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wblatchley
11-12-2007, 07:09 PM
Hi everyone,

Just a simple "I don't know how my car works" question this!

I bought my 2.5TDI 2000 syncro T4 van second hand in Germany, and don't have any English instructions!

I notice that when I put the right hand stick down to make the wipers go intermittent, they are sometimes fast-intermittent and sometimes slow-intermittent, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to set the speed! It seems completely random!

Anyone know the anwser to this?

Cheers,

carbon
11-12-2007, 08:34 PM
To adjust the speed between passes can be tricky to start with but once you have the hang of it, it seems to work well.

Set the wipers to intermittent, the default time between passes should be about six seconds.

Then to adjust this time.

When the wipers are moving return the control to the park position, leave it there until your desired interval has elapsed (max delay approx 30 seconds) then return the control to the intermittent position. This should set the delay to your desired time. Turning the ignition or the wipers off for a long period of time returns the delay to the default six seconds.

wblatchley
11-12-2007, 10:28 PM
Thanks so much! I'm going to give it a try next time I'm out in the rain!