[Vwdiesel] Diesel pickup truck engine comments...

[pmdolan at sasktel.net]

We have a small fleet of CTDs in Dodge one tons, and the #1 concern is fuel pressure.  We have a gauge in front of everyone's face, and if the fuel pressure from the lift pump faulters one bit, the truck must be stopped and the pump changed - otherwise it WILL take out the main pump (in several generations of the 24V engine).  Yes, it cost us a few pumps to learn that, but careful monitoring solved the problem.

----- Original Message -----
From: LBaird119 at aol.com
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:18 am
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Diesel pickup truck engine comments...

> In a message dated 2/27/2007 9:51:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> jhsg at sasktel.net writes:
> 
> >  6.. Everyone speaks of the Cummins 5.9L 24v reverently.
> > 
> 
>  Well, not EVERYONE.  ;-)  Dad's been talking quite a bit of 
> selling his and 
> even looking for a 12v one.  3 fuel pumps and 2 injector pumps, 
> 15mpg when he 
> first got it (used) and finally beating 20 regularly now and he 
> just doesn't 
> trust it due to the high IP fialure rate on the electronic pumps.  
> The engine 
> itself is fine, it's the fuel pump/IP problems that concern him.  
> Last fuel 
> pump was an upgrade that puts a whole new unit in tank instead of 
> replacing the 
> one on the engine.
>     Loren
> 
> 
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