New Pump(Cheap 3Rd Party One) Is It Faulty?

[sontafix]

I got one for my Beko, an offical one has 2 pins for cables that are enclosed in plastic, this one lacked the plastic over the pins so the pins came off when I attached cable but just popped back in place and seemed a solid connection, I did notice a thin copper hair that wraps around the metal pins that came loose though, I wonder if thats for some sort of ground.

[Whitegoodshelp (Andy)]

Doesn't sound like it. Most UK washing machine pumps aren't earthed any more as they are totally plastic. Any pump that has a proper earth tag (usually because part of the pump is metal) must be earthed for safety but it should be an obvious earth tab connector.