Aux water pump

[jonesya3]

Been having afew problems with the above pump not staying on when the cars switched off, sometimes it will work fine but other days it wont just wondering if anyone ones got some advice on what it might be or anything to check for to rule out a faulty pump as from searching on here they are 80 quid upwards

 

[truCido]

check the fuse on top of the battery, that's the usual suspect

 

[Tartanbeef]

Are you having over-heating problems?

 

[ttothec]

if ur having problems with it i wouldnt be too worried about removing it and just putting an elbow in!

i replaced mine a while ago (paid £90) cos it was leaking... but later realised that it is not on the 1.8t golf or tt... so i assume that no harm would be done by removing it... u would probably want to let the turbo cool down following some spirited driving.

with the pump unplugged (if u rempoved it) i found that no error codes were logged

if mine goes again il be doing this

 

[jonesya3]

thanks for all the replys not getting any over heating problems and it works every now and again but if its not massively important ill just remove it as advised cheers all

 

[truCido]

its probably good for the life of your turbo though, that would be my main reason for wanting to keep it!

 

[thewiizard]

well its only a water pump so it won't effect your turbo after your engine is turned off due to the turbs not being water cooled. Seeing as no oil will be pumping having the water pump on of off makes no difference...

It will however extend the life of your engine after 'Spirited Driving'

 

[jonesya3]

ok ill keep it then

before i shell out on the pump could there be anything else causing the pump not to work

 

[thewiizard]

broke relay perhaps??? Not sure exactly how it operates to be honest.

I don't imagine its any more than a fused time-delay relay circuit. To diagnose it, Id probably trace the live from the pump to the fuse box and see what's controlling it or perhaps Autodata might list it in the wiring diagrams.

 

[pepper]

This post has made me realise that mine isnt working. Will look into it but just for reference will it be a dealer part had quick look on euro car parts and cant find one.

Mark

 

[truCido]

well its only a water pump so it won't effect your turbo after your engine is turned off due to the turbs not being water cooled. Seeing as no oil will be pumping having the water pump on of off makes no difference...

It will however extend the life of your engine after 'Spirited Driving'

thats not true, coolant is circulated around the turbo, it is water cooled....

 

[thewiizard]

In that case I stand corrected I've never spotted any water hoses attached to the turbo so I didn't think it was...

Even more reason to get it replaced in that case.

 

[truCido]

(i hope it is now i've said that lmao!!!)

 

[thewiizard]

(i hope it is now i've said that lmao!!!)

lol yeah you better had be or we're both gunna look like amatures

tbh I think your right,

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[Seatboy]

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