rear wash wipe!!!

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mikeyspoon
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rear wash wipe!!!

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can anyone help????

my rear wash wipe keeps doing strange stuff. it works correctly when on wash but when it is on intermittent it jumps in stead of doing a complete wipe!!!

any help gratefully recived
cheers
mikey
p.s i have tried another motor and there was no change!!
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Post by loud »

the rear wipers tend to like to cease in the part which goes through the glass, mine did it twice on my mk4 and ended up leaving it ceased. Was a bit sticky when i i got my 6n2 so oiled it up to prevent this happening
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On the subject my rear wiper decided to come on of it's own accord and now will not switch off. I think it may be the relay, does anyone know the exact position so that I can try replacing it????
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Post by JWC »

Maybe you need an exorcist?
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Post by inder »

ghosts in the electrical system, more common than you might think :shock:


all relays are located next to/behind the fuse box area, not sure which relay number it is though
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Post by vr6south »

Thanks. I unplugged it for a couple of months and decided to reconnect it last weekend. Guess what the gremlins have gone. Just waiting for their next attack :twisted:
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They not gone, they just hiding in the glovebox or they are on holiday. :)
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Could be coming to a town near you. :lol:
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I got plenty of my own gremlins in my car, its beginning to p iss me off right now. One sits in the engine management, another sucks on the MAP sensor, and there is a gremlin that spins round on the starter motor now, you can here him go "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee he he he he" when you pull the starter.
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Post by inder »

hehe the good old starter motor gremlin

mashes up your starter motor bush and gives out an evil laugh :lol:
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inder wrote:hehe the good old starter motor gremlin

mashes up your starter motor bush and gives out an evil laugh :lol:
I think its just a dry pinnion. I will spray some grease on it.

I had the starter get stuck on in the old beetle days. It would crank over slower and slower until the battery lead melted!
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