Hey there people
Im kinda hoping that someone will be able to either relate to my problem or have had the same problem with their SRT.
I have a 2005 Crossfire SRT soft top roadster, over the past 4 weeks I have noticed that the car has no power whan I hit the gas, the car normaly works well for the first maybe 15 or 20 minutes of driving but after that if I hit the gas there is no power.
You can hear the car drop down a gear or two but there is no power and the engine strugles to climb hills or even on a flat road it still has the same problem.
If I take my foot off the gas for about 20 or 30 seconds and then hit the gas again the engine will start working normaly again to full power or if I stop at lights and the engineis at idle and I take off it will work at full power but then down the road it will cut out of power again.
When driving down the road you can feel the engine like pick up power of like half a second then there will be no power at all.
I was thinkng it may be a gearbox problem, but now I am thinking it might be the Supercharger.

Has anyone had this happen to them or hear of this problem ?
Please help as my local dealer have no idea....Im from Sydney Australia.

Cheers Scotty

 

Jump on ebay or go to www..needswings.com and Rob will hook you up with a new intercooler pump and you'll be back to normal.

By the way Im from VIC and I know how annoying the lack of knowledge Australian dealers have about our cars their clueless.

John.

 

IC Pump my friend from Sydney. It's a common problem. Most fix it by replacing it with a Johnson pump, rather than a stock bosch pump. Rob at www.needswings.com carries them. You will be back to full power. Once in a great while it can the be the IC temp sensor, but I would say the pump is more your problem, as it needs to be replaced anyway....good luck

 

Nice post John....lol....

 

Cheers for your help John....how much would one of them set me back ?

 

You too Doc Great minds think alike lol

Scott if you go for the stock Bosch unit you'd be looking at anything from $100-$150 depending where you get it from and around $20 or $30 more for the Johnson pump.

Our dollars really good at the moment so we pretty much get or 6%-8% discount on US prices.

John.

 

Scotty, beautiful car btw....get that baby fixed....and hang on, because it has probably had this problem from the time you bought it...real power is about to come back. There is a "how to" here on the forum if you want to do it yourself...it can be done without removing the front bumper cover. Located on the right side below the fan area on the front lower corner of the motor. I would recommend the johnson over stock. There is a small difference in the fitting, but nothing to worry about. The hose clamp will pull donw enough to seal...good luck...

 

Yes there is no doubt it is the pump.
I would suggest the Johnson, I have never been in agreeance to replace a part with another of the same model and make if it is known for going out with great inevitability
Good luck,
Mike

 

I'm just visiting the site but hope I can help. I think the SLK32 is essentially the same so I will post this. My SLK32 was having the same problem but it was only the fuse for the intercoooler pump. There was apparantly a notice from Mercedes to replace the 5 amp fuse with a 7.5 amp fuse. I did so and have not had a problem since. If you have not checked the fuse, do so before changing the pump or the problem will still be there. If the fuse is blown and continues to blow the 7.5, the pump is probably bad. Good Luck

 

In the SRT it is fuse 13 in the box on the driver side and it is 10 amps. When my pump went it took the fuse too. I replaced the pump and the problem was still there. After checking the service manual, I found the fuse was blown. Thanks to this forum's documentation and all the wizards who contribute I am back up and running!

 

I seen the title of the thread and instanly thought "This has to be about a black crossfire" If it was an SSB, aero blue or any other color you would not have this "lack of power" problem

 

I just ordered one. Could anyone point me to the DIY?

 

The pump is on the left in this photo.
Less than an hour job. Can be accessed by removing the passenger wheel well.
Pinch off the hoses so you don't lose coolant. If you get the Johnson and use the existing mount then you will need to add something to take up the extra space between the pump and the mount (the Johnson is smaller). I used foam pipe insulation.

 

I bought the johnson pump... Could you please explain the problem with the extra space? What else should i buy so i don't start the job of replacing it and then i need extra parts.
Thank you

 

Correction, I bought the Bosch pump. Do I still need to worry about that gap that you were mentioning?

 

The pump is mounted in a clamp that has a fixed diameter. The Johnson is skinnier that the stock pump (you figured it would be fatter!) so you have to add something to take up the extra space.
Should be good to go with the Bosch.
Let us know when it's in.

 

Thank you so much. I should get it by Monday. Rob shipped it today.

 

I got it... Do i have to take of the wheel to access it? Is it complicated to take of whole front bumper?
Thank you again

 

If you take off the right front wheel and pull the front fender well cover you should have all the room you need....

Taking the front bumper cover off is actually pretty easy.... just takes about 20 - 30 minutes... then you have all kinds of room to do what you want. You can relocate your horns to the sides too if you have the bumper cover off.... and you can install a NW Super cooler at the same time... and ... and...

 

Thanks...
I remember looking at the diagram on how to take the bumper off and it was a bit confusing. Could someone explain it in "idiot proof" way?