No water from rear washer

[makemineamythos]

Hi Thon, thanks for the post.
I think I am resigned to replacing the motor unit, although after reading your post I suppose there is a bit of hope that a bit of 'monkeying around' may free it up. I will give it a go at the weekend.
Russ

Had the same problem with my wiper motor. Managed to get it apart and unseized it but it only lasted a year as the seal on the shaft wasn't sealing properly (and I think the motor was pretty tired from wiping when partially seized). I struggled to find a replacement seal. Ended up replacing the motor / gearbox unit and wiper arm (had to saw off the original as it was seized to the splines on the spindle).
As I recall it was £35 for the motor and about 30 minutes to replace. There were lots of new genuine Bosch ones on ebay for this price as I recall.

[KieranM]

Thanks for clarifying I had a look, but I couldn't find the screw you were referring to, I unscrewed the load securing eyelets on that side (assuming you mean the 4 that are in the boot), but there were no screws underneath, did I misunderstand that then?

Thanks,

Kieran

Hi Kieran, I misunderstood your post but think Im on it now.
The panel you need to remove is the one on the nearside of the luggage area (where the jack is housed)
I think there is only 1 screw, that can be found underneath the load securing eyelet.
After you have removed that screw just pull at the panel and pop it out of its fixings, the offending pipe connector can be found near the top of the panel at a point around the centre of the bottom edge of the window.
It does sound as though your problem is the same as mine, so I hope this clears it up for you.
Apologies for my confusion, its been a tough day with not enough mythos!

[Toonmania]

Hi Kieran,
If i read your posts correctly I think your problem might be in the boot itself, where the pipe attaches to the wiper motor it has a tendency to crack and leak, what makemineamythos was trying to describe was if you open the boot and on the left hand side is a panel where the jack & cd multiplayer is/was housed if you look in there you will see the back of the light unit and a black pipe the comes out from behind the plastic unit holding the jack there is a connector on this that comes apart just push it back together
if anyone wants the stuff to do a permanent repair i will look to see if i can get some from work for you

[makemineamythos]

Kieran, there was only 1 screw which needs taking out.
This is underneath the load securing eyelet on the very back of the nearside of the boot area.
When you ease the metal eyelet out, there is a screw that will enable you to remove most of the trim in that area.
Apologies if I am not making this clear, if you dont have any joy I will PM you my number and talk you through it.
Russ

Thanks for clarifying I had a look, but I couldn't find the screw you were referring to, I unscrewed the load securing eyelets on that side (assuming you mean the 4 that are in the boot), but there were no screws underneath, did I misunderstand that then?

Thanks,

Kieran

[KieranM]

Thanks again for the replies.

I get a puddle in my black plastic jack housing, and in my lights. I would have thought this would be caused by the elbow connector coming apart, but it is connected, so I guess there still could be a leak there, but in the hose rather than the connector. There's a good chance that it has come apart at the wiper motor too, but I haven't looked there yet!

Russ, I took both of the near side load securing eyelets out, and neither of them had a screw behind. Maybe there is a difference between the b5 and b5.5 here, I never checked on my old car so I dunno