Mopar1973Man

Idaho is back and forth on the fence about cannabis use. All the states around us are legal use. California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. All those states are DemocRATs and Idaho is Republic state hence some the hold up.

Did you tighten the crossover tube first? If you did it was done correctly. If you did the injector hold down first you did it wrong and pinned the injector and not allow the crossover to center up the injector.

Also might want to check your oil temperature. I used the trans sensor of the Quadzilla in the oil plug on top of the oil filter housing. Hotter the oil thinner it gets. I typically see 168°F to 175°F in engine oil temp. Being your running larger tires and lower gear ratio could add more heat to the oil causing a drop in pressure too. As seen below 105°F daytime temperature. 245/75 R16 tires making final ratio to the ground 3.69:1 putting my 66 MPH at a perfect 2,000 RPM and 82 MPH at a perfect 2,500 RPM but this drops my engine load considerable, EGT's drop, oil temperature drops, etc. MPG rises. More heat created anywhere is a lost of power into heat.

No tuner can correct any idle issues. Idling lope is all the stock ECM software causing it. Even Edge and Quadzilla hand off to the ECM at idle. Lopey idle is strictly injector size and pop pressure related. You could create a lopey idle with valves that are mis-adjusted. Even my truck lopes at a coasting idle to a stop once stopped it will idle at a perfect 800 RPM. As for Dripley the RV275's are just another stock injector. They are not flow matched or pop tested for flow rate or even pop pressure. Just 6 random injectors are put in a box and shipped. I won't suggest RV275's any longer. Now step up +50 HP now you getting pop tested and flow match injectors. Then for +50HP injectors cost about $100 less than RV275's. . +40 HP Bosch RV275's $379.00 https://www.dieselautopower.com/bosch-new-injector-rv275-marine-300-40hp-0432193635 +50 HP DAP 7 x 0.008 injectors $279.00 https://www.dieselautopower.com/diesel-auto-power-50hp-performance-injectors-7x0-008-vco-vp7x8vco-18343 +50 HP DAP 7 x 0.008 injectors $299.00 https://www.dieselautopower.com/diesel-auto-power-50hp-performance-injectors-7x0-008-vco-vp7x8vco-17008 +50 HP DAP 7 x 0.008 injectors $325.00 https://www.dieselautopower.com/diesel-auto-power-50hp-performance-injectors-7x0-008-vco-vp7x8vco

Yup. I'm typically hold out till evening time when all jobs are completed. Then I consume my dose of cannabis. Majority is smoked currently but I do have some RSO (Rick Simpson's Oil) for just eating. I'm still doing good bladder and everything is healed up and I'm still rolling. Now knowing what I know now. I could of saved my Step Dad (George Krivda) he died in 2004 from Pancreas Cancer. Could of been pounding the cannabis well before and could of gave him a fighting chance. Even my Mother (Rosalie Krivda) she passed away in Feb 2020. Due to kidney failure, bleed flow issues in her legs and then dementia. Now the cannabis could of slowed down the dementia if I would of caught it sooner. Then the one time she did actually smoke with me she enjoyed it. Then next night forgot what it was about. Then didn't want to smoke it again. As for my girlfriend she is a long term cannabis smoker as well. She should have pancreas cancer now but all the test come back negative so far. But the enzyme is high for the cancer trigger already. We are now gaining ground and knocking this enzyme down. Normal is 0 to 36. Hers was 116 now down to 96. The cannabis is actual preventing the cancer from starting. Just remember the Feds made it illegal back in 70's because the doctors wanted to sell more chemo and radiation so the Fed's Knew that cannabis prevents cancer hence one reason it was made a class 1 drug to prevent any testing in the future. If this status changes to any other class than the double blind studies could start. As you can see Fed's do this prevent people finding the truth. No one has ever died from cannabis. Can't overdose on cannabis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act

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3/8" fuel line is too small for pressure stability. Need to upgrade to full 1/2" plumbing to get the pressure stable. I'm set for 17 PSI at an idle only drop to 15 PSI at 3,000 RPM WOT. I can cruise 82 MPH at 2,500 RPM and still hold 17 PSI. Running 150 HP injectors (7 x 0.010) and 180 HP Quadzilla tuner. Running all JIC compression fittings and Parker Push lock fittings, never once had an air issue. I'm also curious what lift pump? (AirDog FRRP) Is there a draw straw in the tank or fuel basket? (Most likely hooked to the stock pickup in the tank) I'm running the full AirDog 150 (with the 165 Pump installed). First pump lasted 13 years 250k miles. I'm on my technical second pump. There was a another pump in there a 3rd Gen AirDog pump which failed in month and about 7k miles. Not counting. I'm full 1/2" plumbing from tank to VP44. AirDog FRRP are more or less junk being the pump is too far forward and sucking fuel too far. Needs to be closer to the fuel tank and upgraded to 150 to 165 pump. Volume stability needs 1/2" plumbing from tank to VP44. Need to ditch the banjo bolts. Another reason why the FRRP is not a good choice it has the same problem that the stock pump does. The distance from the tank and also if the pump dead heads it will cavitate. Like all the other AirDog pump have a 3 hose head back to the tank return line. This prevents this problem since the pump never dead heads. This why I will suggest the full AirDog. As for FASS I will "not" suggest being out here lot of the county boys have learned quickly. If FASS reduce there over all size it would be a better pump for sure then bring back the short bed bracket. My AD 150 is tuck in behind the transfer case and the skid plate guard the filters and the transfer case keeps the snow off the filters and pump. 1. FASS pump are known to gel faster than an AirDog. Typically the filter hanging down in the sling path of the tires and covers over the pump with snow and ice. 2. The since 99% of all install the filters hang down below the bottom of the frame they can be struck easily when off road. Since this happen too. Leaving you stuck till you buy new filters. All 1/2" plumbing. Only 2 PSI fall from idle to WOT.

