S2 - Leaking Windscreen Washer under Braking

[Stewart]

Since buying my car, the LHS screenwash jet has not been working, but water has been gushing out from beneath the LHS inspection panel under braking so I presumed that a hose had come off. I took the panels off tonight and soon found a T-piece hanging loose coming from the non-working jet. Ideal I thought, all I need to do now is find where to connect it to. After a bit more rummaging I thought I had found it. I couldn't really see it but could feel it and ran my fingers up the hose and was gutted to find that it was completely shredded further up closer to the jet. It appears to have been munched by the wiper mechanism.

Regardless I still couldn't really work out where the t-piece should be connected to. Unfortunately I only have a service manual and think I really need a parts catalogue to work it out. Needless to say I think it will be a complete PITA to fix due to the confined space. I am really hope it is not a clam off job.

Has anyone else experienced this? Did you manage to fix it?

Also if anyone can help out with a S2 parts catalogue please feel free to PM me

Cheers

[tenkfeet]

My windscreen washer pipe runs up from the RHS underneath the brake master cylinder to the T piece . It then splits and goes to each nozzle. The feed pipe is ty-wrapped to the top centre clam fixings Not a clam off job .Poor Pics below ( camera won't focus).

[Stewart]

Alan

Cheers. I think my pipe seems to run up from the passenger side and not under the servo. Is your washer bottle also in the boot? I believe that in the earlier S2s these were under the front inspection panel.

[tenkfeet]

Alan

Cheers. I think my pipe seems to run up from the passenger side and not under the servo. Is your washer bottle also in the boot? I believe that in the earlier S2s these were under the front inspection panel.

Yea its in the engine bay on the right hand side at the back. Pipe runs up through RH tunnel . My car is an MY04 though, may make a difference .

Maybe an earlier S2 owner could give you some pointers .

[meatball]

If you are near Edinburgh you are welcome to have a lookie at mine?
If no-one is nearer?

[Stewart]

If you are near Edinburgh you are welcome to have a lookie at mine?
If no-one is nearer?

Cheers. Yeah I could probably persuade AndyA to let me take his to bits

I managed to get a look at a parts manual earlier and it now make more sense, so will give it another go at the weekend when I have more time.

[RDH]

It appears to have been munched by the wiper mechanism.

Cheers

http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... ce#p154028

[Stewart]

Partial success. I had a better rummage today and worked out what the problem was. Scott told me that he had had a mechanic look at it and he had obviously gone for a quick fix. What had been done was that the hose from the washer bottle had been connected straight to the RHS nozzle missing out the circuit which incorporates the LHS nozzle. That was fair enough as where the hose is shredded it is very tricky to get to the nozzle to place a new piece of hose on.

The problem with the leak under braking was because there was no return valve between the bottle and the nozzle. As the vale was still there but in the now disconnected LHS circuit I simply removed it from there and inserted into the pipe between the bottle and the RHS nozzle. This should now mean that I wont lose all the water under braking but am still left with only one working nozzle. I have re-directed this to closer to the centre of the screen.

I think there would be some pretty major dismantling required to get a new piece of hose onto the LHS nozzle as access if just abysmal, whilst I can get one hand in, it really requires two hands so that you can push the hose onto the nozzle of t-piece. A spray bar may be a remedy at a later date, but will go with one meantime. I wouldn't mind a look at someone's spray bar install at the next KH or wherever.

Cheers

[tenkfeet]

Ah never noticed the Exige at the bottom of your post