Headlamp washer leaking?

[GlynH]

Recently the washer fluid warning lamp came on one night and so I filled up from a garage forecourt...a bloody quid for water but don't get me started!

The following day the warning light was on again and I thought that the float or whatever sensor it uses might have been faulty.

Anyway I had to fill it with water outside the house (in daylight this time) and as fast as I was pouring it in it was running out the front of the car somewhere!

Difficult to say where from exactly as the undertray was in place but I figured the sensor was OK and just doing its job reporting the low water level which I thought might have been caused by the cold weather and something might have frozen/split as it has not been used for a while. I do have Audi windscreen wash in there but not sure of the dilution ratio.

Took the car in for an MOT today and although the warning light is still on luckily there is just enough water for a few squirts before the level drops too far.

I am told that the problem is a leaking o/s headlamp washer and am guessing the front bumper has to come off to check/repair/replace?

Is this an easy task? I have had the front bumper off my D2 S8 without issue but the W12 seems a much larger affair.

Any hints/tips/etc. would be much appreciated.

Seems like I am posting a few questions tonight but it would be nice to get these pesky little jobs sorted as I would like to drive it more having just spent £732 on a failed MOT, new n/s/f & o/s/f front & rear suspension arms followed by a valid MOT Certificate!

Only had the anti-roll bar (or C-Links - are they the same thing) replaced in February as the front end was knocking over bumpy ground. It improved things but I was still aware of a knocking and when starting out in the cold and/or wet the whole front of the car was creaking over sleeping policemen!

Sounded like it was coming from under the dash...having said that I guess it could have been the sleeping policemen groaning having just been run over by 2 tonnes of Audi's finest!

Thanks & kind regards,
-=Glyn=-