when i put my windscreen wipers on there is a 2 to 3 seconds delay after every wipe is this normal on a cinq?
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General Windscreen Wipers
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General Windscreen Wipers
have you tried clicking the switch up another click?
yep, i have 2 speeds i.e one that is quite fast at a continious rate and the other is as i said. it wipes pause for 2 secs then wipe again etc.
I'm sure that is normal, because not all rain is going to come down really fast, it's just for when you get a drizzle.
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always found the fully on level to be too fast. onthe motor way they do tent to flick off the actual car.
and intimitant isnt too good either. i think its still a tad fast. i end up flicking the lever alot of the time tbh.
look on the bright side though, atleast they work?
and intimitant isnt too good either. i think its still a tad fast. i end up flicking the lever alot of the time tbh.
look on the bright side though, atleast they work?
Lancia Betas used to have an adjustable intermittent wipe. No one seems to do that anymore. Progress, eh?
My Celica has a speed control on the intermittent, from about 1sec upto about 10ish, has 5 settings. Even the rear wiper two settings, intermittent and on. Something I dislike on Fiats (and other cars) is the rear wiper is either on or off, its better to have intermittent as the rear screen no matter how heavy the rain never necessitates full on.
Also all MK2 Metro's, Maestro's and Montego's which shared column controls had this function, I have never known why no one else does this, I really like it.
Also all MK2 Metro's, Maestro's and Montego's which shared column controls had this function, I have never known why no one else does this, I really like it.
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i totally agree, is there now way to add a intermitant relay to the rear wiper?
I'm sure it's possible, but really you'd have to compare the wiring diagrams from the aforementioned cars with the FIAT one and then work out how to add the function. Wonder how they did the timing?
On the Cinqs, can't say that lack of intermittent ever worried me on the rear, simply because I never find myself having to clear it more than every 5 minutes or so.
On the Cinqs, can't say that lack of intermittent ever worried me on the rear, simply because I never find myself having to clear it more than every 5 minutes or so.
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true, would just be a interesting addition. handy for motorway driving in the rain, i can never seee and having it on 100% annoys me lol.
Yes it's on motorway/dual carriageway driving in rain especially if doing long runs like when I go back up to Glasgow 7 hours on road and an intermittent rear wiper would be nice as I like to know what's behind me especially on those roads.
Though it does look decent on many cars I would never remove the rear wiper because of this just half hour of motorway driving in rain and the back window is filthy and hard to make out exactly what is behind you. this is even more of an issue when driving in winter with the salt on the roads, i don't understand how anyone with a hatch back and no wiper can drive safely
Though it does look decent on many cars I would never remove the rear wiper because of this just half hour of motorway driving in rain and the back window is filthy and hard to make out exactly what is behind you. this is even more of an issue when driving in winter with the salt on the roads, i don't understand how anyone with a hatch back and no wiper can drive safely
One thing that's always got me about the Cinqs (the Blue ones anyway, I've a suspicion the yellow one was different!) is the wiper not sweeping the full arc, unlike the Sei. But, yes, removing them seems a silly idea.
strange but true... a lot of ppl have faulty motors... yet to pass an MOT the back wiper has to actually move if it has a wiper blade attached...
like me, a lot of ppl remove the wiper so it passes an MOT, as for the driving safely, what about the ppl with tinted windows? i never had a problem with dirty windows, just use my mirrors...
like me, a lot of ppl remove the wiper so it passes an MOT, as for the driving safely, what about the ppl with tinted windows? i never had a problem with dirty windows, just use my mirrors...
maybe its me but sometimes when it rains the setting i.e the one that has a 2 or 3 second delay don't seem to do anything(it alright for a bit of drizzle) and the other one seems to be alright when there is a down pour of rain. so i am constantly flicking from one to the other. i remember i had this problem with my cortina mk2 and i bought a wiper control box which you could determin how fast you want the wipers to go. i wonder if there are any shops which still do this?
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A google only chucked up a rain detecting wiper kit.
In the vaux community, people were swapping the wiper relays with programmable VW ones. Don't think it would be difficult to do the same to the Cinq?
It worked by turning on the wiper then turn it off for however long you wanted the delay for then turn the wiper on and leave it on. It then worked at that interval.
It worked by turning on the wiper then turn it off for however long you wanted the delay for then turn the wiper on and leave it on. It then worked at that interval.
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cheers i think i will look into this and see if it can be done
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