plastic tube in scuttle

[m3gadeth]

My wipers have gone really slow so I was investigating the mechanism and found under the plastic scuttle was a plastic tube like washer tubing not connected to anything, it's by the battery and appears between the 2 heater hoses where they come up. I couldn't see anywhere that it should be connected to. Anyone know? It's a 2000 1.8T AWT engine.

[yaman]

Could be a battery breather-pipe

Regards
Jim

[m3gadeth]

Ok, probably nothing to worry about then, I expect the battery hasn't got a vent to connect to. Cheers

[phil miller]

did you sort your wipers being slow? its normally the wiper mech starts to seize up, ive got a good one if your interested mate?

[Crasher]

The tube is a battery fume vent, you have a seized drivers side wiper spindle, fit a new frame or ponce around stripping it down and rebuilding it.

[phil miller]

The tube is a battery fume vent, you have a seized drivers side wiper spindle, fit a new frame or ponce around stripping it down and rebuilding it.

Or save a few quid and buy phils off him lol

[m3gadeth]

I doused the drivers side spindle with oil and it's helped only slightly, didn't actually strip it down. PM me with a price as it might be the best option. Cheers