window with the rain-x over the cheapo blue stuff.

Definitely worth the extra buck or two.

[jawbraeka]

Pulled out the nozzle and cleaning it.

Dug out some gunk out of with a twisty tie, and now is soaking in some alcohol. In another hour I will blow it out with the air compressor, and go and reinstall it.

I've been desperate for a working washer nozzle because of all the salt build up on the windshield.

There is a salt solution you can buy called salt-x that apparently washes off salt and protects your car

sent from the depths of hell.

[frankenfester]

great work!

Thanks a lot Dan-man!

-James

[kumalaba]

I drove it. Then came home and tattoo
Tattooed my own hand.


-James

great work!

[TorqueEffect]

Pulled out the nozzle and cleaning it.

Dug out some gunk out of with a twisty tie, and now is soaking in some alcohol. In another hour I will blow it out with the air compressor, and go and reinstall it.

I've been desperate for a working washer nozzle because of all the salt build up on the windshield.

[jawbraeka]

Ow yes. But when doing it to yourself you know the pain and can adjust as you see fit. When I'm tattooing someone else, I drive it in haha.

-James

You should have tattoed the signature

sent from the depths of hell.

[frankenfester]

Ow.

Lots of ow.

Ow yes. But when doing it to yourself you know the pain and can adjust as you see fit. When I'm tattooing someone else, I drive it in haha.

-James

[Spike]

Ow.

Lots of ow.