FrostyDon
New Member
Hey all, I've been trawling this forum for a couple of weeks and it was a great help in saving me a fortune fixing my heater blower last weekend, instead of paying £400.00 to have a new one fitted I simply removed it, unseized the motor, lubed the bearings, tested it on my car battery then replaced it working!
(Water had got into it from the plenum chamber drain being blocked).
Anyway, I have another problem which I think is a little more serious.
A couple of weeks ago I arrived at home, turned off the engine,got out of the car and was met with a loud rattling pump kind of noise from around the front o/s wheel area, bearing in mind that this was with the engine turned off and the key in my hand!
I tried to starting the engine but it made some pretty loud clunking noises as if the engine was under a big load, the only solution I could find to stop this pump noise was to disconnect the battery.
So I spent all night worrying about how many thousands of pounds this was going to cost me.
The next morning I reconnected the battery (after having to almost break into the boot!), no pump noise, when I turned the ignition 2 clicks there was an "Airmatic - Visit workshop" error on the dash, so I started the engine without a hitch, the suspension seemed OK, I pressed the "raise vehicle" button on the dash and sure enough the engine seemed to raise OK and the "Airmatic - Visit workshop" had gone so I thought my problems were over!
I took it for a quick drive and when I got to about 20mph I could hear that loud rattly pump noise again, it went on for about 20 seconds then the sound of a pressure release valve and the pump stopped, after a few seconds it starts again and this cycle seems to continue, except when the car is stood still or moving very slowly, then it doesn't happen.
After reading through this forum and finding several people having similar issues I decided last weekend to change the Airmatic relay, which I did, but it appears to have made no difference.
I do notice that the front o/s suspension doesn't seem to drop or raise like the other corners but other than this the only "problem" I have right now is that the pump seems to be running quite a lot and is very noisy.
I've been quoted about £380.00 for a new pump to be fitted by an Indy in Doncaster but I'm not totally convinced that this will fix the problem.
Any ideas guys?
Any help greatly appreciated.
(Water had got into it from the plenum chamber drain being blocked).
Anyway, I have another problem which I think is a little more serious.
A couple of weeks ago I arrived at home, turned off the engine,got out of the car and was met with a loud rattling pump kind of noise from around the front o/s wheel area, bearing in mind that this was with the engine turned off and the key in my hand!
I tried to starting the engine but it made some pretty loud clunking noises as if the engine was under a big load, the only solution I could find to stop this pump noise was to disconnect the battery.
So I spent all night worrying about how many thousands of pounds this was going to cost me.
The next morning I reconnected the battery (after having to almost break into the boot!), no pump noise, when I turned the ignition 2 clicks there was an "Airmatic - Visit workshop" error on the dash, so I started the engine without a hitch, the suspension seemed OK, I pressed the "raise vehicle" button on the dash and sure enough the engine seemed to raise OK and the "Airmatic - Visit workshop" had gone so I thought my problems were over!
I took it for a quick drive and when I got to about 20mph I could hear that loud rattly pump noise again, it went on for about 20 seconds then the sound of a pressure release valve and the pump stopped, after a few seconds it starts again and this cycle seems to continue, except when the car is stood still or moving very slowly, then it doesn't happen.
After reading through this forum and finding several people having similar issues I decided last weekend to change the Airmatic relay, which I did, but it appears to have made no difference.
I do notice that the front o/s suspension doesn't seem to drop or raise like the other corners but other than this the only "problem" I have right now is that the pump seems to be running quite a lot and is very noisy.
I've been quoted about £380.00 for a new pump to be fitted by an Indy in Doncaster but I'm not totally convinced that this will fix the problem.
Any ideas guys?
Any help greatly appreciated.