Secondary water pump

[Robbie C]

Hoping someone can quickly put my mind at rest here but noticed tonight that after driving the car very gently in -1 temperatures when turning the ignition off after parking up the water pump that normally cools the turbo hasn't come on.

Is this because the car hasn't reached a set temperature as it's so cold or should it always come on regardless of any external factors?

 

[h17och]

could be nackered

 

[CupraElliott]

No engine management light on? Could be a dirty temperature sensor, pretty sure thats the problem I am having because mine does that every now and again. Dodgy connections.....or as above, bust.

 

[Robbie C]

Hmmm, not sure if it's linked to the fact that my temp guage flashes and beeps every morning after a cold night (<10 degrees). I've checked the nodes inside the coolant header tank but they're both clean so could this be causing it?

 

[Olly20VT]

Check your fuse's on top of the battery

 

[Robbie C]

Thanks I'll check later. So I assume that everyone else's pumps are still coming on regardless of how cold it is??

 

[Dave B16 HEO]

ive noticed that my pump isnt coming on anymore either and my out side temp is always reading in the -'s

Dont know if this has anything to do with it or not as a few months ago my heater matrix was leaking inside the car and meant that the dash had to come out to replace it and the air con had to be dis charged, i havnt had it refilled yet and was wondering if that would have anything to do with it aswell!

Not tryin to crash ur post but we both have similar problems cheers

 

[Olly20VT]

My pump still works at any temp above or below 0 even if i only drive for 5 mins.

 

[Dave B16 HEO]

yea i think im going to have to test it to see if its getting any voltage! it could be broken its just the fact it stoped after i did the heater matrix and that wasnt a job i want to do again in a hurry! lol

 

[Robbie C]

Bugger, cheers for the replies. Let's hope it's just a fuse.

I'm intrigued whether it could be related to my temp sensor in my coolant header tank though.

 

[Robbie C]

Big thanks to Olly20VT, I checked the fuses and found this little bad boy:

mental note to self: don't be a f**ktard and use a screwdriver to prise the old fuse out when the battery is still connected...

Thanks again Olly, appreciate the advice