It was on the car a whole month and maybe had 2-3 gallons ran though it. Power directly to the pump does nothing, not a peep out of it. Working though snows warranty process right now to try and get one cross shipped so I am not without it for too long. What a PITA.
UPDATE:
So after being impatient and not hearing back from Snow I pulled the pump apart. I felt that it was something to do with the brushes and not the pump end due to there being no noise at all, then just a brief spray when testing then nothing again. Sure enough when I opened it about a half cup of water poured out of the motor housing...WTF? It says mount the pump any which way, but this thing has more holes in it than a sponge. I think the water was getting into the plastic pass through that the power and ground wires go through. There is a spring that pushes the brushes against the motor, it shorted and melted that spring so there was no longer contact between the brush and motor, everything else looked okay. I cleaned it all up inside and fixed the spring, sealed it all up like it should be and tested, all is working again. Can't say I am impressed with the motor in this pump and how the brushes are mounted. After doing some research I see Snow has an EE version of the pump "extreme environments" and apparently inside the bumper of my DD Lincoln is an extreme environment. Advice to anyone mounting the pump outside the car, pay the extra 30 bucks to get the EE version of the pump, I did not even know there was an option when I bought it. I'm sure its the same damn pump with some F'in RTV on it like mine is now.
The best part is the LED light shows its spraying because its just a tap off the power lead from the controller. Not until you feel the car pulling timing and closing the throttle do you know something is wrong. There must be a better way to know fluid is flowing. Until then I will have torque running with KR monitored so I know if this thing fails again. $hitty engineering pisses me off!
UPDATE:
So after being impatient and not hearing back from Snow I pulled the pump apart. I felt that it was something to do with the brushes and not the pump end due to there being no noise at all, then just a brief spray when testing then nothing again. Sure enough when I opened it about a half cup of water poured out of the motor housing...WTF? It says mount the pump any which way, but this thing has more holes in it than a sponge. I think the water was getting into the plastic pass through that the power and ground wires go through. There is a spring that pushes the brushes against the motor, it shorted and melted that spring so there was no longer contact between the brush and motor, everything else looked okay. I cleaned it all up inside and fixed the spring, sealed it all up like it should be and tested, all is working again. Can't say I am impressed with the motor in this pump and how the brushes are mounted. After doing some research I see Snow has an EE version of the pump "extreme environments" and apparently inside the bumper of my DD Lincoln is an extreme environment. Advice to anyone mounting the pump outside the car, pay the extra 30 bucks to get the EE version of the pump, I did not even know there was an option when I bought it. I'm sure its the same damn pump with some F'in RTV on it like mine is now.
The best part is the LED light shows its spraying because its just a tap off the power lead from the controller. Not until you feel the car pulling timing and closing the throttle do you know something is wrong. There must be a better way to know fluid is flowing. Until then I will have torque running with KR monitored so I know if this thing fails again. $hitty engineering pisses me off!
