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Offline golfmk4owner

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Gurgling sound
« on: 10 May 2010, 12:02 »
Guys ive had a strange gurgling sound for a while now, it seems to be coming from the glove box area, so i was thinking the cooling system matrex, but its starts as soon as the ignition is on and continues to gurgle. Its continuous with the engine on or off (and ignition on).
Any ideas or suggestions?
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Re: Gurgling sound
« Reply #1 on: 10 May 2010, 18:29 »
Recirc air flap motor :wink: it controls whether the AC recirculates the air in the cabin or not. part costs about £80 from VW and is meant to be a ball ache of a job

Here's a guide but the pics are missing :sad:


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Re: Gurgling sound
« Reply #2 on: 12 May 2010, 09:46 »
Thank you for you thoughts Steve!
HOWEVER! Would it make a difference if i told you the sound is there even with the climate control off? Just ignition alone (no climate control, no fans whirring, no AC) starts up the gurgling?
Because surely with the Climate control off the air circulation motor isnt doing anything? Feel free to correct me! Just a thought!
thanks!
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Re: Gurgling sound
« Reply #3 on: 12 May 2010, 17:54 »
make no difference motor is f**ked.
get it scanned via vag-com and it will so a code something like 'air flap position motor - faulty'
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Re: Gurgling sound
« Reply #4 on: 14 May 2010, 11:11 »
Ah okey doke, thanks for the info mate ;)
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Re: Gurgling sound
« Reply #5 on: 15 May 2010, 19:54 »
Can confirm that airflap motors are a royal pain in the ass of a job.  :sad:
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Re: Gurgling sound
« Reply #6 on: 17 May 2010, 10:28 »
Can't you just leave it in a posistion so it take outside air and not recirculate and just leave at that?
How often do you guys use recirculate? I never use it.
Surely that's better if it's a proper pain in the crack to replace.
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Re: Gurgling sound
« Reply #7 on: 17 May 2010, 18:31 »
you can just unplug the motor plug and make sure its in the open position
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