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Location Secondary air pump Seat 2005
- Thread starter Sladdaren
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I found the air pump in the engine compartment (No problem).
The problem i got now is that the air pump won't start
.
If i connect a positive and negative wire from battery to the connectors to the air pump it's starting and works.
The fuse 40A to the air pump is ok. All the relays is ok and works.
I don't get any life on the connector to the air pump with a multimeter when the car is running
Should the air pump start right away when the car is cold ?
The problem i got now is that the air pump won't start
.If i connect a positive and negative wire from battery to the connectors to the air pump it's starting and works.
The fuse 40A to the air pump is ok. All the relays is ok and works.
I don't get any life on the connector to the air pump with a multimeter when the car is running
Should the air pump start right away when the car is cold ?
Another day, another update for you Seat owners.
I am the owner of the forum https://volvosweden.se and usually feels pretty home to all Volvo models.
I have to say this with the second day of fixing this Seat Altea that this car brand "Seat" feels pretty home team to
. Not at all like British car brands, they drive on the left side and have weird bolt sizes .
Anyway, lets try do a (solved) thread. Forum owners and car owners that have a problem likes when threads gets solved !!
I think the problem was in the connector to the air pump ! The multimeter got crazy when i measured this connector. Sometimes i got ground where the positive side should be and vice versa. I think the connector got very warm and something have melted. The strange thing also is that the fuse is still ok.
Well lets see how its works now when i cut of the connector and fixed another connector to the air pump.
The OBD2 diagnos tool gave trouble code P1423 and the check engine light in the dash. This code can be a problem on the emission test. The OBD2 tool also gave a message that there is a short to +. The only short i found was in this connector to the air pump.
Anyway, This thread is solved now. The Seat is back to it's owner. It's chances that the Seat is back in a week is pretty big. I hope the check engine light stays unlighted. Thank you guys that read this thread. I hope that someone having this trouble code might read this thread and be happy to find the solution.
I am the owner of the forum https://volvosweden.se and usually feels pretty home to all Volvo models.
I have to say this with the second day of fixing this Seat Altea that this car brand "Seat" feels pretty home team to
. Not at all like British car brands, they drive on the left side and have weird bolt sizes .Anyway, lets try do a (solved) thread. Forum owners and car owners that have a problem likes when threads gets solved !!
I think the problem was in the connector to the air pump ! The multimeter got crazy when i measured this connector. Sometimes i got ground where the positive side should be and vice versa. I think the connector got very warm and something have melted. The strange thing also is that the fuse is still ok.
Well lets see how its works now when i cut of the connector and fixed another connector to the air pump.
The OBD2 diagnos tool gave trouble code P1423 and the check engine light in the dash. This code can be a problem on the emission test. The OBD2 tool also gave a message that there is a short to +. The only short i found was in this connector to the air pump.
Anyway, This thread is solved now. The Seat is back to it's owner
. It's chances that the Seat is back in a week is pretty big. I hope the check engine light stays unlighted. Thank you guys that read this thread. I hope that someone having this trouble code might read this thread and be happy to find the solution.
I found my Altea was fairly reliable in the 12 or so years I had. The electrical box which the Seat dealer described as tricky or something. I had an episode when the lights were off on the switch but were on, went off by the key. It lasted for a couple of days. It fixed itself.
Then it was dead to starting it up. Think that was the immobiliser went off on one. The dealer didnt find anything. 24 hours it fixed itself. We used another car that day. This is when I found pulling fuses in the engine bay isnt good. You trigger the air bag light if you hit on that one. It won't go out without clearing the coding.
TDI Sport. Trusty diesel. Comfortable seats... well when new, 12 years later bolster was giving a bit. Reckon the seats were more comfortable than the Altea Xcellence.
Oh and the other issue was the AC would stop working on hot days. You'd turn everything off. Pull the heavy duty AC fuse out under the dash. Plug it back in and all was fine. I did change the fuse. It got deformed with heat but still played up.
A few idiosyncratic behaviours of the car but it did travel across Europe quite a few times without problems except the AC in Germany at 40'c or so. Fuse trick and off.... and a member of the European Seat community pushed us out of a snowed in Luxembourg hotel car park. The hotel helpfully provided a spade... but you did the rest. Leon driver came to our rescue. Went back and returned the favour.
Now the Ateca doesn't have any niggles. Vag had sorted out ICE cars... famous last words...
Then it was dead to starting it up. Think that was the immobiliser went off on one. The dealer didnt find anything. 24 hours it fixed itself. We used another car that day. This is when I found pulling fuses in the engine bay isnt good. You trigger the air bag light if you hit on that one. It won't go out without clearing the coding.
TDI Sport. Trusty diesel. Comfortable seats... well when new, 12 years later bolster was giving a bit. Reckon the seats were more comfortable than the Altea Xcellence.
Oh and the other issue was the AC would stop working on hot days. You'd turn everything off. Pull the heavy duty AC fuse out under the dash. Plug it back in and all was fine. I did change the fuse. It got deformed with heat but still played up.
A few idiosyncratic behaviours of the car but it did travel across Europe quite a few times without problems except the AC in Germany at 40'c or so. Fuse trick and off.... and a member of the European Seat community pushed us out of a snowed in Luxembourg hotel car park. The hotel helpfully provided a spade... but you did the rest. Leon driver came to our rescue. Went back and returned the favour.
Now the Ateca doesn't have any niggles. Vag had sorted out ICE cars... famous last words...
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