Whir when you open the door

[Steveo]

When I first open the door in my GTI I hear a whirring noise inside the car - I think towards the back of the cabin. It sounds like something retracting.

Any ideas what it is?

[Candyman]

Fuel pump priming

[Umai Naa!!]

^^Spot-on.

Totally normal on all petrol-engined VWs.

[Tim]

^^Spot-on.

Totally normal on all petrol-engined VWs.

My mk1 scirocco must be broken then

[Rob_R]

My mk1 scirocco must be broken then

Tim, your mk1 roc has a manual rubber bulb primer doesn't it?

[tonymy01]

LOL! (about the bulb primer, like my whipper snipper hehe).
Well isn't this car an electronic bag of tricks! I didn't know it was the fuel pump (thought it was some kind of venting to help clear stale air or something hehe), it seems many things on our car operate even with the keys out the ignition, unlike my old Subaru where key out pretty much meant very little still had power. No wonder our batteries are so massive! And we don't get kessey here, which would require even more things sapping at the power in "standby".

[Candyman]

I had one of the first Subaru Liberty (Legacy) wagons in NZ.

Way back then, a lot of gear was powered with the key out.

We are talking 26 years ago.

Most of the VW items are power triggered by sensors and auto switches

Edit - since the service mine now stops when you release the button ???

[AdamD]

Edit - since the service mine now stops when you release the button ???

You talkin' about this thread?

[Candyman]

You talkin' about this thread?

Sorry Adam, correct. Wrong thread

[HPSOV]

I suspect it is the hydraulic pump in the DSG priming