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discodog1
11th August 2007, 11:14
Hi everyone, my first post on Saxperience, unfortunately it's about a car problem though!

I was wondering why my windscreen washers weren't working for a while now - finally got my hands dirty and had a look, there seems to be a leaking pipe at the bottom of the wiper fluid bottle, down by the driver side front tyre. Any fluid I put in just leaks out straight away from down there somewhere.

Anyway, I was wondering, as a car novice, is this something I could fix, or if not what kind of price would it cost at a garage? I assume it's just a new pipe needed but I can't really see under the car so I'm not sure....

Any help/info would be appreciated :y:

Like the site by the way!
Jagztorious
11th August 2007, 11:26
im not an expert, but it won't cost much, take it down the garage. You'll be looking at less then £70 .....
Predator_R32
11th August 2007, 12:16
you got the car lowered?? and what wheels do you have on, ie the profile of the tyre etc??
discodog1
11th August 2007, 12:21
you got the car lowered?? and what wheels do you have on, ie the profile of the tyre etc??

no, not lowered, just standard 14in tyres (it's an 01 saxo desire)

don't know much more than that sorry :)
TU-Tuning
11th August 2007, 12:34
I had this issue. Found the leak, wrapped insulation tape round it, covered the tape with glue. Problem solved
Predator_R32
11th August 2007, 12:38
hmmm you had the bottle out and replaced it yet??
saunders
11th August 2007, 12:42
Right if its the pipe at the driver side wheel all you need to do is:

1) Take the wheel off

2) Take the arch liner off (black plastic cover) it just pops off

3) The if you look up you will see a tube that is very flexible, pull it and you will notice that its your washer pipe. There is a join somewhere alongside there. So you can pull it off the join and simply replace the pipe:y:

I did mine when I put my yellow silcone hosing in:y:
discodog1
11th August 2007, 13:05
thanks guys, i get the impression it isn't too hard a job, if i can get my hands on some pipe / insulation tape and get the wheel off i'll give it a look myself.

thanks again!
saunders
11th August 2007, 13:06
:y: thanks guys, i get the impression it isn't too hard a job, if i can get my hands on some pipe / insulation tape and get the wheel off i'll give it a look myself.

thanks again!

Yea its worth giving it a shot as its not like a brake line or anything mate