Follow the steps below to replace the wash line between the needle wash pump outlet ports and the needle wash port.

When

Wash Line is clogged or damaged

Parts and additional items required

  • Fresh needle wash liquid

  • Replacement wash line

Preparations

  1. Prepare fresh needle wash liquid.

  1. Empty the washing system for the outside of the needle:

  1. Unscrew the caps of the needle wash reservoirs.
  2. Together with the cap, remove the wash lines (labeled WWP and SWP) from the reservoir.
  3. When removing the lines from the tubing guides, be careful not to pull on other tubing in the guides.
  4. Place the wash lines in a waste reservoir to empty them.

Follow these steps

  1. Disconnect the two ends of the wash line from the needle wash pump outlet ports.

  2. Figure: Disconnecting the wash lines from the needle wash pump outlet
  3. Disconnect the wash line from the wash port inlet.

  4. Figure: Disconnecting the wash line from the wash port
  5. Connect the replacement wash line to the needle wash pump outlet ports and the wash port inlet.

  6. Fill the needle wash reservoirs with fresh needle wash liquid and restart the needle wash system. For details, see Filling the Needle Wash Reservoirs.