Windshield washer bottle issue

[Brendanmck]

Went to fill the washer bottle yesterday and low and behold I had a puddle at my feet. What would be the issue here as it was not leaking before hand would it be possible the down pipe has separated from the bottle.and can you replace the washer bottle if needs be without removing the front bumper?

[Marv968]

You can look at the washer motors and pipes by taking off the front wheel and moving/removing the wheel arch lining.

Mine leaked around the little L shaped plastic connector which joins the motor to the soft pipe (push fit). I replaced the leaking one with new for pennies and no more leaks.

Item 3 in this Real OEM page:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=BL95-EUR---E46-BMW-M3%20CSL&diagId=61_1085

(61668374371 (http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/part?id=BL95-EUR---E46-BMW-M3+CSL&mg=61&sg=45&diagId=61_1085&q=61668374371))

Completely removing the washer bottle is a bumper off job, unfortunately....not that hard a job though if you're okay with spanners.

[Brendanmck]

You can look at the washer motors and pipes by taking off the front wheel and moving/removing the wheel arch lining.

Mine leaked around the little L shaped plastic connector which joins the motor to the soft pipe (push fit). I replaced the leaking one with new for pennies and no more leaks.

Item 3 in this Real OEM page:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=BL95-EUR---E46-BMW-M3%20CSL&diagId=61_1085

(61668374371 (http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/part?id=BL95-EUR---E46-BMW-M3+CSL&mg=61&sg=45&diagId=61_1085&q=61668374371))

Completely removing the washer bottle is a bumper off job, unfortunately....not that hard a job though if you're okay with spanners.
Thanks for the advice I'm going to take the front wheel off and have a good look at it hopefully it's a straight forward fix.