Local rear wiper fad… park at jaunty angle
Discussion
Anyone know why the local hatchback crew might have taken to parking their rear wipers at an angle just off upright? Suspect they are deliberately pulling the fuse mid-sweep to do this and it’s not just a plague of spline failures afflicting all the local Golfs innit.
Lad next me has two cars and they’re both afflicted… seeing it everywhere now I’ve noticed.
Lad next me has two cars and they’re both afflicted… seeing it everywhere now I’ve noticed.
Pupp said:
Anyone know why the local hatchback crew might have taken to parking their rear wipers at an angle just off upright? Suspect they are deliberately pulling the fuse mid-sweep to do this and it’s not just a plague of spline failures afflicting all the local Golfs innit.
Lad next me has two cars and they’re both afflicted… seeing it everywhere now I’ve noticed.
The rea wiper on my Audi is currently stuck at such an angle. Apparently the units fill with cleaner fluid which corrodes them. Lad next me has two cars and they’re both afflicted… seeing it everywhere now I’ve noticed.
Audi informed me that I needed to give them £600 or everyone was going to die and that it is a hugely complex job that only the most elite special forces mechanics are capable of overcoming. EBay informed me that the replacement unit costs £70 and YouTube explained that any old monkey with a spoon can replace it.
At some point, this old monkey will get round to fixing it.
. In the meantime I'm interested to learn whether my broken wiper is advertising that I am super on trend or a coded message that I bum dogs for cash?I think you've just noticed, belatedly, that VAG cars are not terribly good quality and even rudimentary stuff that everyone else perfected decades ago will fail on all of them once they're about 10-12 years old.
Their efficiency in sharing parts across their many companies and products inevitably leads to seeing the same fault everywhere if there is an in built fault in a part, and they have in built faults in practically every part now.
Their efficiency in sharing parts across their many companies and products inevitably leads to seeing the same fault everywhere if there is an in built fault in a part, and they have in built faults in practically every part now.
DonkeyApple said:
The rea wiper on my Audi is currently stuck at such an angle. Apparently the units fill with cleaner fluid which corrodes them.
Audi informed me that I needed to give them £600 or everyone was going to die and that it is a hugely complex job that only the most elite special forces mechanics are capable of overcoming. EBay informed me that the replacement unit costs £70 and YouTube explained that any old monkey with a spoon can replace it.
At some point, this old monkey will get round to fixing it.. In the meantime I'm interested to learn whether my broken wiper is advertising that I am super on trend or a coded message that I bum dogs for cash?
Audi informed me that I needed to give them £600 or everyone was going to die and that it is a hugely complex job that only the most elite special forces mechanics are capable of overcoming. EBay informed me that the replacement unit costs £70 and YouTube explained that any old monkey with a spoon can replace it.
At some point, this old monkey will get round to fixing it.
. In the meantime I'm interested to learn whether my broken wiper is advertising that I am super on trend or a coded message that I bum dogs for cash?
You Legend. Don't forget the spoon when you tackle the fix. 
DonkeyApple said:
EBay informed me that the replacement unit costs £70 and YouTube explained that any old monkey with a spoon can replace it.
Indeed they are available for not much money, infact when I was looking for a replacement for mine (Audi S4) last year, I found many at around the £30 mark.Unsure of the quality of the £30 unit, I splashed out on a Valeo motor for around £80.
Not difficult to fit, worst part was removing the tailgate trim (without breaking anything) and removing the wiper arm (again without breaking anything) a 'puller' helps here and they too are cheap on ebay, otherwise, just 3 bolts, a plug and a water pipe IIRC.
My old one was leaking water into the boot and had a mind of it's own as to when it would run, how many wipes it would do and where it would park.
FYI, the original motor I removed was a Valeo unit.
GeniusOfLove said:
I think you've just noticed, belatedly, that VAG cars are not terribly good quality and even rudimentary stuff that everyone else perfected decades ago will fail on all of them once they're about 10-12 years old.
