Over the last couple of days I decided to take on a project I had no clue would be so involved. I got tired of seeing the hazard sign in my gauge cluster telling me that the windshield washer fluid was low. Every time I filled it, it would start leaking out really slowly to the point where the sensor would read no fluid.
I started by thinking I was just gonna take the passenger fender off and inspect the reservoir for cracks. Well, that turned out to be a huge PITA. So i nixed that idea & took the front wheel off to get into the wheel well. With all the light I could get I started pouring in water and searching for the leak. When things were not progressing, I ended up pulling out the fender liner (which I hate for the simple fact that the fender flares have to come off at least partially and you have to buy new rivets.)
To make the story short, I had to de-loom the giant wire harness running through the fender well/fender just to get to the washer fluid lines. They were taped up in the harness. I FINALLY discovered a pinhole leak in the line from the reservoir to the windshield sprayer. I pulled that line and took it to BMW in hopes they'd have one. No dice. They had to order the hose but also threw in a repair kit of a thing which I just didn't ask what it was about. So this is Thursday and my car is torn apart, wires exposed, can't drive it. Waiting until Monday or Tuesday to receive the part.
This afternoon I decide to go retape the harness and leave the washer lines out of the bundle. I peer at the repair kit they gave me (I bought) and low and behold that's all I needed! Cut the hole out, put in the new section of line and it all op checked good! All that damn work and pain just to replace a washer fluid line and to get rid of the warning message in the cluster
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