SA Central Locking Motor

[Lorenz]

After a working central locking motor, mines got wet a few times and just about had it.
Will pay postage to Adelaide

[h100vw]

Is it a vac operated one or electric aftermarket? Got loads of electric ones from my fitting days.

Gavin

[Lorenz]

One of the stupid vac ones, locked me inside my own car again before

[h100vw]

The pipe isn't split is it? I will stick my neck out and say the only probs I have ever seen with vac CL has been brunt out pumps due to leaky pipes.

[Lorenz]

It stopped working a while ago when the car sat around at my old place and filled with water. I emptied and dried it out and it worked again for sometime. Now its crapped itself, made a lot of noise earlier and now wont lock/unlock the other doors

[dubai gti]

I've got 2 x new electric ones...upgrade and you'll never look back !!!

[h100vw]

It stopped working a while ago when the car sat around at my old place and filled with water. I emptied and dried it out and it worked again for sometime. Now its crapped itself, made a lot of noise earlier and now wont lock/unlock the other doors

Are you using a key or alarm to unlock and lock it?

I disagree about fitting electric. It's been done to my Toledo and they didn't do the boot. Major PIA. Would have been easy to fix the Vac system and interface the old alarm to that.

Gavin

[Mrk_Mickey]

Leave the unit out Lorenz, maybe in the sun or something to dry it up. Spray some WD40 into the connections on wire and locking motor, and see how you go.

Mine crapped itself because the panelbeater who ''fixed'' my car couldn't put a genuine rear quarter panel on straight, so the taillight leaked lol. I've sinced fixed the leak and I managed to prolong the life of my old central locking motor by doing the above. It's worth a shot!