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windshield wipers stay on 850 1995

Hello,
Yesterday i finished replacing the PCV system, oil seperator and lines and the car runs well.

Today when i headed out i ran the window squirter a couple of times in a row to clean off the pollen thjat had acumulated. When i let off i realised that both the squirter and wipers were still going. I tried moving the lever to different positions with no change. I shut the car off and restarted with no change, so i removed the fuse to shut it off.

Any suggestions? Could i have hooked up something wrong in the many connections that i touched removing the intake manifold? It doesnt seem that i would have touched anything related to the washer / squirter system and this may just be a coincidance. Where is the ww relay?
Thanks for any ideas, Bob








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windshield wipers stay on 850 1995

Sounds more like the switch is stuck. With the car off, pull the washer switch about a dozen times. Then put the fuse back in and try again.

Klaus
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windshield wipers stay on 850 1995

I removed the relay for the windshield wipers, and the headlight wipers and squirter are still running.

I disconected the wire plug to the washer / wiper switch on the steering column and headlight wipers and the squirter are still running. it seems no power should go to anything with the switch disconnected.

Is there a seperate relay for the headlight wipers? I unpluged the squirter pump and it stopped (i also believe i broke the side hose connection to the pump)








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windshield wipers stay on 850 1995

Turn the headlights off. You have a wire that has shorted and is grounding through the wiper system. The headlight washers are only supposed to work when the headlights are turned on. I really hate the way these cars are wired up, you could have a short by the wiper motor below the headlamp.

Klaus
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windshield wipers stay on 850 1995

It turns out that the left headlight wiper motor (which hadnt been working anyway) must of shorted out. I unplugged the L/h motor and everything else works fine.

Thanks for the help, Bobd








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windshield wipers stay on 850 1995

You left out the part where the LH wiper motor was not working :)

Klaus
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