Welshy
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Post by Welshy on Nov 25, 2012 21:34:13 GMT 1
Alarm going off on A3. Found that by opening and closing tailgate, indicators will flash when arming alarm, and fault goes away
Done some research and found washer pipe leaks onto boot switch, causing problems. Have to admit when I checked on Friday before we went away, the tailgate lock did seem very wet.
Will need to take tailgate panel off and have a looksie.
Anyone else come accross this fault before?
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Post by Dragon on Nov 25, 2012 22:35:56 GMT 1
Yeah loads of times, but normally VW's
Just make sure the washer jet stays central when you operate it
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Post by Rhubarb on Nov 26, 2012 0:30:44 GMT 1
Dry it out, lube it up  |
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Post by Welshy on Nov 26, 2012 9:12:46 GMT 1
Dry it out, lube it up Good advice, but lets stick to the original problem ;D ;D |
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Post by Noberator on Nov 26, 2012 12:41:13 GMT 1
Alarm going off on A3. Found that by opening and closing tailgate, indicators will flash when arming alarm, and fault goes away Done some research and found washer pipe leaks onto boot switch, causing problems. Have to admit when I checked on Friday before we went away, the tailgate lock did seem very wet. Will need to take tailgate panel off and have a looksie. Anyone else come accross this fault before? Nick has your motor got a Bose system?  If it has watch the amplifier or the convenience module isn't getting wet which I suspect it might be a pipe split directly above one or the other.  Failure regular on Golfs mine leaked a while back pipe had become detacted  dried it all out re-attached popped pipe all ok now. |
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Post by Welshy on Nov 26, 2012 12:45:09 GMT 1
Alarm going off on A3. Found that by opening and closing tailgate, indicators will flash when arming alarm, and fault goes away Done some research and found washer pipe leaks onto boot switch, causing problems. Have to admit when I checked on Friday before we went away, the tailgate lock did seem very wet. Will need to take tailgate panel off and have a looksie. Anyone else come accross this fault before? Nick has your motor got a Bose system? If it has watch the amplifier or the convenience module isn't getting wet which I suspect it might be a pipe split directly above one or the other. Failure regular on Golfs mine leaked a while back pipe had become detacted dried it all out re-attached popped pipe all ok now. The pipe is leaking; confirmed this morning Mrs Welshy is taking the grand kiddies out later. If I'm still here, then I'll ask her to take the Alfa and i'll sort her car out then |
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Post by Noberator on Nov 26, 2012 14:42:30 GMT 1
Nick has your motor got a Bose system? If it has watch the amplifier or the convenience module isn't getting wet which I suspect it might be a pipe split directly above one or the other. Failure regular on Golfs mine leaked a while back pipe had become detacted dried it all out re-attached popped pipe all ok now. The pipe is ; confirmed this morning Mrs Welshy is taking the grand kiddies out later. If I'm still here, then I'll ask her to take the Alfa and i'll sort her car out then Had to be a leek leak innit. ;D  |
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Post by Welshy on Nov 27, 2012 16:34:30 GMT 1
Checked it today. Looks like it's leaking from the body of the wiper motor itself. Connection from washer pipe to motor is tight and dry, but when operating washer, little pressure comes out of jets (I did blow through and checked for blockages) I'm going to price up a new motor  |
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Post by Rhubarb on Nov 27, 2012 17:02:01 GMT 1
Checked it today. Looks like it's leaking from the body of the wiper motor itself. Connection from washer pipe to motor is tight and dry, but when operating washer, little pressure comes out of jets (I did blow through and checked for blockages) I'm going to price up a new motor Take it apart and blow the jets through first |
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Post by Noberator on Nov 27, 2012 17:08:40 GMT 1
Checked it today. Looks like it's leaking from the body of the wiper motor itself. Connection from washer pipe to motor is tight and dry, but when operating washer, little pressure comes out of jets (I did blow through and checked for blockages) I'm going to price up a new motor Take it apart and blow the jets through first Stick a thin pin or needle down the jet hole and give it a good rogering. Might be gunged up with shite.  ;D |
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Post by Welshy on Nov 28, 2012 9:16:38 GMT 1
Take it apart and blow the jets through first Stick a thin pin or needle down the jet hole and give it a good rogering. Might be gunged up with shite. ;D Done so already It looks like it's leaking from the body. There's some Audi dealers on fleabay selling them new for less than £80, so need to save the pennies and buy one |
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Post by natedog on Nov 28, 2012 12:17:41 GMT 1
This thread has reminded me that I need to fix the rear washer on the focus. It currently just waters the rear seat. Head lining out job  sent from my HTC using proboards android app |
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Post by Joepublic on Nov 28, 2012 21:25:57 GMT 1
Its not too difficult to remove the back from the wiper motor and clean it out, the water goes down the centre wiper spindle / shaft but can leak via an O ring if there's debris inside.
Or disconnect the rear pump and pipe in the engine bay...................
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dried it all out re-attached popped pipe all ok now. 
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