Wiring question for washer fluid pump

So i got a universal washer pump that needs to he scotch locked together. The wires on the new pump are obvious +-, however , my 330 ci has a black wire and a brown wire connection. Which one is positive and which one is negative? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Ok, so I figured it out. Black is negative, brown is positive. Windshield washer pump fixed!

BRN is ground. You only thought you figured it out. Or, you did figure it out but don't know why or how.

BRN is always ground on your car. Some BRN wires have a stripe on them, such as BRN/YEL and so on. These BRN wires are a switched ground where the ground is switched on or off somewhere else. In this kind of circuit, the power wire will be constant.

Thnx for the info. I don't know much about electricity, I was worried about blowing a fuse if connecting things wrong. The universal pump instructions mapped out +-, so i assumed the bmw was +- as well. Thanks again.

BRN is always ground in your car. Solid BRN is a constant ground and BRN with a stripe is switched somewhere.

But, the motor works, and that's the important thing for now.

Does matter; motor may be running in the wrong direction and could have consequences over time.

For the future, way to tell which wire is positive. Measure the voltage to ground and if you see 12v, you'll know it is positive.
If you measure the ground wire to ground, you'll get zero volts.

The motor itself really doesn't care about polarity. It'll just run backwards. It could cause problems with some of the pump's mechanisms though.