washer bottle leak
 

Hello not taken it out yet but was wondering if any of you know what the size of the grommets are? seen some online but not sure they will do..

The washer pump grommets are available from BMW and are a common problem. You could try putting a bit of heat shrink tubing around the pump stem to get a better fit.

I recently replaced both of the smaller grommets to fix a leak but it turns out the leak was actually one of the pumps - the seals inside the pump fail. I had to replace the pump to fix the leak.

I had one pump leaking and decided to do both while I was in there. Not too expensive from FCP Euro for two. I don't have the headlight washers/CWP.

I got a Febi Bilstein pump and two new gromets for about NZD$70. The grommets I got are aftermarket but good quality.

FYI, BMW OE grommets are #61667006063

https://assets.ecstuning.com/product...4782_x800.webp

FCP Euro parts last September:

Pumps: VDO-246082008025Z $11.87 x 2
Grommets: FEB-106925 $4.60 x 2

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/aud...mp-67128362154 (now $12.49)


https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...bi-61667006063 (now $7.60!)

Love them tariffs!

Yeah, well tariffs aside, the VDO unit is NZD$75 here - that's USD$44 - 3.5 time more!

I guess that's the cost of living in a galaxy far, far away.... :D

omodos will have the same issue...

Lucky you with e 53; search YouTube for e 70 method! You have to remove the whole fender!

hmmm sure but the air filter is a pig to get off the 3.0D alas, but thanks for all input, seems need to source the pumps too in case its not just the grommets, not sure how visible a leak of the actual pump is whilst the tank is in car....for sure i can feel fluid under tank directly below where the 2 (front windscreen/rear windscreen) washers are....but hard to tell if it is grommet....okays thanks

Check the pumps down the back of the tank with a flashlight - if any part of the pump is wet, it's the pump. If the pumps are dry, it's the grommets.

good thinking thanks and i will employ trick I used to use on my wifes e46 that always had expansion tanks issues, over and over, sprinkle talcum powder. lightly over potential leak areas and any leak will show as a trail in the talc...will fill up tank again and try

Yup wpoll you are right leak is coming from the side of one of the pumps...gonna try epoxy it until i stick in new one

I'm guessing that the reason mine failed was it got to around -10 C the previous winter. Generally people don't change to cold rated fluid here in the Southwest.

The pumps are more vulnerable to freezing temps, I suspect, compared to the reservoir.

I see it got to -5 C in Nicosia this past winter. Probably colder at higher elevations.

www.realoem.com and use your last 7 digits of VIN to find parts for YOUR car. Then Google the part number to see who sells it.

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I had a leak in my E53s washer reservoir tank because it was becoming over pressurized. The strainer cap was missing beneath the fill cap. It also acts as a vent preventing the system from becoming pressurized.

new spray pump, new grommet, and JB Weld Epoxy fixed my reservoir leaks
 

I had a leak there also, caused by a mouse or a squirrel that chewed a small hole on the backside of the reservoir, unseen. I only found it when replacing the spray pump, a year after I got the X. I had thought the pump grommet was leaking, but it may have been leaking fom both places.

I'll never know if the hole was already there beforehand, but I added my "rodent deterrent package" to the X that day (mothballs/peppermint balls underhood, dryer sheets under the front seats, and bars of Irish Spring soap in the dide pockets of the trunk...all have worked in the past, and I use this method for all vehicles).

To seal the hole in the reservoir, I used this: J-B Weld 8277 WaterWeld Epoxy Putty Stick https://tinyurl.com/4msn69yf.

Totally respect all the input, here is what I did over the weekend , removed both pumps blew into bottom 'nipple' and could hear air coming out of the little square opening on one of the pumps...so aluminium taped it up, put back in and leak from that pump gone, but there was fluid under the second pump, removed that too and installed heatshrink on the lower shaft that sits in the rubber grommet/filter.....now so far so good no leaks (ps ordered the pumps anyway)

Hello, That aint my actual location but that of my ISP, I am at a coastal area lowest temp was 0 i think, and I always use a drop of washer fluid/detergent that I think would have prevented any freeze....but yes good thinking

In the end it was 1 pump leaking and the other was leaking where it mated with the grommet.....rodent deterrent packages eh? you know how many times i opened up front to see paw prints on engine cover, so we have a package to cater for the rodents but is concerning in other ways as don't fancy pulling out mangled cats from serepentine belts pulleys! haahaa

You might as well order a new pump for the one you taped up.

Yup ordered 2, and re the tape up i applied some glue with a hot glue gun to cover the tape too, so as long as it holds and i have no leaks wont bother installing the new ones

I came out this morning to a wet parking spot because my pump washer is now leaking...[emoji1751]

Omodos, tell your X5 to stop talking to mine!! [emoji28]

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hahah
To be frank was relieved it wasn't radiator etc

People are still posting questions on buckets, seals and pumps? There must be 200 posts on this issue.
Wait until summer and there will be posts on my washer tank bleeds all over the engine compartment

Now you will have to post the filter that sits under the cap that operates as a vent

Which the OP doesn't have, as the M57/M57TU diesel versions don't have this filter/vent. Instead, the reservoir cap has a vent hole.

No idea why they did that... :dunno:

Hit a deer with x last last January and immediately a big puddle of liquid poured out and since literally the last time it was coolant i went to kill the engine before overheats.

Turns out it was the washer spray for the headlight washer!