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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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when i start my enjen the wiper door go up and when i switch the car off it goes down ,i discontinued one hose from the wiper actuator .now the wiper door stay down but the head light is going up very slowly.what is the proplem is it from the actuator?or the headlight actuator.or there is leak from the hose.
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Check to be sure the manual over ride under the steering column is pushed in.

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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by orlandozx
when i start my enjen the wiper door go up and when i switch the car off it goes down ,i discontinued one hose from the wiper actuator .now the wiper door stay down but the head light is going up very slowly.what is the proplem is it from the actuator?or the headlight actuator.or there is leak from the hose.
Sounds like the red and green hoses are backwards at the relay and the valve under the wiper arm has a slow leak.
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,i discontinued one hose from the wiper actuator .
Did you plug it,if you leave it open it will starve the headlight actuators ?
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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I had a prob with slow wiper door and headlamps, the headlamps would even come up at about 75mph. I was ready to replace all the hoses. Someone told me to clip off just a bit (depending on how much excess you have) off the end of each of the vacuume hoses and re-attach them. It worked great, sometimes the cheap and easy fixes are the best...
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