I have a dried puddle of solution surrounding my
windshield wiper ducts. I have cleaned it up daily for the last 5 days and it re-appears.
Think I'll run the washers several time to see if tank fluid expansion
is the cause.
Anyone else notice puddles around their hood mounted wiper ducts?

 

I did have some the first few days I had the car, but lately it has not returned. I did use the w/s washers several times lately, so maybe that cleared it up. Will continue to monitor and let you know.

 

I had the problem too for the first few days. It seemed to happen after opening the bonnet. Perhaps the factory overfilled it. I used the washers thinking it might clear any residual fluid. Weeping has now stooped.

 

Caution:
Before running the washer and wipers make sure to wipe off the wiper blades.
Sand, dirt and misc. road filth accumulates there. When the wipers are started the
accumulation is wiped across the windshield like sand paper.
If possible wash the windshield first.
If it has been pouring rain the story is different, but desert and beach dwellers
usually have enough accumulated grit to cause damage.

 

Every MINI I've owned has had this problem. It will eventually stop.

 

Incontinent at such an early age.
And so visibly apparent.
Pity EH?

 

Haven't noticed this issue on my MINI.

 

Guessing it's as others here have said, heat expansion/ over filled, and will probably stop soon enough. I had this issue on my R56 a few days after bringing it home. Older years I guess didn't have check valves in the lines.https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...weeping-2.html

 

I have the same issue, don't know how long it has been doing it. Will monitor.

 

Washed the window and wipers and ran the auto washer 6 times.
Checked the reservoir, and it is not to the full marker.
We'll see this afternoon.
The Mini is on a full day of errands in the sun.

 

Thanks for posting this. I thought I had a defective nozzle.
Does anyone know if the nozzle has any adjustment to it. My driver's side sprays too low.

 

Usually.......
You can take a pointed object the same diameter size as the nozzle aperture and insert it in the aperture.
Inserted , you are able to adjust stream direction.
Caution, don't use anything that will break off !!
I use a dental probe.
I haven't tried it in the Mini.
I have used this method in a 3 series BMW and a VW Westfalia.

This is covered under warranty, but doesn't warrant a trip to the Dealer

 

Mine does this. Runs all the way down the hood. I make sure I'm driving when I spray the windshield so that it blows off the hood. After it sprays, one nozzle just seems to keep growing a large bead of wiper fluid and it runs down the hood. It is if it has formed a vacuum in the lines and doesn't allow the fluid to flow back into the tank.

 

Mine runs down four or five inches. (I'm cheap with the spray. I'm know to trade in vehicles if I run out of WW fluid.) I end up looking through all kinds of dirt on the windshield 'cause I hate seeing this on the hood.
Note: driver's side

 

Wow, that's far worse than mine was. Mine only ran down about an inch.

 

Same and only on the same side as yours. Also on this side it looks like the paint has lifted around the bottom of the jet....

 

My initial weeping etched my paint. Not happy!

 

File a concern at the dealer

 

This was a problem with a lot of the R56s, and they came up with a check valve. I never had this problem when the car was new, but did as the car aged. At about the 6 year point, I found that the clear coat was separating in large pieces, starting with what was apparently a slight (unnoticed) leakage in freezing weather, front and rear. I wound up having the clear coat resprayed, which was a rather expensive fix, compared to the in-warranty check valve I could have gotten if it had happened earlier in the car's life. The cars that had it fixed under warranty also had their hood stripes replaced because they were stained; I had to buy new stripes because I had to take off the new ones for the paint repair.

Not happy to hear this is still a problem...

 

I still have the problem on mine, but it is minor at this time. I will be making sure the dealer knows about it from Day 1 and that it is noted in writing for possible future claims.

 

Mine does the same thing. Some say they put ethanol or methanol (??) in the tank to keep the water from freezing, and that is the stuff that is eating the paint, clearcoat, vinyl.

I'm draining the tank and refill it with just softwater, no solution. A bottle of Windex and clean microfiber will sit on stand by in the trunk.

 

That works if your car will never leave Miami. What if the car lives in or visits the rest of the country where freezes are a regular event? Wouldn't it be better to push MINI to solve the problem once and for all, like other car companies have done?

 

My dealer where i got the car from AND a close one by my work know about this issue as some of their lot/floor vehicles are showing the similar "bird dropping" effect from the same driver side sprayer.

I'm almost certain that MINI/BMW are well aware as well, and I choose to do this while they figure out the fix. In the case they chose to ignore this then my paint wouldn't continue to suffer. And my car will not leave Los Angeles.

My $.02.

 

Mine started doing this on my very first drive. By the time I got home from the dealer there was a 3'' or so trail leading away from it. By Sunday night it was like Champ198's picture... except I have black stripes. I used a wet microfiber cloth to clean it up this morning, but there's a visible trail in the black stripe now =/ Hoping with real cleaning solutions and not just water that it'll lift off.

 

It was not removeable on the R56s, so unless they've changed the type of fluid used, you'll have to have the stripes replaced. MINI replaced stripes under warranty with lots of cars last time around, and then installed check valves. I would push for this!