None of the front or rear washer jets are spraying water at their respective targets. And yes, there is water in the resevoir...

I'm wondering is there a blockage at the base of the resevoir, and therefore I am trying to extricate said tank from the wing. Anyone done this before? Anyone remove the body panel (housing the indicator repeaters) behind the front wheel which covers the resevoir, and if so could you suggest how that's done?

Actually just found another post on this so probably all questions answered...

Mine was the washer pump motor driveshaft broken, details here:
Windscreen Washer Motor Troubleshooting - Forums (http://forum.minicooper.org/showthread.php?t=9947)

Stripped it down (and broke the shaggin' arch trim clips in the process :angry:) yesterday and it looks to me that the 'distributor' - the barrel coming off the pump with the front and rear distribution tubes branch off from - is the problem. Taking that off the pump is pumping fine. Even bypassing it and hooking the distribution tubes directly to the pump outlets gets me spray to the windscreen, not to the rear screen though...Hook the barrel back on and nothing coming out.

I wonder does anyone know how that 'distributor' is supposed to work? It looks like a two or three piece part with a rubber tubular section within it which seems to be blocking the outlets...:puzzled: