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Hi dudes,

Took my car in to dealership today cause of a leak. apparently the rear wiper is leaking water into the car (the wash thing doesnt work and is pissing somewhere). Because they wouldn't do it on warrenty and were gonna charge me 50 notes just to strip it down I told them not to bother. Has anyone else had this happen and know how to fix it? if so could you explain please?


Would appreciate it.

cheers[/b]

Hi there this is a really easy problem to fix. the rear washer pipe splits in the cold weather, it often freezes and then when you try to wash the rear window it leaks in. Or it becomes detatched, either way but removing the plastic in the boot on the actual boot lid you can see what the problem is,

Jon

hi mate, i had the exact same but didnt even wanna ask a stealer to look at it. Wheres it leaking into? i found that my rear offside seat ( behind passenger seat) has a small white water stain ( no jokes guys! ).

What i done was:

1. Move your front seats as far forward as they will go to give you room.
2. Remove the seat base ( no essential but again more room )
3. Remove the screws securing the rear door card ( they are on the side beside the seat belt. )
4. Remove the rear seat backrest anchorage bolt.
5. Remove the rear door card ( up the towards you )
6. The water tube carrying water to the rear washer is in with the cables for the rear lighting.
7. Look for a black pipe that has a connector or lack of one also. It should be below the bottom left corner of window.
8. Once located check it condition, most cases the tubes are pushed apart in the winter. At this point thank yourself for not going to a stealer, they would have pushed it back on and shut up shop. NOT what to do.
9. Take a piece of shrink tubing or gaffa tape and make sure the connectors are secure.
10. Check it works
11. Re-install everything

and 12. Go to the pub and spend the £50 on ice cold magners!

Oh btw this is probably only useful if you have a 3dr like me.

Hope it helps.

can i ask where in your car is it wet?

i hav this problem!lol, mine leeks out the bottom of the boot door dwn the bumper, i will try takin it apart and having a look

cheers guys!

I've had this problem for ages,thought it was just abit of damp but it kept coming back, your instructions are exactly what I needed, cheers !

What will they f*****g fix under warranty these days, the f*****g pricks.

polosilver wrote:What will they f*****g fix under warranty these days, the f*****g pricks.

they did my gearbox under warranty , but wanted to charge me 300 quid for a new clutch, 50 quid for a cable and a hour labour whilst it was all out, I laughed and said no thanks did the cable myself in 15 mins when I got the car back but there was nothing wrong with it, not happy,

mine split exactly where Gio's did, as did my grandads and my sisters mk4 golf...

and my mk4 polo split in the roof lining if i remember...it split somewhere anyway *sigh*

the one on my ibiza apparently just popped off where the pipe connects to the window sprayer. Seat charged a tenner to investigate and fix as its not covered under Seat warranty. overall tho i didn't mind paying becoz the fluid was going straight in2 the light housing in the boot which could have cost me a lot more!!

same happened to me, thanks for the info

sorry to go off topic, has anybody had the rear wiper problem as me,
the rear wiper doesnt work even if i push the rear wiper button in, it only works if i push the right stalk back and spray the water on the rear screen
any1 have any comments on this

when i use the intermitant setting it goes but judders like it's trying to stick, which worries me as my mk4's one stuck completely. But as you say, when i use the window washer it works fine...really weird

we've had this problem with my mums polo for ages. the connector between the pipe and the bit sticking out of the bottom of the wiper motor has split,however vw don't list it as a part, its only available if you buy a whole new wiper motor apparently

got a picture m8? sometimes even these small bits are available

there is a repair kit for the rear one, but im not sure exactly what it includes