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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: markr on 09 November 2009, 14:55:50

Title: wiper fault
Post by: markr on 09 November 2009, 14:55:50

hi all, was wondering if anyone could help, the wipers on my 2.6 cd are stuck on intermitent wipe when they are in the off position, the rest of the wiper functions are ok! can someone please turn my  :-/ into a  ;D thanks guys.

Title: Re: wiper fault
Post by: TheBoy on 09 November 2009, 17:44:09

what happens if you disconnect the stalk?

Title: Re: wiper fault
Post by: markr on 10 November 2009, 06:19:14

have not had chance to get onto doing anything as yet,will try and have a look, i take it that if it is still running with the stalk disconnected it likely to be a relay, and vice versa, thanks. :y 

Title: Re: wiper fault
Post by: markr on 11 November 2009, 20:47:40

finally had chance to have a look! when the stalk is disconnected, the intermittent wiper does not come on, but by disconnecting am i removing the power to the relay aswell? im confused.com! suppose its a trip to a dealer and get a relay to try, any ideas. :-[   

Title: Re: wiper fault
Post by: markr on 12 November 2009, 11:27:07

just had a chat with a dealer near me, got told that there is the wiper relay in the engine bay, or possibly the intermittent part built into the motor at a cost of nearly £300! as its a complete unit! or could be the stalk, this fault is winding me up now, may end up spending good money to find the cause! >:(

Title: Re: wiper fault
Post by: Dave DND on 12 November 2009, 11:40:26

I have no experience of this fault, but there are certainly more comments on this forum regarding faulty stalks than there are relays ? And I seem to recall that the stalks are not over expensive to buy new ?

Hopefully someone will be along shortly with a bit more wisdom on this fault than me.

 :-?

Title: Re: wiper fault
Post by: markr on 12 November 2009, 12:23:17

thanx dave, the stalk is the cheaper of the parts that this fault could be! and do seem to be a more common fault, i did strip the switch yesterday, seemed ok and nothing broken, but didnt have a meter hand to check continuity!

Title: Re: wiper fault
Post by: markr on 13 November 2009, 13:03:29

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thanx dave, the stalk is the cheaper of the parts that this fault could be! and do seem to be a more common fault, i did strip the switch yesterday, seemed ok and nothing broken, but didnt have a meter hand to check continuity!

have just returned from a visit to a local garage, the owner has a mv6 himself, he tried replacing the stalk, relay and even plugged in a spare motor he had, still this fault happened, was sure i would get to the bottom of this! but seems its deeper than that!

Title: Re: wiper fault
Post by: markr on 17 November 2009, 18:51:28

is it feesable that this was caused by a short between the wipers and the washer motor? the washers were working when this fault first happened but a garage has said the washer pump was burnt out? or is the preverbial wool being pulled! :-/

Title: Re: wiper fault
Post by: Omegatoy on 18 November 2009, 13:06:00

activating the washers does power they wipers so yes it could be!! :y