DHickie

MicMac - thank you for alerting me to the difference between saloon and estate rear wiper motors. My error was that I thought this motor was the correct part. When I compared it to the new motor, I thought that new part was wrong. The spurious wiper motor does actually fit now, after some tweaking of the mounting points! Also, now I know the warning signs were there before the original wiper motor went on fire (!) The blade would often get stuck mid-stroke and would tend not to go back to its resting position. This got gradually worse, and then one day the car filled with smoke So, the moral of the story is: When you see what I described above, time to replace that wiper motor!

Thanks, I had a look, but the clips that anchor the motor to the pump body are different. However, MicMac's post makes me believe that a previous owner fitted the saloon wiper motor for sone reason. I didn't know that the saloon and estate had different wiper motors. This could be the correct motor after all!

MicMac - by the high level brake light assembly, do you mean above the rear window glass? Yes, I see that now. There is a little post with a jet coming out of the high level rear light. So, someone must have fitted the saloon version of the wiper motor to this estate. The plot thickens. Thanks for that!

Hello forum members—I bought a new rear wiper motor from Carspares-Direct on eBay.co.uk. It is incorrect for my model. They refuse to accept a return and they are impossible to contact at the moment, so I wondered if it is possible to use this motor and adapt it to my car. My Skoda is a 2009 Octavia Mk II estate. The three mounting points look identical. As you can see from the photo, the old motor has a hose fitting for the washer, which is pumped though the wiper spindle. The new motor has no hose fitting and does not have a hollow spindle. Is this motor fitted to cars with a separate washer spray nozzle located outside the wiper spindle? If so, where is the spray nozzle on models that have no washer spray tube through the wiper spindle? This may be too awkward and impractical but I thought I would at least give it some thought. Your comments are welcome. Dave