*** Central locking pump - investigation, working again ***

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dragon_green
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*** Central locking pump - investigation, working again ***

Post by dragon_green »

Hi all,

My central locking stopped working the other day. There was no sound from the pump so I decided to investigate it. The pump now works again.

***The problem was corrosion of the contacts between the plug and the pegs on the pump***
Once i'd cleaned these up, the pump worked again. You can tell if it's corroded by the blue / white deposits when you take the socket out of the pump. I think this is caused by water / moisture.

I cleaned the pump pins by removing the pump casing to expose the pins. I used a stiff nylon brush to clean the plug.

Hope this can help other people with 'broken' central locking pumps.
I've only tried it a couple of times to make sure it works, time will show if it's a real fix.

Cheers!

*Edit*
Picture of pump contacts showing the deposits:
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inder
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Post by inder »

glad you got it working again, could clean the contacts with isopropyl alcohol too or some other electrical contact cleaner

:)
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