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What are the symptoms of an ailing airpump?

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Old 11-12-04, 10:37 AM
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What are the symptoms of an ailing airpump?
aside from not passing smog - the obvious.

noise?
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mine made awful screeching sounds when its clutch engaged.
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Yeah, I would say noise is really the only potential problem. It's a pretty simple device, really. If junk gets into the air pump, it could get REAL noisy.

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loud noise, blown cats.
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what does the air pump do?
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