Hey folks, our Defender is dumping all of its windshield wiper fluid on the garage floor due to a leak in the nozzle above the rear license plate. (See attached image.)

The dealers are booked out for months, so I'm trying to fix this at home somehow. Any ideas or anyone run into this before? Thank you!

 

Update: Found this Youtube video of the rear bumper disassembly, looks like this is the way to get to the washer nozzle system for this part of the car:

Pretty involved removal process and looks like they broke/lost a bunch of clips doing it. Hopefully I can access this hose and clamp it without needing to disassemble the rear bumper...

 

If you remove the Inner wheel fender liner at the back first, rear part, you can sqeeze / push the white clips out without any damage.
No other parts, clips will break by removing the rear bumper.

 

I have the same problem, dealer can't duplicate. 🤦🏻‍♂️

 

So I had the problem of the front headlight washer nozzles leaking. Like everyone else I couldn't get an appointment to have it looked at, so I took care of it myself.

The likely reason it is leaky is because something has prevented the spring valve piece from fully closing. If you remove the back bumper there will be a connector piece that connects the short hose from the jet to the main hose that is routed through the bumper back to the washer fluid reservoir. This connector piece actually has a spring with a small ball in it. If some washer fluid that has evaporated and crystallized or some other foreign matter has gotten stuck in that piece it will not seal properly and continue to leak. The rear nozzle is below the height of washer fluid so will continue to leak unless the ball spring connector piece is properly seating.

Taking the back bumper off isn't to hard. Just make sure you get all the screws and bolts out. The PowerfulUK video is pretty good, though I seem to remember my 110 had an extra screw in the wheel wells that I had to take off.

 

Great insights @Adamalli !! Next time, take pics, too. (I really enjoy Defender ****, er, I mean Pics of different stuff). It sounds like you are spot on. Only sad that the bumper needs to be pulled to do this. Oh well, not the worse maintenance-free design /s.

 

Thank you, got the car back, dealer was useless and did not want to do anything even though it clearly drips so I'm just going to live with it, maybe I will pull out the bumper one of these days and try to fix it.

 

I have the same issue. Couldn't work out why all the windscreen washer fluid was in constant need of replacement, until my car spent the night on a concrete floor....

 

I don’t have the leaking nozzle problem, but could it be possible to find a piece of clear tubing the same diameter of the nozzle and place it over the nozzle and either blow into it, or use a low pressure air source to push some air into the assembly, possibly clearing the crud that is preventing the sealing ball to reseat itself properly? If it doesn’t work, nothing lost. I always go with the simplest, cheapest, easiest solution to a problem first, then explore the other remedies if necessary. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

I've had my Defender 110 X since last December and just in the last couple of weeks had this exact same thing happen to the rear nozzle. I went into the garage yesterday morning and could smell something, proceed to walk to the back to find a puddle of about 1 foot in diameter of wiper fluid. Started it and got the wiper fluid low indicator (duh) Anyway apparently there's an issue that several of us have experienced. I'm going to try WTFChuck's method(s) to see if I can get it to stop.

Will update this thread on findings.