General Replacing Washer Bottle

[Marie]

My mk1 punto has been leaking water for the past couple of days, I hadn't noticed until I needed to use the washer jets and there was nothing there, which was strange as I had topped it up a short time ago and hadn't used any until then.

Last night I left the car parked in a carpark for a short time and when I came back to it, a puddle of water was there, which came from directly under the washer bottle, so I now know for sure that it's leaking as normally it is parked on mud, not concrete.

Anyway, is it a big job to remove the washer bottle, can it be got at without removing the nearside front wheel?

Thanks

Marie

 

[custard]

could just be a perished hose

 

[Marie]

Maybe, but I need to check the most obvious problem first and then I can start checking hoses.

 

[StoneNewt]

My punto eats 3-way valves every 18 months or so, It empties the washer bottle in about 36 hours progressively getting worse until it gets to the point I have to fill up before each journey and I replace the valve.

 

[Marie]

The leak is coming from directly under the washer bottle, so I am assuming it is the washer bottle at fault, that's why I would like to know if it's an easy job to remove it and check it out, just to cross it off my list of suspects

 

[StoneNewt]

Well you have to remove the wheel arch which can be tricky but besides that it's more havin' the space to do it.

 

[Marie]

Thank god it wasnt the washer bottle then, I just took a look at it in the cold light of day and it seems it is a two way nozzle that is the cause of the problem.

Thanks for the help