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Ian c2 Member Since: 19 May 2015 Location: Socal Posts: 217 |
It's easy enough to take the rear spoiler off to see .
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6th Jan 2016 7:46pm |
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Pvw10 Member Since: 04 Nov 2015 Location: Ledbury Posts: 315 |
Good shout, I will do that.
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6th Jan 2016 7:50pm |
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northernmonkeyjones Member Since: 24 Mar 2012 Location: derby Posts: 8536 |
if its outside it won't be the washer feed, these are internal and run inside the upper tailgate trim, and from memory come in from the opposite side to the camera in any case :thumbs:
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6th Jan 2016 8:17pm |
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Pvw10 Member Since: 04 Nov 2015 Location: Ledbury Posts: 315 |
So based upon the fact all the inside is dry then it's probably where the pipe comes from inside to the outside and connects to the wiper wash bit, makes sense. Many thanks
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6th Jan 2016 8:20pm |
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northernmonkeyjones Member Since: 24 Mar 2012 Location: derby Posts: 8536 |
there isn't a pipe for the wash wipe as such, it basically connects to the wiper motor (to the nozzle on the back red circle) and is fed to the outside through the spindle of the wiper arm (blue circle), the nozzle of the washer is basically in the wiper arm itself.
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6th Jan 2016 8:23pm |
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Pvw10 Member Since: 04 Nov 2015 Location: Ledbury Posts: 315 |
That's it burst my bubble thought it was sussed then
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6th Jan 2016 8:25pm |
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northernmonkeyjones Member Since: 24 Mar 2012 Location: derby Posts: 8536 |
sounds like its just trapped water to me, the spoiler is easy to remove but can try your patience getting it back on.... there isn't anything much to see under there TBH. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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6th Jan 2016 8:35pm |
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Pvw10 Member Since: 04 Nov 2015 Location: Ledbury Posts: 315 |
On the searches I kept coming across mentioned trapped water but this seems just to much, almost constant at times but hard to tell.
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6th Jan 2016 9:02pm |
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rangie47 Member Since: 26 Feb 2015 Location: Malvern Posts: 296 |
mine does it, its just standing water.
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6th Jan 2016 10:01pm |
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northernmonkeyjones Member Since: 24 Mar 2012 Location: derby Posts: 8536 |
no but there is a fairly easy fix for the existing setup. It will be the seal against the shaft in the motor, can be removed and replaced with a new seal, just requires a bit of fiddling about. Have a search for rear wash wipe fix, there is a full description of how to do it
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6th Jan 2016 11:19pm |
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rangie47 Member Since: 26 Feb 2015 Location: Malvern Posts: 296 |
Yes I've read that thread .seems to be hit and miss wether it's successful.
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7th Jan 2016 9:12am |
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mpirie Member Since: 26 Jun 2012 Location: In the Highlands Posts: 899 |
Replacing the seal worked for me.
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7th Jan 2016 9:55am |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
The wiper repair is quite easy to do, when I did mine I found that the old seal can be poped out of the black plastic fitting with a screwdriver, making refitting a lot easier. And I did have to repair the pitted shaft with some epoxy resin to stop it ripping the new seal. I also used the epoxy to stick the plastic fitting back in place rather than small screws. As long as you don't push the new seal all the way home, and just leave it flush with the plastic bit, the seal will be running on new(ish) metal. The only other thing I did was lube up the shaft before reassembly and used a twisting motion, otherwise the spring can become dislodged from the seal Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
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7th Jan 2016 4:52pm |
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mat777 Member Since: 06 Apr 2015 Location: Nantwich/Liverpool Posts: 139 |
I spent some of the weekend about with my rear wash-wipe but I just cannot get it to work. I replace the non return valve, and that is working fine as evidenced by disconnecting the delivery side and pushing the wash wipe stalk - a good squirt comes through immediately.
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29th Jan 2016 11:13am |
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