intercooler pump install problem

[03svt4life]

I was installing pump and no movement of fluid so i did what it said in the how to section -sucking on the top line to reservoir, i get little fluid while pump is jumped, but then i keep trying and now when i try to jump you dont hear pump or anything-did i lock up new pump or what?

 

[03svt4life]

anyone....i kinda think i air locked brand new pump, i dont get how but i think i did

 

[01cobravortech]

The last time I installed a new IC pump (my 3rd one), I didn't get any fluid moving. And I had refilled the system very slowly. Left the car running and wrapped a towel around the lip of the IC tank. Put my mouth around the lip and started blowing in there hard. After about less than a minute and continuously blowing in there it started pumping. Mouth got splashed with coolant but it worked.

 

[03svt4life]

i need to check fuses but now when i try to jump new pump you cant even hear it running anymore, at first you could then i tried grabbing hoses at pump to help prime it and it stopped

 

[pmac231]

Were there any kinks in your line when you started the pump? I just cleaned my original pump, put it back on and when I jumped the relay, the pump was making noise but nothing moving in the resevoir. When I looked under the car the feed line was kinked. I fixed it and tried to start the pump again but nothing. It wouldn't work at all. I am waiting for a new one now. In my case though the pump had 80k miles on it !!

 

[SWAMPMODULAR]

Try squeezing the hoses a few times to get the fluid moving, I did that and worked fine.

 

[03svt4life]

would pulling top line of reservoir and blowing into it help? or even using compressed air?