Hey Names Corey, been coming to this site for a long while now and decided to finally join in with this "new to me" truck I've had for about 9 months. I've had a few 2nd gens and actually never had any problems until this one but Im wanting to get in back into shape and see how long it'll go. Ive read the forums long enough to know yall like the sigs filled out so got that squared away from the start. I'm needing some help guys since this is my first cummins to have problems with there are a few things im still not certain of and if you need to ask me some questions to help me out let me hear them.

 

First off, when I first got the truck on a trade the PO "said" it was a newer VP44 but had made up his fuel lines from lift pump to housing to IP out of some dern pneumatic hydraulic lines with about 6-7 different fittings, and drilled and taped a stock LP on one side to make it a standard thread. psi on the screen would show maybe 8 on idle and 3-5 WO. knowing that wasn't gonna cut it I saved up a bit of money and got the fass titanium 150 system and mounted it on the frame rail and wired it up to the window motor fuse. 

 

I'm am having some crazy start up issues. some days it'll bust off immediately, afterwards it'll take 2-3 cranks to bust, after that 6-7 cranks.. after that id have to shoot the starter fluid to it but it'll sit there and idle just fine everytime. I see 0-1 psi before I turn the key if eventually it starts up my alarm will go off showing low pressure then build pressure and be just fine. I've seen no leaks on returns (the t, banjo behind the head, and even put in a new return valve from VP). I like to know whats actually wrong with my equipment before I start throwing high dollar parts at it "new vp44" so I'd like yalls help with that.

 

I'm the new parking lot graffiti  artist with all the oil spots im leaving behind, after doing the crank case mod that left a big mess of its own, I've tried cleaning up down there so try and see where it's coming from "im thinking tappet cover" but I messed up my electric oil pressure sender/sensor with water I believe so I'm scared to take a pressure washer to it again sort of.

 

Which bring me to this question my oil pressure electrically is reading anywhere from 40-98 psi while driving and at idle at a red light will go down to 25-35. I did get water all over it while attempting to clean one day so maybe that's the culprit but honestly I don't remember my oil psi from before hand. If yall say I need a new one that's fine by me, gives me a good reason to just blast away all the oily mess down there and find my oil leak.

 

I think that's a good starting point for now, I want to get my truck starting up correctly and go for reliability without burning too big of a hole in my wallet but if I'll do what I have to.

 

Much thanks, Corey

 

Well I had to break down and go ahead and get a shop to install an industrial injection vp44. Starts up immediately now but I still wonder what the heck in the pump went wrong. ALSO! They said they "re-flashed" the truck.. With my edge juice W/ Attitude I had before would put out a bit of smoke and felt pretty peppy and seems to have lost that and the smoke when I hit it at the right time. Did they mess it up?

Also had them put on the "stealth top wire" thing as well..

Test the wire tap to see if it is connected

Will do! I saw what looked to be some dern white electrical tape on the new wire so ill check it out tomorrow and make a good connection to it myself. Think there is a chance they somehow deleted all of the programmers ability to do anything by reflash? I don't know too much about them.