Rear washer issues?

[CHR15B]

Hey folks,

It's a very common problem at this time of year when rear washers fail to work to their full ability due to the frost etc.

This has been covered about a hundred times on this forum so I'm not going to bore you all with the details.

Basically mines stopped working, so I figured the pipe had popped off so I took off the boot trim to find it was perfectly intact... infact - it looks like the previous owner has made an amendment to stop it happening again...

So I checked as much piping as I could - all looked OK so put the boot trim back on, ran my rear washer and poked around... I found some water droplets at this part of the boot...

So I investigated more, and removed the plastic panel above it to find a slightly loose join - split it apart and put it back together and the problem is solved.

The image below shows the join...

And that was that - main reason for the post is I have not seen that join mentioned before on here and it caused my problem - so if you have this issue and it's not on the tailgate - check that connection out and you might have the same problem.

It's likely my own fault for not using screenwash, only water. So I filled up with screenwash and hopefully won't have that problem again!

 

[Jack Jumpin]

Nice one mate, thanks for taking the time to make this up.

Cheers
JJ

 

[air121005]

there is also another joint in the line within the engine bay under the ECU!!!!

had to take the airbox off to get at that one!

i had all 3 pop off one after the other

glue and jubilee clips seemed to have done the job

 

[Andybon]

I was wandering where the boot full of water came from, lifted my carpet up the other day to see a nice pond in there, will have to check this, add the hose out lver the back of the car checking for a leak and found nothing!

 

[Guinness]

It also loves 2 pop off from the actual hose in the engine bay. AS I found out

 

[pauliepaul]

It also loves 2 pop off from the actual hose in the engine bay. AS I found out

hah, that happened to me in my old mk2

classic seat

 

[Deleted member 23080]

hi cheers will check mine now as had this problem yesterday and broke 2 dam clips lol top left and top right

Is it easy to get that panel off?????

 

[Aimez]

good post, only had the one in the boot trim pop of, jubilee cliped it on, stupid design!

 

[leon1p]

I have something similar on my Mk2 Leon I think.. Low pressure on the rear washer. Tested it outside just now to find water pouring out the bottom of the car behind the rear jacking point.. not sure where it is actually coming from yet though. Also seems like there has been moisture in the rear footwell behind the driver as there is some mould forming under the mat The boot/tailgate seems dry. The side panels and carpets are not so easy to lift as i found out when i was running hifi wires.

 

[pedy]

cheers 4 making this up chris, think that might be the same problem ive got, need 2 check!

 

[The-Les]

Mines doing it too

 

[JPS3290]

Mine stopped working this morning. Strange as it was working fine the past 2 days when I have seen -7.5c on the temp gauge, yet today it was 7c this morning.

I can hear the washer motor pumping but absolutely no sign of water anywhere. Washer jet is dry as a bone, inside the boot is dry everywhere.

Car's only 6 months old and goes it for a service in 2-3 weeks but i'm going to have to try and fix it before then as the rear window gets dirty so quickly!

Where abouts is the connection at in the engine bay? Easy to find ?

 

[Guinness]

yep there is one below the ecu as said and the actual pump connection. my bet would be on the second one.

 

[JPS3290]

yep there is one below the ecu as said and the actual pump connection. my bet would be on the second one.

Cheer's mate, i'll have to take a look tomorrow when I get a chance. Bloody annoying this car. I get something fixed, then something else breaks!

 

[CORBY]

How do you take the boot trim off? Cos mine is the same and the water is leaking from where the lock is!

 

[spyke85]

What's the best way to get to the one in the engine bay? I am forming nice puddles on my drive. Is it jack it up, take wheel off and arch liner?

 

[Guinness]

nope just pop the bumper off matey.

 

[The-Les]

I sorted mine today took the arch liner off only to find it was leaking from the back! only took three hours

 

[davea]

I'm having the same problem at the moment on my 1 year old Ibiza. Looks like my joining in the engine bay has popped out. Not the only thing to have gone wrong recently, Ah well its going in for a 20K service soon so they can sort everything out then.

 

[the_fbi]

If its dripping down onto the nearside front, rear wishbone mounting, where's the pipe come off and whats the best way to access it?

ta
Chris