Hi,
I seem to have developed the dreaded rear wiper leak/boot sensor problem. I have been reading some of the other threads on this and so far I have found that the wiper motor was leaking.
I dried the micro switch on a radiator and it seemed to make some improvement but the boot open warning was still flickering.
I then bought a new boot lock and switch unit but this made no difference.
Additionally I have sprayed the connectors with GT85. I was unsure what the unit to the left of the wiper motor was, but the boot switch cable does feed into it, so I also have it a spray but have not taken it out to dry it, but it may also have been dripped on or sprayed.
At this point I'm not really sure how to proceed. The boot warning flickers on and off and sometimes other things line the indicators and dash lights stop working. Could the wwiper cable have leaked on electronics elsewhere? To me it seems like the boot open signal is messing other things up as they normally do it after about 20 minutes of the boot flickering like crazy. Anyway please help!! Car is a 2007 S3.
Cheers
Will.
I seem to have developed the dreaded rear wiper leak/boot sensor problem. I have been reading some of the other threads on this and so far I have found that the wiper motor was leaking.
I dried the micro switch on a radiator and it seemed to make some improvement but the boot open warning was still flickering.
I then bought a new boot lock and switch unit but this made no difference.
Additionally I have sprayed the connectors with GT85. I was unsure what the unit to the left of the wiper motor was, but the boot switch cable does feed into it, so I also have it a spray but have not taken it out to dry it, but it may also have been dripped on or sprayed.
At this point I'm not really sure how to proceed. The boot warning flickers on and off and sometimes other things line the indicators and dash lights stop working. Could the wwiper cable have leaked on electronics elsewhere? To me it seems like the boot open signal is messing other things up as they normally do it after about 20 minutes of the boot flickering like crazy. Anyway please help!! Car is a 2007 S3.
Cheers
Will.