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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: richardhammond on 27 January 2008, 18:16
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I made a post last week saying that the passanger door was not locking it is still not and today i noticed that the drivers door not eather the pin goes down but not quite all the way and the door can be opend!! What do you think could be wrong???? I have had about enough of it!!! Please Help Me!!!!
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boot-mounted vacuum pump working OK when you turn the key?
There should be a short brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp when you lock the doors.
If it is then you need to check for vacuum leaks around the network of annoying pipes around your car that make the locking work.
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i would also try seeing how free the locking mech is itself i just had my driver door die totally and it just needed a wee spray with wd40 let it soak now its free and better than before must make life easy for the pump aswell so wouldn't hurt if you gave them an oil anyways just a thought
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The pump is working but i have had enough of this s**t vacume system how hard would it be to change it to electric moter system? or is it posabel theres a bend in the hose or are the hoses solid? or do people sell new hoses that are cut to the lenght with joints and that?
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you mean this post!! http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=74801.10
like said above wd40 on the locks, have someone blow down the pipe at the motor and listen for any leaks, thats what i did when mine was playing up.
I even bought another pump as i thought it was goosed, but it was just a simple air leak on passenger side by the door pillar.
Dose the fuel flap lock?
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UPDATE: Boot now not locking!!!!!! Might the pump be dyeing?
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Hi Sorry :cry: people that said it befor the pump is not working what should i do? It does not turn on at all. i can not see the central locking on the fuse diagram? Please help me!!! But the driver door still locks??? i think it must be on a electronic moter?? becuase the pump in the boot does nothing??
ANY IDEAS would be Great!! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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Bump!
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I've got a spare pump if you want it dude. It takes about 2 minutes to fit. I dont want anything for it, only paid a fiver for it. Pm me if interested. :smiley:
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You could do with having a check behind a door card to see if you are still using the original VW air powered central locking or if someones replaced it with an aftermarket electric one.
If its a VW one then its the pump or an air leak from one of the pipes.
I'm guessing if the lockings triggered from the drivers door then there must be something there that senses the locking and tells the rest to lock. Could be that as well?
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There is both theres the VW pump thing and theres there a moter one at the bottem as well that is locking the driver door? So I will try the new pump first thanks to OakeyDoak16v Cheers!!
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I had the same problem with mine. The driver door would lock/unlock but the pump wouldn't operate. There is a switch built into the driver door solenoid motor which then operates the pump.
In my case, the switch must have been faulty. I replaced the motor and everything sprang into life.
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So should i replace the solenoid? or where is the switch?
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The switch is built into the motor/solenoid in the driver door. You have to replace the whole thing. When I replaced that it cured it.
If you are handy with a multimeter then you can check the voltages of the wiring going to the vacuum pump. I can't remember off the top of my head what they should be but do a search.
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Where could i pick up a new Motor/solenoid?
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:smiley:
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I got mine from Maplin.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=12304&doy=7m2
Its the 5 wire one for £9.99.
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Is it a direct replacment?
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I had another look to day and the moter at the bottem of the door has 2 wires and the thing that i though was the vacume thing is a kind of switch that slides which has 3 wire in so would i take all the wires from both a connect them to the new one from mapplin? Is so what ones go where Pic would be super