Wipers

We all have daydreams about taking the E30 for a swift blast down a twisty road in the summer sunshine. Unfortunately, the weather usually has other ideas in the form of rain. No matter whether it's a drizzle or a downpour, you need some way of keeping the windows clear, which is why you need Wipers.

Overview

All E30s were fitted with a windscreen wiper system, which uses two blades to sweep across the screen, powered by a single electric motor. The system also included a washer function, which pumped cleaning fluid from a tank onto the glass via washer jets mounted on the bonnet. All these features were operated by a control stalk on the steering column.

Touring models also featured a rear wash-wipe system, built into the tailgate. For that model, the motor, washer jet and wiper are a one-piece unit, fed by a pump and tank in the rear left bootwell and operated from a switch on the dashboard.

A fancy optional extra was a headlight wiper system, which unsurprisingly let you wipe clean the headlights.

Windscreen Wipers

Washer Jets

Heated washer jets were fitted as part of the Heated package. Learn more about retrofitting heated washer jets.

Rear Wash-Wipe

Switch

The system is controlled by two switches, offering a wash or a timed wipe setting. Cleaning fluid is sprayed from a nozzle mounted to the wiper arm, and will only operate when the wiper is moving; therefore, pressing the wash button should make the wiper sweep three times.

Common Problems

Stuttering Wipers

Main article: Intermittent Wiper Faults