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My Polo's rear wash wipe has stopped working. The motor works fine and the pump works on the front and sounds fine when I try to wash the rear but sadly no liquid gets to the rear. Has anyone else had the same? My mate used to work at VW and thinks from memory that the pipework runs up the A post and along the edge of the head lining. He suggested getting a new run of pipe and attaching it to the old one in the engine bay so it could then be pulled through from the back by the existing one. Seems to be a blue stain and strong screenwash smell on my rear seat towards the N/S but when I removed the quarter card all appeared to be in order and no puddles anywhere. Can't think where its leaking without being seen. Nothing in the boot or under the car so where's it going? Thought about removing the wiper all together. Stylewise I'd love to but doing 30k a year function is my priority. Any ideas where it could have gone would be appreciated so I can look and can anyone confirm the route that the pipe takes through the cabin? Thanks in advance

HI Sam ,
Im sure the pluming for the rear wash goes down a channel next th the passenger door underneath the carpet , and not through the headlining seem to remember seeing it whilst fitting my amp.

i know a few people who just take them of when they brake so it dose happen

willy g wrote:HI Sam ,
Im sure the pluming for the rear wash goes down a channel next th the passenger door underneath the carpet , and not through the headlining seem to remember seeing it whilst fitting my amp.

Think your right coz I've just done the same! Thought they were possibly the fuel pipes but these must run underneath. VW are obviously more safety concious than my old pug 106!

mine dudnt work eitha, the wiper works but no liquid

I had exactly the same problem. In mine (same car as yours) it had disconected over the rear passenger side seat. This accounted for the puddle under my rear passenger seat and in the footwell. Me and my dad took out the door panel and it had just disconnected behind that. Didn't take long, hope you sort it.

Cheers Biddle. How do the quarter cards come out? Looked in the haynes but it doesn't say! Had a quick look behind by removing the seal round the door shut and popped the upper trim clip and peered in sort of thing.

not entirely sure to be honest mate I was more of a stand back and watch helper. I know it was easier once we had taken the seat out though, just for more room to work. I think it was just a couple of clips but not 100%.

I have the same problem, rear wiper works but no water getting through, can hear that noise it makes like its trying but no fluid!

Not too bothered though, probably more hassle than it's worth trying to fix!

just get it de=wipered you know it makes sense:) nice and smooth:):D

Well I'm going to strip the rear seats and quarter card out for a further inspection. Have thought about de wipering it but still not keen as I use it a lot on the motorway where I spend 2k per month! Plus if I de-wiper it I'm too much of a perfectionist. I'd have to remove the pipework and modify my wiper stalk. Couldn't have a button on the end of the stalk that did nothing. If somethings there in my opinion it needs to work. Also want to find where the water is because I don't really want the corrosive screen wash eating away at my inner quarter if I can avoid it.

I take no responsiblilty if you do all this and its not where the leak is Hope you sort it mate. BTW with mine it was just a case of pushing the two ends back to together but i put a bit of lecky tape around it to make sure it didn't happen again.

Its alright fella I won't hold you responsible. I think it'll be a pipe connection thats come apart as you said. If not I'll keep hunting. Will try and take some piccy's as I go along so anyone else suffering the same problem can try and check theirs.

The fault with the rear wash wipe can be solved easily. The hose in the engine bay will have slipped out of a connector near to the pump. To gain access you need to unbolt the water resevoir and move it to one side. Takes 10 minutes.

Checked it already fella. That was the first thing I did. No water escaping under the car either so somewhere along the interior is looking favourite.