darkmild180 Posted May 4, 2007 Report Posted May 4, 2007 just a quick question for all you knowledgable people,i left my sharan tdi in gear tonight and forgot when i came to go out again so i stalled it then there was a whirring sound and the car would not turn over when i switched it back on.i bumped it is i was on a slope and it was ok until i switched off the engine,there was still a whirring sound,would it be the starter motor sticking?starter motor only 7 months old,would it be best to clean it up?i had to take the battery lead off to stop the noise. thanks in advance darkmil180 Quote
richyrich Posted May 5, 2007 Report Posted May 5, 2007 Does it start okay now? If it does then the whirring noise you can hear is most probably the electric water pump, it runs on after you turn off the ignition for a number of minutes. It also starts up when you turn on the ignition to start the engine but mostly goes unnoticed because the engine is now started and drowns out the noise of the pump. Turn your ignition on then off without actually starting the engine and listen, it's situated somewhere near the top right of the engine, sometimes under the cowl where the windscreen wiper motor is. It should still time out.This is explained by many other threads on this site. Quote
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