londonaye

Just an update, as I said I'm not very mechanically minded and although I succeeded in removing the wiper arms (at the expense of a 13mm socket which fell down and now lives in the undertray) I was unable to remove the plastic cover below the windscreen, so decided to leave it for the mechanic at the garage. He said the wipers would pass the MoT, which it did, and I said I could live with the inconvenience of having to get out and push the arm down to get them to turn off completely. By the way, the wheel bearing got replaced and the rumbling from the back has gone, but the brake drum at that side still gets hot so its back in for the brakes to get checked :-(

Thanks. I'll do that at the weekend and report back.

Thanks for your reply. No, (amazingly) I'm not having the problem with rear wiper fluid that others have had. But do have loads of other electrical issues such as driver side rear door not opening, driver door doesn't sense if its open, electric windows knackered, central locking locks the doors and boot when the car has to struggle to start up on cold winter days, and no amplification on the car radio! With that list you may still be wondering why I hang on to the car. Well, on the plus side can easily get over 70mpg if I'm easy on the accelerator and brake, the car has never failed to start and has its original battery, and the gear change is ten times smoother than on my wifes new Renault Clio :-)

I am having the wipers-always-on problem with my 2002 mk1 Octy which I've owned since 2005 with 194k miles now on the clock. Checked the relay and it seems OK. Pulled out the rear wiper fuse but that didn't cure the problem. Sprayed contact cleaner into the stalk with no improvement. So now I'm left thinking it could be the park position sensor in the motor that is causing the problem. Further evidence for this comes from the fact that I can get the wipers to stop wiping all the time if I put them on intermittent, then push down the passenger side wiper arm to the normal rest position (since the problem began the passenger side wiper rises up a couple of inches from the normal rest position when pausing on intermittent), then run around to the stalk and put it in the off position. Or I can keep pulling the fuse and keep an eye on the weather forecast. MoT due in next few weeks and its needing a new rear wheel bearing so money is tight. I'm not very mechanical, so my question is this - how do I remove the front wiper motor then open it to try to clean the park position sensor? I've tried searching for the info on the forum but didn't have any luck finding it. Thanks in advance. David.