white2lsr

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Can anyone give me a rough idea why my intermittant wipers arnt working? I have tried other stalks and it still no better. The wiring at the motor is correct. I assume the wipers should wipe when you operate the screen washers but they dont.

Any help please?

dangerousbrian

tried the relay? what car? if its mk3/4 escort the wipers dont come when you squirt..you have to do it manually

white2lsr

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Its a MK4 Escort RS Turbo. I know its a stupid question but where is the relay? Is there a separeate relay just for the intermittant setting?

dangerousbrian

not sure if they are the same but my s1 has the relay in the fuse box under the bonnet..dont think there is a need for a relay for other wiper settings as it doesnt need to pause between wipes

studabear

Mine doesn't work on intermittent, I was told its the motor?

white2lsr

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The worst thing is it was all working fine before the rebuild

cj_rst

Either the motor or the red relay in your fuse box. You might find the wipers just need some use. Mine are all juddery, ie you need to keep your finger on the stalk to do a single wipe or they'll stop half way up the screen. With a bit of use they get better so it's just bad contacts in my case.

studabear

On some cars its possible to strip the wiper pivots down, clean them out and re grease them, this speeds the wipers up a fair bit

dangerousbrian

mine were dodgy aswell similair to that..i just stripped mech and motor and used loads of wd40 on them over the course of the day..worked fine after