G-8VXWWTRHPN Polo 6R 77TSI - fresh air actuator issue - VWWatercooled Australia

Announcement

Collapse
1 of 2 < >

Email Notifications Failing (mostly Telstra)

Hello everyone. Seems there is an issue with Telstra (possible others) blocking email from our server. If you are trying to sign up I would suggest a different email if possible. If you're trying to reset your password and it fails please use the Contact Us page:
2 of 2 < >

Welcome to the new look VWWatercooled

After much work and little sleep there is a new version of the forums running on more powerful and recent hardware as well as an upgraded software platform.

Things are mostly the same, but some things are a little different. We will be learning together, so please post questions (and answers if you've worked things out) in the help thread.

The new forum software is an upgraded version of what came before, it's mostly the same but also a little different. Hopefully easier to use and more stable than before. We are learning together here, so please be patient. If you have questions, please post them here. If you have worked something out and can provide an answer,
See more
See less

Polo 6R 77TSI - fresh air actuator issue

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Polo 6R 77TSI - fresh air actuator issue

    Hello!

    My Polo has climate control. A couple weeks back the cabin fan sounded like it was pulsing and there was a faint clicking every second from behind the glovebox. I took the glovebox out and made the following observations:

    • Only happens when set to fresh intake. When recirculating there are no issues.
    • The issue is intermittent, but happens more than it doesn't.
    • Fan works no problem at any speed.
    • What appears to be the fresh air intake actuator continually cycles as though its trying to open or move, but can't - this is the clicking noise and can be seen in the below video.
    • The cycling does impact the airflow which is the airflow pulsing sound.
    • The actuator continues to cycle even when fan is turned off.
    • Wriggling the cable that plugs into the actuator only once seemed to make the actuator cycle quicker and do random things. I couldn't reproduce this again - so could've been a coincidence.
    • The AC, heating, climate control works fine.
    • I tried bending and wriggling the actuator cable all along it and couldn't make the actuator stop cycling or start cycling.


    Could someone please give any ideas on what the problem could be? Actuator, cabling, ?

    Thank you!

    Last edited by jamesjaws; 02-06-2019, 05:24 PM.

  • #2
    Maybe have a look at replacing the actuator

    YouTube

    Comment


    • #3
      How did you go with this? did replacing actuator fix it? i feel like i've got a similar problem with a pulsating fan sound which i suspect could be the actuator

      Comment

      Working...
      X