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Intercooler pump again
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<blockquote data-quote="Robert M" data-source="post: 15631475" data-attributes="member: 9628"><p>^^^^There is an owner who did this install, and in the end he found that the coolant was flowing too fast (turbulence) through his I/C tank and introducing air into the system.............and then that 2013/14 by-pass hose comes into play........The SVT engineers found that keeping the majority of the I/C-H/E coolant flow out of the degas bottle was better than flowing all coolant through it. Air in the cooling system makes it less efficient, and by-passing the system with the majority of the coolant flow allows the degas process to work with the bottle on the side lines (as it were), but minimizes the full coolant flow through the area where the air is, there is actually a restrictor in the 2013/14 I/C hose to limit the amount of flow to the degas bottle and keep the main flow away from the degas air. <<There is a reason why this new set-up was designed for 2013, and this is why the pump was mounted where it was by the designers. That is why I mentioned the 2013/14 I/C hose as being a main player in this system.............To keep the majority of the I/C-H/E coolant away from the degas bottle air. The position of that hose is also important, the bottle is higher (where the air would go), and the pump connection is at the lower end with the degas as shown in my picture.</p><p></p><p>I did buy the VMP harness kit to use as a plug-n-play "extension cord" to the pump timing cover location, I was thinking it was to relocate the 2007-2012 pump which has a different pigtail end? if so, all I have to do is solder and heat shrink the correct 2013/14 pigtail end on the VMP harness, so the power will be from the original 2007-2012 location and snake its way to the drivers side timing cover location, all looking factory installed. The correct 2013/14 pump pigtail end can be found on a factory 3-pigtail harness that includes the 2013 I/C pump, CAI connector and cam timing sensor (I think), the harness from Ford was $10 or so.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>R</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert M, post: 15631475, member: 9628"] ^^^^There is an owner who did this install, and in the end he found that the coolant was flowing too fast (turbulence) through his I/C tank and introducing air into the system.............and then that 2013/14 by-pass hose comes into play........The SVT engineers found that keeping the majority of the I/C-H/E coolant flow out of the degas bottle was better than flowing all coolant through it. Air in the cooling system makes it less efficient, and by-passing the system with the majority of the coolant flow allows the degas process to work with the bottle on the side lines (as it were), but minimizes the full coolant flow through the area where the air is, there is actually a restrictor in the 2013/14 I/C hose to limit the amount of flow to the degas bottle and keep the main flow away from the degas air. <<There is a reason why this new set-up was designed for 2013, and this is why the pump was mounted where it was by the designers. That is why I mentioned the 2013/14 I/C hose as being a main player in this system.............To keep the majority of the I/C-H/E coolant away from the degas bottle air. The position of that hose is also important, the bottle is higher (where the air would go), and the pump connection is at the lower end with the degas as shown in my picture. I did buy the VMP harness kit to use as a plug-n-play "extension cord" to the pump timing cover location, I was thinking it was to relocate the 2007-2012 pump which has a different pigtail end? if so, all I have to do is solder and heat shrink the correct 2013/14 pigtail end on the VMP harness, so the power will be from the original 2007-2012 location and snake its way to the drivers side timing cover location, all looking factory installed. The correct 2013/14 pump pigtail end can be found on a factory 3-pigtail harness that includes the 2013 I/C pump, CAI connector and cam timing sensor (I think), the harness from Ford was $10 or so. R [/QUOTE]
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