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Brit Plumber



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England 2012 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Autobiography Fuji White
Washer Bottle leaking

My Sport has developed its first fault, it’s sprung a leak from the washer bottle and it can empty in a matter of a few days. Can someone tell me how to access it before I go removing unnecessary parts. I hope/guess it’s a case of remove the LH wheel and arch liner, see a split right in front of me, put a band aid on it and it’s fixed for ever. Reality will be that I can’t find a leak, have a fight to replace it and damage something else in the process. TIA. 2012 5.0 SC AB
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Post #554690 Sat Apr 21 2018 7:16am
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Col



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If you are lucky it might just be one of the rubber seals that the washer pumps or low level sensor fit into.

Cheers
Col

Post #554691 Sat Apr 21 2018 7:40am
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gogsy1956



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There are a couple of posts on here regarding the removal of the washer bottle,, one mentions removing the front bumper but one guy managed by taking out the front fog light, but it was quite tricky. Do a search for the topic 2010 RRS, TDV8
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Buckster



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Easy to access with front bumper removal, not actually that difficult. No idea how hard it would be removing just the headlight 2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

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geoffsnook



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with just the fog light out it would be really tricky to get the bolts out that hold it in but you would need to undo the bolts that hold the bumper on at the bottom to get it out and that is the hardest part to taking off a front bumper to be honest as they will be rusted in or at least very hard to release Thumbs Up

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Col



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According to the workshop manual, to access the pumps only remove wheel arch liner, to remove bottle have to remove front bumper.
Sometimes in the long run it works out quicker doing it by the "book" rather than some of the so called quick methods.

Cheers
Col

Post #554729 Sun Apr 22 2018 6:24am
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Brit Plumber



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Thanks chaps, I’ve had a look at some of the previous threads and I’ve now seen what I need to do. I’ll remove the LH inner arch liner to see if it’s a seal on the pumps and or filler neck. If it is, great I’ll fix it, if not and it’s a split in the bottle I’ll put it back together and order a new bottle. Probably no point in trying to fix a split. 2012 5.0 SC AB
Mods:
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2014 LR4 Homelink
2016 FFRR Electrochromatic Wing Mirror Glass

70 plate Focus ST (Current)
1942 VEP Ford GPW Jeep (Willys) (Current)
1943 Whites M16 Halftrack (Current)
16 plate Eurofighter Typhoon, 2 x Eurojet engines with 20,000lbs thrust each. 1380mph

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Brit Plumber



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England 2012 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Autobiography Fuji White

Just to wrap this up, I had chance today to detach the front of the arch liner and I found one of the pipes had split at the connection to a pump. Cheap fix, cut the end of the pipe off and reattached.


 2012 5.0 SC AB
Mods:
TPMS
Genuine LR DRLs
Remote Boot close from key fob
2016 Discovery 4 Mirrors AKA RRS2
2014 L405 Surround Camera retro fit (WIP)
2013 RRS Dual View Screen fit (Complete)
2016 LR4 RSE
2014 LR4 Homelink
2016 FFRR Electrochromatic Wing Mirror Glass

70 plate Focus ST (Current)
1942 VEP Ford GPW Jeep (Willys) (Current)
1943 Whites M16 Halftrack (Current)
16 plate Eurofighter Typhoon, 2 x Eurojet engines with 20,000lbs thrust each. 1380mph

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Scrumpy



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Nice! It's always satisfying when it turns out to be cheap and easy like that. Feel like you got one over on the money eating beast!!! 2016 RRS SVR Estoril Blue
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