At the start of the year, I had a small leak that turned out to be the driver's side headlamp washer at fault......actually the extendable arm required replacement.

Wouldn't you know it, a few months later, it appears its the turn of the passenger side. I will get it fixed, but having already forked out over £300 on cooling system parts this month, I could do with a temporary fix.

I've read that the washers can be disabled by unplugging the pump on the washer bottle, but would this prevent water getting to the headlamp washer jet? Basically, would that stop the leak in the short term?


Cheers
Paul

I thought that was only if the car was fitted with HIDs........which mine doesn't have.

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Correct, and the headlight wash pump is the upper of the 2. Git to get to though.

Pulling the fuse will disable them.

There are 2 pumps in the washer bottle tank, one is well above the other. This is the headlight washer pump, just pull it out and this will stop any water getting to them in the short-term. Just remember not to overfill your washer bottle as this just leaves a gaping hole in the tank and will spew out over your engine/electrics if overfilled or too full and driven enthusiastically!

Mine was leaking, so pulled the pump out. The water pissed out of the hole of course, but I put the rubber seal in a finger from a nitrile glove and put it back in.