1995 2.1td SX Auto Project

[Dieselman]

If fitting the passenger wiper arm to the drivers side effects a fix, it suggests they are reversed.
The drivers side won't normally sweep right from the scuttle to the edge of the windscreen A pillar trim.
Are the drive spigots the correct way round, as the crank on those may be different lengths, to affect the required larger sweep angle for the passenger wiper.

Suspension lamp should be top left of binnacle but won't work with Ecu disconnected, should illuminate when Sport is selected and for 3s at Ign on. Being an Sx model your Xm doesn't have an oil level gauge. The square Lcd in the gauges is the gear selector indicator: check for cracked solder joints.

[josh2109]

That was my thought originally but swapping them means that whilst the driver's side sweep is fine, the lowest that the passenger arm can park without the arm striking the scuttle is at about 45 degrees.



And with the arms around the way I currently have them:



The two spindles/spigots are different lengths, so it isn't possible to fit them to the wrong side as one would protrude from the housing too far and the other wouldn't protrude far enough to get the arm on.

It's really got me racking my brain.

I don't recall the suspension light coming on in all the time I've had the car, so it looks like it is binnacle out time to check what the situation is with the bulb.

That's great to know that there is potentially a gear indicator on the dash as well, as one thing I think is really poorly thought out on the car is the gear shifter - I can't see that there is any form of indicator light/needle on the panel by the lever and the gaps between the gear positions are so small that it's hard to tell what gear you've engaged by feel. I've owned dozens of automatics and this is the only one I've noticed this in. All the other cars I've driven that had the gears laid out in a straight line normally had a moving red needle or filter to show what gear you were engaging.

The ABS sensors will be with me next week, so I will probably give the XM a good wash at the weekend and then swap it with the Proton MPi that's sat in the courtyard behind it so that I can strip it down ready to fit the new sensors once they land.

[josh2109]

I meant to include this observation in my last post:

Whilst priming the fuel system last night, the weather was calm (unusual where I am during the winter as we are by the sea!) and I noticed a very high pitched, high speed 'bubbling' noise.

I didn't have a listening stick handy but it was most prominent with my ear against the pump. Despite this, I can't see an external leak on the pump.

It does lose prime within a minute or so though, which isn't great. I'll try and get a can of diesel ready tonight so that I can isolate the pump and test it again.

[Dieselman]

The latest positions for the wipers looks to be about right. The wipers rest just above the windscreen black border.
As you have already seen, the drivers side spindle crank gives about 87 degrees of sweep, the passenger side about 110 degrees.

It's possible the fuel primer diaphragm has a small split, which will allow air in when running, or switched off.
New diaphragms are available.