headlamp wipers
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Printed Date: 04-May-2024 at 05:40
Topic: headlamp wipers
Posted By: tctopcat
Subject: headlamp wipers
Date Posted: 20-December-2004 at 12:28
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How do you operate the headlamp wipers on a E30
SE? should they work in sync with the screen wash/wipe? Any ideas would be very welcome. Thanks Tom |
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Posted By: Andrew Rolland
Date Posted: 21-December-2004 at 11:21
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Tom They will work with headlights on and operating the windscreen washer jets. Park the car up un front of a wall and operate the scooshers and you should see the wipers cast a shadow on the wall as they pass over the light beam. If they don't work, new headlamp wiper motors will cost a few quid and will probably require the front bumper removal. They are a great invention. These high pressure washer jets on the lights are pants, you can't beat wiper blades on the lights. My Senator had them and I could have clean lights all the time. My E39 lights need washing every other day at the moment so I can see the road at night. No headlight scooshers on my E39!
Andrew ------------- Be exclusive and drive a Petrol 5 Series! Current '13 62 F10 535i MSport Auto Previous '04 04 E60 545i SE Auto '03 53 E60 545i SE Auto (Stolen) '98 S E39 523i SE Auto |
Posted By: tctopcat
Date Posted: 21-December-2004 at 11:52
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Thanks very much Andrew... every time I've tried it's
been daylight... hence no lights... Thanks |
Posted By: Simon325i sport
Date Posted: 21-December-2004 at 14:36
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The E30 headlamp wash wipe will activate with the headlamp on (or sidelight) every fifth time the washers or the auto intensive clean are operated. The motors are a shocking £68 new from GSF (probably twice that from the dealer). It is very rare to find a working HLWW working on an E30 these days, but removing the motors is simple enough, and they are easy to dismantle too as the motors are prone to seizing. I have actually written a repair guide for the E30zone on the HLWW, but won't be available to see until the new year when the new site is up and running.
There's also a repair guide here, http://www.totalbmwmag.co.uk/HandsOn/TechAug01.PDF - http://www.totalbmwmag.co.uk/HandsOn/TechAug01.PDF but doesn't describe a common problem that I find causes the motor to seize. ------------- 
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