Windscreen/Headlights Washer Reservoir - Leakage

[jan25]

Well, here's a good 'un!. Came back to England after 5 weeks away. Knew the washer bottle was empty, so filled up. Fluid poured all over the floor underneath from an obvious, serious leak somewhere.

Bloody idiot, I thought, I'd left some ordinary water in the system, which has frozen and blown something apart. So I took it down to my local garage (they're very good) and asked them to investigate. They fixed it in an hour, refilled the reservoir, and charged £30 (inc VAT). But, here's the interesting bit........

The pump for the headlight washer was held in position by a cable tie placed all round the reservoir and the outlet hose of the pump. The cable tie had stretched, and allowed the pump to come away from the reservoir, thus causing the leak. This really should have been a waranty job!

It is not possible to see this cable tie from above (looking into the engine compartment). It can only be seen from underneath, when the sumpguard plate has been removed. But when was it attached? I've had the vehicle from new, and had one dealer service. My local mechanic suspects it was factory fitted, knowing there might be a problem with the headlight pump becoming detatched (its a plug-in type fitting).

Anyone have any knowledge or experience of this? If not, look out for it!

[leckman]

I agree,should have been a warranty job-not your fault the cable tie was useless.

[Trev96]

Same thing has happened to my Yeti (with H/L washers). As fast as I fill the reservoir with fluid, it's dumped on the ground. I'll have to book it in to Allams and try to get them to look at it while I wait.