How do you jump the inverter water pump to make it run?

Gen 2's runs whenever the car is turned ON. Easy peasy.

 

I have this same question in 2023. I am trying to diagnose a code P0A93 and see if the pump is running besides a "check and see if fluid is swirling in the resivoire."

 

If it's anything like the Gen 3, you should be able to look in the live data list and see both the RPM the car wants the pump to be doing, and the RPM the pump is doing.

 

Well, if the pump is sitting on a work bench you can just put 12V on one pin and ground on the other and it will run. But first attach hoses to the input and output, run them into a bucket of water, and be sure the loop is full of water (no bubbles). Don't spin the pump dry. I suppose you could do this in the car too, but as noted above, just plug the pump in and turn the car on.

 

No, the Gen2 pump isn't like that at all. It's a "dumb" output. Whenever the IG2 feed is turned on that triggers the inverter pump relay.

No ecu has any confirmation or feedback for the pump. All the Hybrid Control ecu can look at is inverter temperatures.

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Well, since the pump's job is to move fluid around, I guess that seeing if it can do that would be the easiest way to confirm (some) operation.

You can feel the pump - it should hum and vibrate slightly as it works. You probably don't have a scope and amp clamp to test pump current.

There can be other things that can cause P0A93, such as restrictions in the cooling passages (due to crazy old coolant leaving deposit buildups), or dirt and debris clogging the air flow through the bottom part of the radiator, missing air deflectors or undershields, or corroded fins on the radiator.

I suppose you can use a scantool to monitor the inverter and MG temperatures and see what happens (and use a thermal pyrometer or imager to test radiator temperatures?)

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