ok, I decided to do a write-up on this since my pump was going out and I found general comments on how to do it but no actual "how-to" with a step by step and pictures. so here goes: this is a pretty straight forward job, and can be done in about an hour with basic hand tools in your driveway.
Step 1: jack up the front passenger side of your car. The intercooler pump is located underneath the bumper behind the fog light, attached to the frame rail with a bracket.
here are a couple pics of the pumps location. You can actually access it pretty easily without removing the wheel well, but of course you would have easier access if you did... I didn't and it wasn't a problem at all.
Once you locate the pump I removed the bolt that was clamping the pump bracket tight using a 10mm socket and a long extension. removing the bolt does not remove the bracket but allows you to slide the pump out once the hoses and electrical connection are removed.
to remove the electrical connector (it is located on the back side of the pump closest to the fog-light) just grab it from the sides squeeze and pull away from the pump.
Once the connector is removed it's time to remove the coolant hoses. What I did to catch the coolant was just use an empty 1 gallon jug and taped a funnel to it. I first removed the side hose, and a little fluid came out. I then slide the pump out of it's bracket keeping the top hose connected (I did this because this hose goes right to the resivour (sp)) and once you remove it a lot of fluid is going to come out. just let it all drain out.
now you should have the pump out and need to remove the 6 screws holding the top on:
once the screws are removed, remove the top and lightly tap it on the ground at an angle, you will see a bunch of black dust come out.
do this, rotate it a little and do it again. I kept doing this until the black dust seemed to stop coming out. there was a pretty big pile of dust... then I got out the air hose and blew compressed air into the pump... a lot more dust came out.
once you get all the dust out reinstall the top make sure the orange O-ring is still in its groove, then make sure all the screws are tight.
reinstall the pump, reconnect the hoses, plug the electrical connector back in, and reinstall the bolt and tighten to secure the pump in place.
to make sure the pump was working properly and to aide in filling the system back up I made a jumper wire to run power to the pump while I was filling the system. To do this, remove the fuse cover located on the passenger side of the engine bay right next to the intake tube. remove the black square fuse, and put the jumper wire into the slot closest to the passenger fender and the on farthest from it.
you should now hear the pump turn on and you can begin slowly refilling the system from the resivour... do this slowly so you can allow air to escape and prime the pump.
once the system s full you should see the coolant moving around a lot in the resivour... fill to the fill line, and reinstall the cap.
you done, congrats and your intake air temps thank you! hope this helps those out there who's pump has either stopped working or is only working somtimes (or after you hit it a few times).
Step 1: jack up the front passenger side of your car. The intercooler pump is located underneath the bumper behind the fog light, attached to the frame rail with a bracket.
here are a couple pics of the pumps location. You can actually access it pretty easily without removing the wheel well, but of course you would have easier access if you did... I didn't and it wasn't a problem at all.
Once you locate the pump I removed the bolt that was clamping the pump bracket tight using a 10mm socket and a long extension. removing the bolt does not remove the bracket but allows you to slide the pump out once the hoses and electrical connection are removed.
to remove the electrical connector (it is located on the back side of the pump closest to the fog-light) just grab it from the sides squeeze and pull away from the pump.
Once the connector is removed it's time to remove the coolant hoses. What I did to catch the coolant was just use an empty 1 gallon jug and taped a funnel to it. I first removed the side hose, and a little fluid came out. I then slide the pump out of it's bracket keeping the top hose connected (I did this because this hose goes right to the resivour (sp)) and once you remove it a lot of fluid is going to come out. just let it all drain out.
now you should have the pump out and need to remove the 6 screws holding the top on:
once the screws are removed, remove the top and lightly tap it on the ground at an angle, you will see a bunch of black dust come out.
do this, rotate it a little and do it again. I kept doing this until the black dust seemed to stop coming out. there was a pretty big pile of dust... then I got out the air hose and blew compressed air into the pump... a lot more dust came out.
once you get all the dust out reinstall the top make sure the orange O-ring is still in its groove, then make sure all the screws are tight.
reinstall the pump, reconnect the hoses, plug the electrical connector back in, and reinstall the bolt and tighten to secure the pump in place.
to make sure the pump was working properly and to aide in filling the system back up I made a jumper wire to run power to the pump while I was filling the system. To do this, remove the fuse cover located on the passenger side of the engine bay right next to the intake tube. remove the black square fuse, and put the jumper wire into the slot closest to the passenger fender and the on farthest from it.
you should now hear the pump turn on and you can begin slowly refilling the system from the resivour... do this slowly so you can allow air to escape and prime the pump.
once the system s full you should see the coolant moving around a lot in the resivour... fill to the fill line, and reinstall the cap.
you done, congrats and your intake air temps thank you! hope this helps those out there who's pump has either stopped working or is only working somtimes (or after you hit it a few times).
