anyone had their water bottle crack/get holed on the first 18months? done a search but not much came up...

i filled mine up on friday night and was empty on saturday morning, just thought it had frozen but was made with 50/50 screenwash. they filled it up at jabba on saturday mornin an was empty 45 mins later when i got home so filled it again.

nice pool of screen wash under car. is it easy to replace diy or is it worth badgering dealers over warranty? its just i cant get my car in until after xmas and you know what sort of nick the roads are in just now... minging

cheers

niall

front bumper off to replace , so maybe a dealer job

It isn't difficult but it depends on how competant you are.

na bugger that, not into a bumper off affair, have just spoken to dennis horton in lincoln and they are going to "look" at it on saturday... they will prob blame it on the pd160 pipe

It sounds to me like the water in the bottle has frozen at some point. Have you at any point just filled it with water and not screenwash?

na its been 60/40 since october incase this sorts of nonsense happens. i filled it 50/50 on friday morning - only freezing day was friday night/sat mornin but no matter...

I've just noticed the same problem with my VRS. The car isn't 18 months old yet.

Does anyone know how much this could cost with a dealer?

Thanks

Is it actuallyholed - the botles are pretty rugged? I had the same a while back and thought the pipe had come off he bottle but it turned out to be the valve that directs the water to front or rear that was leaking (its a single pump that can spin both ways depending upon where the water is needed and a little valve makes sure that water doesn't bleed into the other). The fix was to remove the wheel and wheel arch liner - strip the valve and re-build it with some new saalant.

Could it be a leaky seal on one of the pumps from the washer bottle. :confused:

Have a look at this guide to see how the pumps fit

I have seen a couple of these with leaks on the moulding join.