I have a problem with my car's electrics. Can you help?
When the windscreen wipers are on and move to the top of their action (i.e. pointing skywards) the engine cuts out for a fraction of a second. As soon as the wipers begin to move back to the starting position the engine comes back on.
This is really irritating and obviously gets worse if you have the wipers on a faster setting.
If it helps it is a 1998 Seat Ibiza.
Anyone know what I can do myself to stop this? I do not want to take it to a garage as they will charge hundreds for doing very little.
Help me heal my car so someone can buy it. Thanks!
Answers:
It's a faulty earth - check the earth on the battery where it meets the car and also check the earth on the windscreen wiper motor. If it is rusty, clean it off and put vaseline on it
does this happen when driving?
Sounds like this one time when i was installing a door bell, and every time the door bell rang the microwave turned on..a really problem! As for the car i'd just sell it as is, and pray for a sunny day when they take the car off your hands!
sounds like you have a earth problem try
using some wd 40 on the motor that might cure it
are the wipers controlled by vacuum? if so, then possibly you have a vacuum leak. just a thought.
I'm thinking the linkage on the wiper arm motor is hitting a wire at the top of its action and has been doing so for some time. Now it has finally rubbed thru the insulation (chafed), and is touching whatever wire it is, and shorting it to ground momentarily.
I'm not familiar with this car, but I would check around the wiper linkage for any wires that may be coming in contact with the wiper linkage at those points in it's travel.
I'm sorry but id give it away!
no seriously it needs someone to look at it properly. tinkering yourself is OK if you know what your doing,if not give it to some one who does.
check batery terminals if ferd up poor boilig water over, then grease up then retry if this does not work there is a bad earth from engine block to body work.
good luck
sounds like the time when..... then reconnect it,, thats all u have to do, :)
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