WIPER PROBLEM AAARRRRAAGGGGGGHHHH

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Post Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:09 pm

Right people, i have a 325i sport, im switching wipers on and having problems, on the intermiten setting wipers start then stop more or less straight away, then carry on a little then stop again, medium setting is fine and so is fast wipe, how come im only having problems with the slow setting? ive changed the wiper arm but still had no joy it was doing the same thing, however i did notice that the wiper arm i aquired did not have as many wires coming from the plug, the one on my car has all of the ports filled with wires and the one i bought only had 4, dont think its anything to do with the wiper arm at all, just wondering if anyone else as had the same problem out there?? thanks :x
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Post Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:23 pm

Front wash wipe relay matey. Change that and see how you get on.
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Post Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:43 pm

do you think it could be that then dude, would it be possible for the other two settings to work on my wipers if the relay had gone??
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Post Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:43 pm

SOUNDS LIKE MOTOR AS TECH ARTILE ON HERE ,MINES SAME :cry:
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Post Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:44 pm

SOUNDS LIKE MOTOR AS TECH ARTILE ON HERE ,MINES SAME :cry:
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Post Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:46 pm

i would ave said motor or stalk mate if u need either give us a shout as i'm brakin a tourer at presentt
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Post Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:47 pm

Had same problem on my 320i, almost - intermittent wipe would go half way across, think about it for a bit, then continue over and back. Bought replacement motor on Ebay, but when I checked my old one out, it was the copper tracks under the motor cover crudded up. Clean the tracks, clean the contacts, regrease sparingly, problem solved. If that doesn't fix it, I've got a good motor available (cleaned and greased!!??)
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Post Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:50 pm

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Post Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:48 pm

thanks fellas for all of you for your help, as i suspected the motor but was hopeing that it wasnt going to be that because of the hassle involved :mad: sod it ill have a go on saturday and see what i can do, ill probably fook something up though knowing me, ill try and refurb it first to see what i can do with it but if i have no joy ill get one off one of you guy's depends who's cheapest :lol: cheers lads also thanks petee30tourer for how to do the job :wink:
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Post Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:14 am

PeteE30Tourer wrote:Ahem - seen this? Might help!

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... wipers.htm
Well done geesa, i have the same problem, that info is bloody brilliant!

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Post Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:20 pm

It was the motor on mine too. Easy enough to swap
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Post Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:33 pm

nice one dude, atleast i know that this is my problem now, thanks a lot dude :wink:
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Post Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:12 pm

I cant get my wipers to sit flat at the bottom of the screen, they always stop at different places. Are they suppoesed to do this? Anybody else have this problem?! :(

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Post Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:44 am

no mate, sounds like you have the same problem, get a new motor in there, wipers always sit at the bottom of screen dude
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