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Technical Washer tube leaking - again

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Technical Washer tube leaking - again

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Ok,

last winter the tube of my rear windows washer was leaking.
When I used the washer the water ran straight into my taillight and boot.
That was fixed under warranty.

Now it is leaking again.
I thought I could get to the tube by remove the parcelshelf, the shelf holder and the plastic cover but I can't find it.

Does anyone know how I get to it?

Also I'm tryning to find out where in the engine room the pipe of the rear washer go's.
I checked the reservoir but there only one tube on there.
Why I wanna know this?

I would like to put a new tube from the front to the back underneath the car to prevent any other water getting in in places that I can't reach.
 
If its the rear washer, then the pipe enters the tailgate via the rubber boot in the top left hand corner.
You'll probably find that the pipe is split, due to the contant lifting, closing of the tailgate causing the plastic pipe to fracture.

To repair it, you would be better off removing the high level brake lamp then disconnect the pipe and wires, pulling them out of the tailgate at the rubber boot end.
Repair is staright forward enough.
To fabricate a hose mender, do the following.

Take a standard Biro pen refill and cut off the clear section at the top.
About an inch will suffice.
Using a lighter, apply gentle heat to the open end, this will cause it to mushroom a little. When it's cooled, do the same at the other end.
You now have a cheap hose mender, which can be used for joining the two halves of the burst pipe.
 
keat63 said:
If its the rear washer, then the pipe enters the tailgate via the rubber boot in the top left hand corner.
You'll probably find that the pipe is split, due to the contant lifting, closing of the tailgate causing the plastic pipe to fracture.

To repair it, you would be better off removing the high level brake lamp then disconnect the pipe and wires, pulling them out of the tailgate at the rubber boot end.
Repair is staright forward enough.
To fabricate a hose mender, do the following.

Take a standard Biro pen refill and cut off the clear section at the top.
About an inch will suffice.
Using a lighter, apply gentle heat to the open end, this will cause it to mushroom a little. When it's cooled, do the same at the other end.
You now have a cheap hose mender, which can be used for joining the two halves of the burst pipe.
Click to expand...

The problem is that it's not broken in their.
It's somewhere behind the metal of the chassis, so that's why I trying to find out were it go's.

I got the plastic out this evenring and it seems to be leaking 3 cm into the metal of the chassis.
See the picture.
Where do the cables and the tube go?
I already loosed some bits but could not find it.
Kabels.jpg
 
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Well it turned out the cables come back out behind the white panel and go down to the corner.
The tube is taped in at the beginning but go's somewhere else.
I thought I had it but after cutting it the radio stopped working. I had cut the Antenna cable in half:bang:
All soldered up and now works fine again.
Let's just hope it will keep working without signal loss...

After that I was to scared to cut anything else so I wiggled the cables upwards to get more tube out.
Put in a plastic piece and an extra bit of tube so there is more play for opening and closing the tailgate.

So fixed, for now.

If it happens again I'm gonnan plug it up for good.
 
keat63 said:
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To fabricate a hose mender, do the following.

Take a standard Biro pen refill and cut off the clear section at the top.
About an inch will suffice.
Using a lighter, apply gentle heat to the open end, this will cause it to mushroom a little. When it's cooled, do the same at the other end.
You now have a cheap hose mender, which can be used for joining the two halves of the burst pipe.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the great tip. My washer tube was fractured inside the rubber boot connecting the body to the hatch. I made a connector as you suggested. Warming the old stiff tube with a heat gun softened the plastic just enough to make a nice repair. Happy days.
 
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