306 wipers

Can anyone help
1996 306xsi.
My wipers have decided that they wont work in intermittent wipe and
they wont wipe when the washer is operated either.
Any ideas. Ihave tried changing the wiper stalk but that did no good.

 

The motor seal has most likely perished and water will have entered the
motor shorting out the internal copper tracks. New wiper motor is the
fix. Expect to pay around £90 new at Eurocarparts. Easy to fit.

Jim

 

But the wipers do work, just not in intermttent mode.

I'd suspect the wiper control relay is faulty or has a bad connection.

 

There are three different copper tracks inside the motor IIRC which I
would imagine relate to different circuits. Water enters the motor and
these tracks become badly corroded. I beleive the motor could still be
your problem.

Jim

 

agreed

 

I was similarly baffled and finally had all wiper modes fail on me
during a horrendous thunderstorm on the outside lane of the A80 during
rush hour. I had been ignoring such problems - such as no intermittent
wipe - I won't do so again. I would bet money the problem is water
ingress into the motor.

Jim

 

you would win the bet
problem is that repalacements still allow water in
may be worth making up some sort of diy water shield

 

I'm sure regular coating with a waterproofing grease on the spindle of
the motor would go a long way to reduce the problem.

Jim