Central Locking Pump

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h4r1s
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Central Locking Pump

Post by h4r1s »

My Central Locking pump has been damaged by water while i was washing the car :cry:, but luckily right after i had washed, i was looking for a cloth which is in place of the first aid box. It was wet so i quickly checked the central locking pump and pulled it out, opened it up and found some green stuff on the circuit board, i tried to clean this all off. Once i had cleaned most of this off i tried it out in the car, It worked! but kept on running for quite a while after it had unlocked the car. Anyone know how i could fix this since it might burn out if it keeps running so i have taken it out for now
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Post by TERENCE »

if its whining it may well be the motor........... :(
but if it sounds like air is escaping take the pump out and check the connections-
if you can check the one that controls the petrol cap as it can be a bit flimsy. went on mine recently i just got the soldering iron and melted the connector back into shape!!
if its not there then you'll have to trace the air leak unfortunately!
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Post by gti_black »

i dunno if this is normal but i get a whining noise everytime i lock/unlock the doors. is this normal???
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Post by Ollie_R »

gti_black wrote:i dunno if this is normal but i get a whining noise everytime i lock/unlock the doors. is this normal???
Yep, it's normal. It's the fuel pump priming itself. However, I don't have central locking (damn 1.0l poverty spec :lol:) but I get the noise when I open the door.
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