Their efficiency in sharing parts across their many companies and products inevitably leads to seeing the same fault everywhere if there is an in built fault in a part, and they have in built faults in practically every part now.
Fails at 10-12 years old! The rear wiper on my 2012 Octavia vRS failed twice in the 3-year warranty period.Their efficiency in sharing parts across their many companies and products inevitably leads to seeing the same fault everywhere if there is an in built fault in a part, and they have in built faults in practically every part now.
The brass pipe carrying water to the washer nozzle passed through the wiper motor/gearbox, corroded, & the gearbox filled with water.
GeniusOfLove said:
I think you've just noticed, belatedly, that VAG cars are not terribly good quality and even rudimentary stuff that everyone else perfected decades ago will fail on all of them once they're about 10-12 years old.
Their efficiency in sharing parts across their many companies and products inevitably leads to seeing the same fault everywhere if there is an in built fault in a part, and they have in built faults in practically every part now.
You could remove VAG from your post and insert every other motoring group in, especially European manufacturers.Their efficiency in sharing parts across their many companies and products inevitably leads to seeing the same fault everywhere if there is an in built fault in a part, and they have in built faults in practically every part now.
catso said:
Indeed they are available for not much money, infact when I was looking for a replacement for mine (Audi S4) last year, I found many at around the £30 mark.
Unsure of the quality of the £30 unit, I splashed out on a Valeo motor for around £80.
Not difficult to fit, worst part was removing the tailgate trim (without breaking anything) and removing the wiper arm (again without breaking anything) a 'puller' helps here and they too are cheap on ebay, otherwise, just 3 bolts, a plug and a water pipe IIRC.
My old one was leaking water into the boot and had a mind of it's own as to when it would run, how many wipes it would do and where it would park.
FYI, the original motor I removed was a Valeo unit.
Thanks for the heads up re a puller, have everything else covered. Mine had developed sentience over the summer but then decided it didn't like the freedom so began identifying as French a month or so ago. Unsure of the quality of the £30 unit, I splashed out on a Valeo motor for around £80.
Not difficult to fit, worst part was removing the tailgate trim (without breaking anything) and removing the wiper arm (again without breaking anything) a 'puller' helps here and they too are cheap on ebay, otherwise, just 3 bolts, a plug and a water pipe IIRC.
My old one was leaking water into the boot and had a mind of it's own as to when it would run, how many wipes it would do and where it would park.
FYI, the original motor I removed was a Valeo unit.
Glosphil said:
GeniusOfLove said:
I think you've just noticed, belatedly, that VAG cars are not terribly good quality and even rudimentary stuff that everyone else perfected decades ago will fail on all of them once they're about 10-12 years old.
Their efficiency in sharing parts across their many companies and products inevitably leads to seeing the same fault everywhere if there is an in built fault in a part, and they have in built faults in practically every part now.
Fails at 10-12 years old! The rear wiper on my 2012 Octavia vRS failed twice in the 3-year warranty period.Their efficiency in sharing parts across their many companies and products inevitably leads to seeing the same fault everywhere if there is an in built fault in a part, and they have in built faults in practically every part now.
The brass pipe carrying water to the washer nozzle passed through the wiper motor/gearbox, corroded, & the gearbox filled with water.
I assume it saves pennies in parts cost and seconds in assembly time, because it certainly confers no benefits to the end user.
Blasted BMW 320 Compact was like that, washer fluid passed through the middle of the wiper spindle, inevitably seizing the spindle and the nylon/plastic worm drive then chewed itself up, presumably made by Gucci given the new parts cost, daughter's car which IIRC i found a used mechanism for,quite an easy fix as i recall.
She's in a Golf now so looks like i'd better feed some lube down into the mechanism when i next see the thing.
She's in a Golf now so looks like i'd better feed some lube down into the mechanism when i next see the thing.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff