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Old 08-10-2016, 06:37 AM
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It seems I have a leak in my windscreen washer bottle. Are these things easy to remove?
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Originally Posted by A8Pete
It seems I have a leak in my windscreen washer bottle. Are these things easy to remove?
It is behind the front right wheel. Have to remove part of liner. Be sure that leak is there. Usually it is hose just behind the right side of the bumper.
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^ what he said. Mine was the headlight washer and associated tubing. Sometimes I'd get 2 gallons in no leak; other times it'd gush out like there was no bottom to the reservoir. Depended on if I had tried to wash the window >2 seconds with the lights on or not!

And as far as relative complexity of the R&R of the bottle, on a scale of 1-10, I'd give it, oh, an Audi.
Wheel off, Fender liner has to come out (good time to check those sunroof drains and snip their nipples!). You'll appreciate the fact that the engineers were paid per fastener (but it keeps our cars from rattling, at least).

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+3 tubing. On W12 anyway in two main sections. Pull passenger side fender liner to get at bottle and first run toward passenger squirter. Tubing is corrugated, so hard to just splice as opposed to replacing via dealer part.
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Thanks Guys for all your answers. Ill get her off the ground and start investigating. I had just assume the bottle so thanks for the tips.
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