Secondary Air Pump??

[matylad]

Alright people.

I have noticed that now and again my secondary air pump isnt kicking up on a cold start. This seems to be happening all the more since i reset the adaptation by disconnecting the battery. This morning it was pretty cold and the hoover sound wasnt there at all. Car sounds fine other than this being missing. I've had a search and read of various threads, the one below describes pretty much whats happening however theres no resolution to what the fault turned out to be. Can anyone shed a bit of light on the subject??

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=73168&highlight=secondary+air+pump

Cars a 20VT Cupra by the way.

Cheers,

Matt.

 

[Kris]

You will need the pump to work come MOT time. But untill then save up the £300 + fitting it costs for a new one!

You can pick them up second hand, I got mine for £100 delivered from www.findapart.co.uk

 

[matylad]

Cheers for the reply Kris. £300 + fitting.....holy sh*t!!

Anyone know if theres a fuse or anything for this (matt hopes so!) If I do need a new one how easy are they to fit? Is this driven of the aux belt?

Matt.

 

[Jay20VT]

Alright people.

I have noticed that now and again my secondary air pump isnt kicking up on a cold start. This seems to be happening all the more since i reset the adaptation by disconnecting the battery. This morning it was pretty cold and the hoover sound wasnt there at all. Car sounds fine other than this being missing. I've had a search and read of various threads, the one below describes pretty much whats happening however theres no resolution to what the fault turned out to be. Can anyone shed a bit of light on the subject??

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=73168&highlight=secondary+air+pump

Cars a 20VT Cupra by the way.

Cheers,

Matt.

hi there, is the car in warranty?, if it is get it down the dealers. If its not then keep an eye on it. To be honest mine didnt come on invariably but never gave me any problems. The other thing is the sec air pump only usually comes on when the car is warming up but by the time you get it down the MOT station it will be at Operating temp and the testers will be none the wiser. Don't worry about it too much

 

[matylad]

Cheers jay20vt. Cars out of warranty unfortunetly, i've just been out and started the car up and this time the sec air pump kicked up. So its lookin like an intermitant thing.

Cheers for your help!

Matt.