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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: pigtown on 24 January 2010, 18:32:49

Title: wipers won't stop
Post by: pigtown on 24 January 2010, 18:32:49

Sometimes my wipers won't stop even when the stalk is in the off position. I have to turn on and off a number of times until it eventually stops. Sometimes it stops in the wrong place.

Car is a 2.2 petrol 2001.

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: Welung666 on 24 January 2010, 18:38:53

Dodgy wiper stalk at a guess. Dave Marshall is breaking a 2.2 in the parts section ;) :y

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: Andy B on 24 January 2010, 19:18:50

But if it's stopping on the screen where it wants, it could also be a dodgy park on the wiper motor itself .....  :-/  :-/

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: Welung666 on 24 January 2010, 20:12:52

It could be Andy but if you very slowly move a good stalk between speeds you can stop the wipers anywhere on the screen. I'd try a different switch first personally ;)

EDIT: Now I've come away and thought about it a bit I'm starting to agree with you Andy..... Check the auto-park gearing for grease/gunge. Clean it out carefully with switch cleaner and add a little PTFE spray and try it again.

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: Kevin Wood on 24 January 2010, 21:10:52

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But if it's stopping on the screen where it wants, it could also be a dodgy park on the wiper motor itself .....  :-/  :-/

Mine did the same and it was the park contacts on the motor.  :y

Kevin

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: pigtown on 24 January 2010, 22:20:00

Cheers Kevin I'll have a look at the motor.
Do the contacts need cleaning or is a new motor needed?

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: Andy B on 24 January 2010, 22:48:40

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Cheers Kevin I'll have a look at the motor.
Do the contacts need cleaning or is a new motor needed?

Assuming it's the same as the Astra G's motor ( they look similar) the cover is riveted on. I drilled the rivets out and replaced with small self tappers.

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: Kevin Wood on 24 January 2010, 23:13:14

I just chucked a second hand motor on. The one on mine was indeed riveted together and what was inside looked so nasty I binned it.

Kevin

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: Andy B on 25 January 2010, 08:39:56

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I just chucked a second hand motor on. The one on mine was indeed riveted together and what was inside looked so nasty I binned it.

Kevin

I assume the reed switches should have had a contact of sorts on them, mine were missing and working haphazardly on what was left. I removed the cover, bent the reed switches to put more pressure on the gear wheel and it worked fine for a few years till the wipre assembly was swapped when SWMBO's Astra was taken away  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::)

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: Kevin Wood on 25 January 2010, 09:37:19

Mine didn't have reed switches. Just a couple of really mangled brass strips covered in grease on a plastic wheel rotating on a rivet. Didn't think it was worth trying to repair bodge.

Kevin

Title: Re: wipers won't stop
Post by: Andy B on 25 January 2010, 09:42:57

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Mine didn't have reed switches. Just a couple of really mangled brass strips covered in grease on a plastic wheel rotating on a rivet. Didn't think it was worth trying to repair bodge.

Kevin

Reed switch is perhaps an over exaggeration  ;) As the wiper motor was off, it was a case of giving it a go, and as said it did last a couple of years. It was only swapped cos the rest of the linkage was worn, & there was another to swap it for.  :y