Thanks for this great tip, connected a bicycle pump to the tube, a few blasts and hey presto! working again like new.

Better than a BMW cheapened Rover 25 I once had, a total bucket compared with the well build 200 that preceeded it.

Rear wiper hose that passes through the rear hatch hinge area on these goes brittle with age, cheap and nasty plastic sourced I suppose, and then breaks, If your lucky, first you know about it is washer fluid pouring out by the rear passenger side wheel arch. If your unlucky the boot fills instead. I recommend that all drivers keep in store a length of plastic fish tank air line and a couple of push fit connectors as it saves so much grief.