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Title: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: paulhgti on 11 June 2013, 15:08

Had a bit of a quiet day at work today so i decided to fix my air pump had enough of it sounding like a hoover when it was cold so £1.75 later and shes all sorted.didnt even have to drill the rivetts out they fell out which was a result
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Old rivetts
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Title: Re: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 11 June 2013, 19:12

what did you do to fix it? just put the bolts in so that it tightened it up and re-sealed it or something?

think mines on its way out...

Title: Re: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: paulhgti on 11 June 2013, 19:25

Yes mate took old rivetts out and put bolts in and tightened them up could have done with smaller bolts but thats all i could get at the time realy quiet now.been meaning to do it for ages and just had enough of it today so done it at work

Title: Re: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: Dalo Harkin on 11 June 2013, 21:09

mine made a noise - a resistor later its now in the garage somewhere  :grin:

Title: Re: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: jamie16v on 11 June 2013, 23:16

great work, i think this would be a good guide for anyone who chose to fix it rather than delete it..  :smiley:

Title: Re: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: Nino on 11 June 2013, 23:25

I also fixed mine in the same manner except I used split washers to avoid the bolt becoming loose, and sealed the edges with tiger seal. It was a lot quiter but still sounded like crap :(

Title: Re: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: paulhgti on 12 June 2013, 08:06

I would have used washers but the shop i went to never had any so i used thread lock instead.well started it this morning and cant hear it so its iva fixed it or dont work at all haha

Title: Re: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: Nino on 12 June 2013, 11:30

I want to do a delete but I have been told unless im going to go down the road of a decat (which im not) then deleting it will cause my car to fail the MOT on emissions.

Title: Re: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: paulhgti on 12 June 2013, 11:39

I had the problem with the black pipe that comes off the egr valve it was making some strange noise so i had to put the pump back on it

Title: Re: Finaly fixed my air pump
Post by: Dalo Harkin on 12 June 2013, 13:01

Quote from: Nino on 12 June 2013, 11:30

I want to do a delete but I have been told unless im going to go down the road of a decat (which im not) then deleting it will cause my car to fail the MOT on emissions.

I have a 200 cell sports cat and its never failed an MOT with mine removed, it only pre warms the cat to prevent damage to it when starting from cold