that no one has yet complained over this cold spell of water leaks into their cars from leaking windscreen washer pipes , maybe they haven't all thawed out yet , it used to be every other thread on the forum a couple of years ago

well i've just had to strip the tailgate trims off to refit the pipe onto the rear washer , PITA to pull the trims off , but i must say i have been lucky as its the first pipe to come off in 4.5 years, had to do the job as the rear latch/switch gets soaked every time you wash the rear screen

I had mine pop off yesterday, the connection in the engine bay though, not in the tailgate. A very simple fix.

-Duggie

I had mine pop off yesterday, the connection in the engine bay though, not in the tailgate. A very simple fix.

-Duggie

same here, the one from the bulk head :P

You still have your rear windscreen wiper attached? Odd, very odd.

my washer jets all froze solid for 3 days, but thankfully due to it being a "dry freeze" I never needed them seriously. Thawed out today for the first time. No popped off pipes though.

I had the engine bay one pop off the other day too.

AHHHH is that whats happened, tryed to wash my rear wiper this morning and there was water ****ing out the engine bay, i asume the pipe has come off the motor?

Although the front one is still working, is there seperate motors?

AHHHH is that whats happened, tryed to wash my rear wiper this morning and there was water ****ing out the engine bay, i asume the pipe has come off the motor?

Although the front one is still working, is there seperate motors?

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AHHHH is that whats happened, tryed to wash my rear wiper this morning and there was water ****ing out the engine bay, i asume the pipe has come off the motor?

Although the front one is still working, is there seperate motors?

theres seperate pipes at least. look between the air box and the engine cover at the bulk head. there will be a pipe sticking out and one hanging gushing out water when you use the jets. just reconnect till it clicks back on. I used one hand from beneath and one from above... doing it with one hand is nigh on impossible.

Mine keeps popping off in the engine bay, i re-connect it, then it's off by the next day again, so i've given up !

You were saying...???

:P

Mine keeps popping off in the engine bay, i re-connect it, then it's off by the next day again, so i've given up !

Try fitting a small Zip tie ..

Dean

Try fitting a small Zip tie ..

Dean

Never thought of that !

If i can get my hands in..i'll try that !

Well Ric I only discovered the other month that infact my car does leak through the rear doors. Only took me 4.5 years to notice. :(

If you're subject to an Epic Fail and run out of zippies after dropping them all into the bowels of your engine bay, you might get away with snipping off the last 1/2" (no more) of the pipe, as it may have split or stretched. But only do this if you're sure that your shortened pipe will reach!!!

Mine just reaches and no more, i expect thats why it keeps popping, as it's so tight. :(

Mine came off at the pump last year... Pain to get at through the wheel arch and liner

Mine was popped off behind the rear seats when i bought mine in November (plus having now washer jet or cover) and last week it popped off in the tailgate.

What a PITA to sort that out!!

Didn't bother getting the whole trim off I just yanked the top of the trim away far enough to get my hand in and jam the pipes back together.

Although i think they've been frozen for a couple of days now so likely to find more popped joints at the weekend! :thumbdwn:

My vrs has been in the garage for warranty work for 3 weeks. I got i back today still awaiting the CD multichanger back from the company fixing it and to top it off it is leaking washer fluid in the boot.

When I rang the garage back (D M Keith Bradford) I was told that the washer pipe pops off as a 'safety feature' to stop the pipe splitting in cold weather:confused:!!!!! WTF????? So as a safety feature my boot fills up with washer fluid? I think not.

After telling them I was a member of this site and I was aware of this problem they said they will fix it as a goodwill gesture!

To be fair D M Keith have been good to me but I felt they were trying it on telling me that!

Well, famous last words for me. Came to use my rear wash today for the first time - nothing. Definitely thawed out down here so clearly it's come detached somewhere. I suspect at the pump. Something to check at the weekend.

Well, famous last words for me. Came to use my rear wash today for the first time - nothing. Definitely thawed out down here so clearly it's come detached somewhere. I suspect at the pump. Something to check at the weekend.

i knew my thread would bring all the washer pipe problems to the fore

bloody jinx, i went to use mine after reading this and yup, u guessed it, **** all!!

Happened in my old Passat, it rogered the alarm switch so it kept going off every night. Glad I had vagcom else I'd never have diagnosed it!!

Just tried my rear washer and nothing :( need to check it at the weekend

I use VAG washer fluid at the -16 option through winter and touch wood have not had any problems other than strange looks at the dealer when I bulk buy, get 10% off though.

That said I am in the warm north and we only had -8.