Mopar1973Man

I would say you got a warrnaty claim with Edge... Sounds like a defective unit is possible..

Most of those pictures are the Big Salmon River North of Riggins, ID which is 15 miles north of me.. The 2 pictures looking though the trees is the river across the road from me... Little Salmon River - River Flow Gauge http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=mso&gage=rigi1 Even looking at the record that was set at 12 feet of water it still never made it over the highway for me.

:banghead: Disconnecting the batteries does absolutely nothing for error codes... But you did wipe out the APPS calibration. http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn7J8FQ8x5w

Check it out...

Interesting...

Not bad... If you figure the 320 mile ride round trip for me and $100 per shop hour for a my Dodge Dealer... Not bad at all...

When suggesting big purchase buys for repairs I like to have two smoking guns. In other words we already got a low fuel pressure problem which is the first smoking gun. So now lets check error codes write them down then clear then out and go for a right and then check again. If we come up with a second smoking gun (P0216, 1688, 1689, 0251, 0252, 0253, etc) then I would say its time for a new VP44 injection pump.

Sound like there is some issues with the VP44... Like the other have said check the codes nd then clear them. Then got for a 5-10 mile ride checking for the CEL light. If the light pops on pull over and read the codes again. If it doesn't then return home and check the codes anyways. Then report what you find... I want to see if the VP44 is truely giving up...

Dave beat me to it...

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Little Bondo and paint and no one would know...

54*F and raining here the last two days...

Another way to prime the system is to use compressed air. This requires two people. Remove the fuel cap and wrap a rag around the blow gun and insert into the filler neck blow enough air into the tank so when the second person at the VP44 crack the line loose allows the fuel to come up and then tighten the line.Strange that a AirDog is no longer self priming...

Looks like its time for fresh hoses and fresh clamps. I know there isn't much slack to the heater hoses you might be able to cut that 1" off but getting the stretch to get it back on might not be there. Also when you buy new clamp don't get over zealous with the screwdriver. It take very little clamp force to seal a hose at 14-16 PSI. I don't know why I see people torque the clamp so hard the the rubber is squeezing out of the worm gear slots. This is wrong! Take notice ot the clamping force of the old spring clamps and you want about the same force.

So far even my factory return line is doing just fine at 17-19 PSI run span. I do not suggest going over 20 PSI because now your over running the return line and over pressurising the VP44 injection pump which is bad.

I'll admit since I crushed the spring coil slightly to create the oval on the ball end of the AirDog 150 I've had fairly consistent fuel pressure all winter and going into summer. So I'm still holding...Warm fuel19 PSI @ idle and 17 PSI WOTCold Fuel17 PSI @ idle and 15 PSI at WOT

Welcome to the family... I'm glad you finally came forward registered and started posting. That's the only way we can learn about you and your needs... Thank you for serving this country and be safe... But we'll be here when your ready to build up your dream truck...

I use to run factory Carter lift pumps with a big line kit they will hold well above 10 PSI at WOT. But even the Carter lift pumps won't last very long I ate three lift pumps in about 60K miles costing nearly $200 a pop. After that I upgraded to a AirDog and never had to worry about it again...

Maybe that's one of the few reason I got out of Cally back in 1990... Thanks for the update...

So there is no fuel at the VP44? So you must have a suction leak and the pump is not priming at all.

Your not going to like my answer... I bought the absolute cheapest brake pads and re-used my stock rotors after being turned. If I cleared 185K on OE brake pads and OE rotors I don't see any reason to spend more money on name brand parts. I know when Dodge builds these truck they use the cheapest parts they can to keep the profit margin up.I would say look into the exhaust brake since you do tow... Yes I know you would have to have a lockup controller for the transmission to make it work properly.

... or maybe your driving a Cummins Diesel! Seriously... Most noises you can isolate by seeing if it changes by acceleration, coasting, putting the transmission in neutral, etc. So if the noise changes it might give a clue to its location.

Welcome to the family... You happen to be from the biggest state that supports the site... Yep Texas is my number #1 state...

Something about see someone type fuel prices in a thread and it just "Oh Humm..." but its seem so much more realistic when you see pictures of the pump prices... :wow:Tell you the truth I would do the ScanGauge II before the injectors because even changing your driving habits will improve the MPG's really fast...