Wiper Washer Connector
Discussion
Oh dear. Firstly you need to swear loud and long. The washer pipes run in between two bulkheads and under a grille held in bt the winscreen.
The bit that has broken is a pipe joint and is mirrored by a similar bit pointing down into the bulkhead onto which a washer pipe attaches. If you are lucky, you can GENTLY pull up/wiggle on the remains of the joint and the pipe below might come through - this is most likely if there is a Z in the month and a politician is heard telling the truth. If you are that lucky, then replace the jointing piece and all is well. DONT pull so that the pipe under the grille detaches from the jointing piece.
If you are not that lucky you have two options:
- replace all of the pipe from the washer pump (accessed through front grille and fit new jets on the bit of the grille at the bottom of the screen that isn't on the body or the trailing edge of the bonnet
- remove dashboard lid and cut hole in biulkhead or cut hole from engine bay side and use needle nose pliers to attach new joint to existing pipe. Easier from engine side (I know, I was there.....). Make sure trhat you cover and seal the hole. If you pulled the old jointing piece so that the pipe dropped off, the hole will need to be bigger and you will need to retrieve the pipe first. If it is the drivers side the bonnet release mechanism will need to be removed/refitted.
In truth, fixing this on mine (passengers side) took an hour cutting trough from the engine bay (drill and dremel) but takes nerves to hack the bulkhead.
good luck
The bit that has broken is a pipe joint and is mirrored by a similar bit pointing down into the bulkhead onto which a washer pipe attaches. If you are lucky, you can GENTLY pull up/wiggle on the remains of the joint and the pipe below might come through - this is most likely if there is a Z in the month and a politician is heard telling the truth. If you are that lucky, then replace the jointing piece and all is well. DONT pull so that the pipe under the grille detaches from the jointing piece.
If you are not that lucky you have two options:
- replace all of the pipe from the washer pump (accessed through front grille and fit new jets on the bit of the grille at the bottom of the screen that isn't on the body or the trailing edge of the bonnet
- remove dashboard lid and cut hole in biulkhead or cut hole from engine bay side and use needle nose pliers to attach new joint to existing pipe. Easier from engine side (I know, I was there.....). Make sure trhat you cover and seal the hole. If you pulled the old jointing piece so that the pipe dropped off, the hole will need to be bigger and you will need to retrieve the pipe first. If it is the drivers side the bonnet release mechanism will need to be removed/refitted.
In truth, fixing this on mine (passengers side) took an hour cutting trough from the engine bay (drill and dremel) but takes nerves to hack the bulkhead.
good luck
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