When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Just a heads up. Before you pay through the nose from Porsche for this pump it’s a generic Siemens / VDO units that’s used on everything from a Hyundai, BMW, GM, Porsche, etc. You can get it for under $20 for the OEM brand unit online.
Yup. I replaced my pump last summer/fall with a $20 part from Napa. I'm very familiar with taking the wheel off and have done a ton of rotor and pad changes but I've never taken off the wheel liner. Taking off the wheel off liner was straightforward and once that is off, the tank and everything around it is easy to replace if you now how to unscrew bolts. The struggle I had was putting the wheel liner back on correctly. The trick for me was to take a break than manhandle and bend the plastic parts, they are tough, to fit everything back in.
Yup. I replaced my pump last summer/fall with a $20 part from Napa. I'm very familiar with taking the wheel off and have done a ton of rotor and pad changes but I've never taken off the wheel liner. Taking off the wheel off liner was straightforward and once that is off, the tank and everything around it is easy to replace if you now how to unscrew bolts. The struggle I had was putting the wheel liner back on correctly. The trick for me was to take a break than manhandle and bend the plastic parts, they are tough, to fit everything back in.
I've had my wheel liners out probably 5 times now as part of the widebody build and PCCB brake upgrade. I find the easiest way to reinstall them is to hang them from the 10mm plastic nuts at the top and then work the rest of the Fasteners into position, without also having to hold the wheel liner in place.
I had a "scare" yesterday when I tried my washers for the first time, and only the passenger side was barely squirting.
Searched Rennslist, found this thread, and immediately ID'ed the issue with a "T" connector joining both windshield nozzles disconnected to one side. Fixed in 5 minutes. God bless this forum!
Thanks for all of this info, I had a puddle under my driver side tire and then low washer fluid alarm. After following the DYI I found the issue to be the inside windshield washer pump leaking from the pump its self. I decided to try my local auto parts store again following the feedback from this post. Sure enough the pump and seal were the exact one I needed "AutoZone". I replaced the seal and pump that fit perfect, Tested and installed everything back. No leak and working good.
I had the same problem with the pump last year. Here is the DIY I wrote to document the steps. Hope it helps. Note-this is for a 2009 997.2 with headlight washers
wwwilliams88 -- Thank you so much for your awesome guide, especially the added details & photos of the connectors. Thanks to your guide I was able to replace my 997.1 windshield washer motor in about two hours, which is fast for me.
PS -- Your cat looks like a playful fellow, abyssinian?
SO I will recommend, that if you you have a leak, I would suggest to change the Windshield Washer Pump Grommet and motor pump together (since both are available cheap aftermarket versions).
I thought I had a grommet leak and it turns out to the the washer motor as well (2009 C2). Replacing all the grommets I can source anyway (when in Rome). On closer inspection it looks like I could be getting some weeping from the fluid level switch seal as well.
01-21-2019, 09:48 AM
