Author Topic: Rear wiper pipe gone AGAIN!  (Read 3008 times)

Offline Snoopy

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Re: Rear wiper pipe gone AGAIN!
« Reply #10 on: 05 October 2014, 12:02 »
I have looked at your thread in the maintenance section and can see quite a few places were the pipe has the possibility to  chaff and rub. Out of respect im not going to point these out as a fellow engineer im not going to tell you how to suck eggs.
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Re: Rear wiper pipe gone AGAIN!
« Reply #11 on: 05 October 2014, 12:03 »
Thats when it gets dirty tho on the motorway especially in winter this is where something like a rear windscreen washer would come in very useful   

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Re: Rear wiper pipe gone AGAIN!
« Reply #12 on: 05 October 2014, 12:05 »
I have looked at your thread in the maintenance section and can see quite a few places were the pipe has the possibility to  chaff and rub. Out of respect im not going to point these out as a fellow engineer im not going to tell you how to suck eggs.

No mate please go a head as i stated in thread i routed as vw did cut it shorter than pictured and put some anti-chaff in a few places it is where it goes thru the boot unfortunately :-(

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Re: Rear wiper pipe gone AGAIN!
« Reply #13 on: 05 October 2014, 13:31 »
Edging strip on the edges of panels werever it passes near an edge. Some at the top of the hatch I can see in the photos.  I noticed you put some cover on the pipe in a few places but also put some edging strip on the metal holes. Check in the rear quarters too our ibiza had some edges up there when I renewed its pipe a few years back with standard washer hose like you have. You may have simply blown the pipe off. I had to cable tie the joints to stop it blowing off in the winter.
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Re: Rear wiper pipe gone AGAIN!
« Reply #14 on: 05 October 2014, 13:40 »
Na i've been in there its split again same place i think its too tight in boot with not enough room to move when the tailgate open closes not sure were to go with it now poss narrower pipe