Citroen C8 2006 Rear Screen Wash Hose

[NativeAngels]

I'm new here have just got a Citroen C8 on trying to use the rear screen wash I noticed it wasn't working. Inititially I thought it was the holes in the rear wiper blocked. I could hear the pump working but still not water through the rear screen wash. I then opened the boot and noticed a puddle of water near on the driver side back row seatbelt. I removed the small panel and noticed a black hose had somehow become detached from the pump or something. How do I locate this to refit the hose.

[paul.h]

The parts diagram appears to show the pipe goes from the rear door into the roof at the left side then goes across to the right side. Then it goes diagonally across to the left side of the roof towards the rear passenger door. Then along the left working its way to the front and then somehow to the right of the engine compartment/possibly inside the wing to the washer pump. This routing seems a bit odd, you would think it would stay at the right side of the roof and down the right front pillar. 2 connectors are shown so unless the pipe has broken it has likely just come off the connector. 1 is shown over the rear right passenger seat (which ties up with the water seen) and the other is at the front of the cabin/engine compartment. To access the rear connector the roof lining will have to be lowered at the back/right corner area. If you bend the lining it may permanently crease so need to be carefull - this happened on our C3 when replacing the rear door.

 

If removing part of the roof lining is a big job, you could consider finding the front end of the pipe (possibly in the pillar trim) and feeding a new pipe through the lining to the back (a bit of house wiring may be strong enough to not bend to poke/pull it through) with new connectors at the front and back where they are easy to get at.

[NativeAngels]

I opened the cover near then driver side right pillar. Then hose has what looks like a cable tie attached to it. I'm trying to find where the connector is that the hose came detached from.

[NativeAngels]

ok for future reference if anyone else has the same problem. I took the plastic cover near the trim on driver side read pillar. The hose had become detached from the other hose which goes to the rear screen washer. It was a case of reattaching it. Problem now resolved.