Mopar1973Man
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- Joined
- Aug 22, 2011
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- 825
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- Location
- New Meadows, Idaho
- Ram Year
- 1996, 2002
- Engine
- 1996 Dodge 1500 (V8-5.9L) & 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 (5.9L Cummins)
Ok first of let me vent here a second... (You've been warned!)
I got a phone call from a gent this evening upset at his truck because of hard starting and P1689 error code randomily coming. He admits he's got a Raptor fuel pump, Edge Juice and 100 HP injectors. That fine... But the admits he's selling it because he's tired of all the VP44 failures and problem.
WHOA! Stop the train... This is where I'm getting really tired of people giving the VP44 a bad name now pay attention.
Now I asked him of his source of fuel. His response is he's running red dye fuel from a farm tank because its free.
Then ask him of the the fuel filter he's running. His response is a cheap wix/napa filter.
So now whining about VP44 failures but he's feeding it dirty watered down fuel and using cheap filters and wonder why the VP44 are not lasting.
VP44 injection pump are a great pump and work very very well only if you feed them right...
I got a phone call from a gent this evening upset at his truck because of hard starting and P1689 error code randomily coming. He admits he's got a Raptor fuel pump, Edge Juice and 100 HP injectors. That fine... But the admits he's selling it because he's tired of all the VP44 failures and problem.
WHOA! Stop the train... This is where I'm getting really tired of people giving the VP44 a bad name now pay attention.
Now I asked him of his source of fuel. His response is he's running red dye fuel from a farm tank because its free.
Then ask him of the the fuel filter he's running. His response is a cheap wix/napa filter.
So now whining about VP44 failures but he's feeding it dirty watered down fuel and using cheap filters and wonder why the VP44 are not lasting.
- Fuel lubricity of <450 HFRR (He admits in using 2 cycle oil
- Fuel pressure of >14 PSI (Raptor pump and no lower than 16 PSI
- Filters of <10 Microns
- Little to no water (We all know farm fuels get water from time to time from sitting in the weather