Split windscreen washer pipe

[Cascade360]

I had an odd experience where my windscreen was getting steam cleaned rather than washed when used the windscreen washers. I bought the washer jet kit and went about replacing them and discovered that the hose underneath has split and it was emptying the fluid straight onto the manifold. Two questions:

1) the hose connector that is there is way too bit for the 2mm od / 1mm id original pipe; no wonder it split. does anyone know if you can even get a hose mender that size...?! Cannot find one online

2) i think this has happened before as the hose that is there is bloody short. How is it routed to the washer bottle and can i replace the full length of hose without dismantling the car?

3) ive pulled the existing hose out from the spring but how on earth do you route the new hose back through it!?

Cheers

[Basil Brush]

I swapped to silicon hose under the scuttle to handle the heat better and have rigid plastic tube through the springs on the wiper arms with flexible joined to each end.

[Cascade360]

Basil Brush said:

I swapped to silicon hose under the scuttle to handle the heat better and have rigid plastic tube through the springs on the wiper arms with flexible joined to each end.

Thanks. A bit of further investigation and I've realised that it routes to the driver side from the reservoir, and then from the driver side across the scuttle to the passenger side. So some silicon hose running from driver side to passenger side should resolve it, although routing it and zip-tying it to the scuttle looks like it might be an exercise in frustration.

I also managed to get the hoses through the springs, though the new jets really do soak the windscreen! I had screenwash down the side of the car, on the roof, in the engine bay ... didn't help that it was bright green Prestone stuff!

[porterpainter]

Replacing the sprayers is a job on my list, how easy was it to get the scuttle panel off?

[Cascade360]

porterpainter said:

Replacing the sprayers is a job on my list, how easy was it to get the scuttle panel off?

I haven't attempted to remove mine. If the existing hoses are in decent nick, you should be able to do it without removing the scuttle panel. I'm going to attempt to thread new silicone hose through without taking it off ...

If anyone knows of a guide to removing the scuttle panel in case I need to, please share it!