How to Replace Washer Fluid Pump 2005-11 Honda Civic
Created on: 2017-11-22
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a broken, damaged, or failing windshield washer pump on 09 Honda Civic.
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step 1 :Removing the Front Bumper
- Pop out the clips from the splash shield beneath the bumper cover
- Remove the Phillips screw from the opening on the wheel well edge
- Pry up the push clips from the radiator shield
- Pull the lip of the radiator shield back from the grille
- Remove the pins from the side trim to slide the shield out
- Remove the shield
- Remove the T35 Torx from the grille
- Pry out the sides of the bumper cover
- Remove the bumper cover
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step 2 :Removing the Washer Fluid Pump
- Have a drain pan ready
- Pull the pump out
- Let the fluid drain
- Disconnect the wiring harness
- Disconnect the fluid hose
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step 3 :Installing the Washer Fluid Pump
- Press the pump into the washer fluid reservoir
- Connect the hose
- Connect the wiring harness
- Refill the reservoir with fluid
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step 4 :Installing the Front Bumper
- Lift the bumper cover up into place
- Snap the bumper cover into place
- Tighten the T35 Torx bolts to the grille
- Push on the radiator shield
- Press on the clips to the side trim
- Press on the clips to the shield
- Tighten the Phillips screw in the opening on the wheel well edge
- Pop on the clips from the splash shield beneath the bumper cover
Tools needed
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Windshield Washer Fluid
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
T35 Torx Socket
Jack Stands
Drain Pan
Ratchet
Floor Jack
Trim Tool Set
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To remove the front bumper, you can do this on the ground. We just have it up in the air so you can see what we're doing. But you need to come under here and pop out all of these clips. These are holding on the front bumper. There's a couple back here, over here. Just got to look for all these clips. Some of yours might be missing or broken. But you just want to take those out first before you go up top to start to remove the bumper.
We use a clip removal tool. That's actually supposed to go under the clip. Pry it down, and pull that clip out. Go on and do the same for all of them. Sometimes they get stuck with dirt. Might need a smaller, thinner screwdriver. They get stuck, and get bound up with dirt. Pop them out. I'm going to go along and do this for the whole bumper. Pull the last one out of here, and your bumper is loose at the bottom. Go up top, and finish removing it.
There's a Phillips head screw inside this opening here in the splash shield. Got to remove that. Going to repeat this for the other side. We're going to remove this plastic air guide in the engine compartment. It's got some push clips. Use a small flat-bladed screwdriver to work those up. Going to use my trim tool. Pop them out. Do the same with the other one. This is actually clipped underneath this little piece of trim here. You can pull up, just pop it out, and do the same on this side. Just pull it up. Pop that pin out. Push it this way a little bit. Lift that up. It's got a lip that's pushed into the grill, so just pull out.
Going to pull this trim out. I need to pull that clip out. Just going to pop this one up, just so I can move this trim a little better. Just need to slide it over like that. Then we're going to pull this out from behind the grill. Going to slide it up and off of the hood latch. Flex it off. Spray a little rust penetrant on these. These are T-35 Torx. Break them free. We'll do this for the one on the other side. With all the bolts and clips removed from the bumper, you should be able to pull it out of the clips that it snaps into. It snaps into, just like that, into these brackets. You're going to pull it out. It's going to sound like it's breaking, but it's really just breaking free of the clips. I'm just going to pop it just like that. Do the same for the other side. Reach your hand in here. Just give it a swift tug. Pop it right off. Then we can put this aside.
You need to drain your windshield washer reservoir. Going to put a bucket underneath it. Stay on the side. Pull on the pump. It's sitting in a rubber grommet. You're just going to kind of work it out. Going to unplug the pump, pushing in the lock tab here. Pulling it off, then you can remove it from the washer fluid hose.
All right, reinstall the pump. Just going to push it right into the washer bottle. It's got a rubber grommet. Just push it in. It's got a really tight seal. Make sure it seats. It's good. Going to reconnect the washer hose. Plug the connector back in. Pump is replaced.
Fill it with fresh washer fluid. Now you've topped it off with the washer fluid, so just replace the cap.
Going to reinstall our bumper. Going to push it straight in and line it up with the brackets. Slide it up into place. Feed the fender liner underneath it. Then pull it up and push it out of the bracket. Push it onto the bracket under the headlight. Go to the other side. Do the same. Going to line up the other side. This under liner is caught. Push it in there. Just pull that all into place. Push the under liner to the inside of the bumper here. It's OK if that pops back out. Just pop that back in. When the bumper's clicked into place, you can reinstall the screws and all the clips.
Reinstall the self-tapping screws. Hold the end of the bumper on. Just repeat that for the other side. Reinstall these screws. Going to reinstall this air guide. It's flexible, so just going to slide it up and over. You got to fit it over these little rubber bump stops. These tabs actually go underneath the fender. Then this lip goes behind the grille. Flex it into place, just like that. Bring this up and slide this over. Fold this up. It goes like that. Do the same for the other side. Flip this in. Push it in. Flip this over. Put this under the plastic trim. Reinstall the clip that was here. Going to reinstall this clip on this side and repeat that for the other side. Reinstall these push clips, and do the same for both sides. Replace all the push clips. Just go along the bumper and reinstall all your push clips.
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