Removing and installing windscreen washer reservoir — VW

🧭 Before you start

Bumper cover and right wheel housing liner come off for access. The pump connector and hoses are released and the washer pump V59 lifted out, the wiring harness freed, the clamping washer removed from the reservoir plug, the filler neck unclipped and the securing nuts undone so the reservoir and neck come out as one. Fitting is the reverse with the hoses on their colour-coded ports, the nuts to the specified torque and the clamping washer refitted on the plug.

Fits: platform codes 601, 602, 612, 641, 642, 643, 604, 644, 614, 603

Don't miss

• Never separate the reservoir from its filler neck; the joint will leak afterwards.
• Have a container ready; fluid escapes when the pump connector and hoses come off.
• Pull hose locks (3) and (5) up to release the hoses from the pump; do not pull the hoses.
• Hoses and pump connections are colour-coded; match them on refitting.
• Fit the clamping washer onto the reservoir plug, or the reservoir can come loose and fall off.
• Tighten all threaded connections to the specified torques.

Written for this job from the workshop steps below · TorqFix editorial.

📋 Procedure

1. ⚠ The windscreen washer reservoir is a single unit. The windscreen washer reservoir and the filler neck are not supposed to be detached from each other. If they are nevertheless detached from each other, the connection could then leak. — Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
2. Remove front bumper cover General body repairs, exterior63Front bumper.
3. Remove right wheel housing liner General body repairs, exterior66Removing and installing wheel housing liner.
4. Detach connector (2). [Note: Collect any escaping washer fluid in a suitable container.]
5. To release, pull hose lock (3) and (5) up at hose connections and pull these off windscreen and rear window washer pump V59(4).

6. Pull windscreen and rear window washer pump V59(4) upwards out of reservoir (1).
7. Remove wiring harness from retainer (arrow) on washer fluid reservoir.
8. Pull clamping washer (2) off windscreen washer reservoir plug (1).
9. Unclip filler neck from hose holder (1).
10. Unscrew securing nuts (arrows) from reservoir and remove reservoir with filler neck from vehicle. [Note: The connections at the pump and hoses are colour-coded to prevent incorrect connection of the washer fluid lines to the windscreen and rear window washer pump V59. The hose fittings must be connected to the correct colour-coded pump connections during installation.]
11. ⚠ During installation, fit clamping washer onto windscreen washer reservoir plug. Otherwise, the windscreen washer reservoir could become loose and fall off. — Tighten all threaded connections to specified torques .
12. Fit clamping washer onto windscreen washer reservoir plug.

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