Thread: What I've been doing, part 1

Sorry to be OT, but I ain't been fishin lately. After going through
two different styles of factory Dodge fuel pumps and an aftermarket
Holley without success, finally bit the bullet and hopefully did "the fix"
Pulled the bed and took a whole buncha stuff off:



Then a whole buncha stuff back on: water seperator, filter, 150 gph pump,
and 1/2" line with -8 AN fittings from tank to motor including return line.

Man that looks like a lot of work. Wouldn't you rather help me build a shed kit instead? (jk) What was the truck doing that caused all this? Seemed to run fine a couple of weeks ago.

Ya I'll be right there on the shed, hold yer breath

Other day it was running on the Holley, good fuel pressure but they don't
hold up, that one in the floor lasted 5,400 miles.
The pump it came with new, similar situation. They were made by Carter,
and were so-so on delivering enough fuel and weren't much more durable
than the Holley. Dodge's "fix" was an in-tank fuel pump similar to what
most gas burners run nowdays. It was a joke. Cummins specs call for
a minimum of 10 psi at all times, and when I let them put the in-tank in
under warranty, it never made over 8 or 9 at idle, and I could pull it down
to nothing under load Dodge pretty much washed their hands of it,
these trucks are all out of warranty now and it's not their problem anymore.

The deal is, if these pumps (lift, or supply pumps) aren't doing their job,
it starves the injection pump (Bosch VP 44) for lubrication and they go down.
Also the fuel bypassing through the pump and going back to the tank helps
cool it. With under 10 psi, it's not bypassing.
When the VP goes down, your lookin at a grand minimum + a lot of labor,
or 3-4 times that if you take it to somebody
This only applies to the 98.5 through 02 models, before and after them
are a different story.

You could save yourself a lot of work and headache if you bought a Ford.

Now thats COLD right there!!!!

Originally Posted by Filletfrier

You could save yourself a lot of work and headache if you bought a Ford.

Hehehehe. I heard the new Dodge smokers come with a snap on bed to cut down on the labor of removing them to redo the fuel system. Them Dodge engineers are hard at work for the customer.

Wannabe...

Originally Posted by Filletfrier

You could save yourself a lot of work and headache if you bought a Ford.

I'd rather push my Dodge if it comes to that, thankye anyway

blasphemy...someone stone his azz

Originally Posted by J White

I'd rather push my Dodge if it comes to that, thankye anyway