I know that feeling just like paying $750 for HID's I would do it twice for any other vehicle I would own.

Not really. The only one is the overflow valve which you can test with compressed air. I've never seen a bad overflow yet.

Change your fuel filters?

Like myself I'm glad I never got a high line series 2nd gen after watching all the problems with heated seats, central timer issues, steering control issues. Like my 1996 Dodge with its broken seat motors. My 2002 was all manual and standard model so failures have been very low. I'm not convinced of the 4th gens yet after the amount of work I've done on some and fixing bad tuners, bad injectors, and other high dollar repairs.

Q1 - Mostly because the fuel pressure regulator is too high typically also some have opted for 3/8" fuel lines which adds restrictions also creates high pressure, but reduced volume. I've always suggested 1/2" from tank to injection pump. Including between the stock filter and VP44. I'm set for 17 PSI for idling pressure, WOT at 15 PSI. Q2 - Yes it will reduced both. Now if you running 1/2" line the drop should be very minimal. Running down the pavement cruise set at 65 MPH I'm 17 PSI no problem. Only time I see drop is under load (towing) or climbing grades. I do need to change fuel filters I'm now starting to see 15 to 16 PSI at at cruise state at 65 MPH about 60k miles on my filters.

No such sensor. Only thing that IAT controls is timing and grid heater function. Have you checked your valve lash or done a compression test? Have you tested your injectors for proper pop pressure? These will have effect on idling and sounds. Low pop pressure will give a bump in timing being the injector is actually opening early and spraying larger droplets of fuel taking more time to heat to go bang, typically smokey. Also causes a off beat kind of skip or miss when the injectors are below 280 bar. Bottom limit is 293 bar according to Dodge FSM book. 310 bar is stock pressure of roughly 4,500 PSI. Valve lash could impact idle performance. You need 2 thing to keep it going compression and fine sprayed fuel mist. One or the other degrades then the idle performance degrades.

I just sent mine back to DAP and asked to change the stock nozzles for the 7 x 0.010 and then asked to have them popped at 320 bar. You can request to have the old nozzles sent back too. Which I've still got my wore out OE stock nozzles on the shelf.

Check you valve lash that may help. Mine is lopey too but not quite that bad. I did a set of 7 x 0.010 SAC nozzles that had that kind of lopey idle. Then when I switch back to VCO that help minimize the lope a bit.

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That is correct. The rear axles on 2500 series is only rated for 3042 tires and 6048 axle. Which these tires do meet. I typically run 60 PSI front and rear and tow with these constantly. Never had a tire fail yet, no explosive tire failures. The axle is only rated for 6084 anyways.I'm already licensed for 26,000 on my truck and towed up to 23,000 GCW pounds many times. Right out of the owners manual for weights... 3,042 x 4 = 12,168 pounds carry capacity on 245/75 R16 if inflated to 80 PSI all the way around, At 60 PSI each tires can carry 2,147 pounds x 4 = 8,588 pounds. Wow look at that just close to what the truck is rated for 8,800 pounds. Last trip to Mohave Valley Arizona ran 60 PSI all the way around and towed a 31 foot RV for 17,300 scaled. Truck weight was right at 8,700 pounds. Hence why I know the numbers so well. If you looking there is Load Range G's in a 235/85 R16 which I've ran too. They have a max inflate of 110 PSI at 3,750 capacity. I've ran those before no real help on towing capacity being the rest of the suspension cannot handle the weight. I opted back to the 245's on a Load Range E's.

No. Even my truck does it with 7 x 0.010 injectors popped at 320 bar with a Quadzilla there is no way to tune it out. My truck requires a special way o drive it. If you just dump the clutch it will typically stall out. Coming to a stop it will lope till it stops completely. Then it idles a perfect 800 RPM. The problem is just like @Me78569 the Stock ECM is attempting to manage like its stock injectors. Even the Quadzilla hands back off to the ECM at near idle, so hence there is no way to tune it out.

Little secret. Don't lift, no leveling kits and leave it stock. You can get way more out of a front end with out needing DOR parts. I'm stock and clearing 200k miles on ball joints, 100 to 150k miles on track bars, 200k miles on brakes, steering box 350k miles, tie rod ends 350k miles. Leave it stock and parts last MUCH longer. Still stock at 417k miles never needed steering brace or any upgraded parts. No even the upgraded tie rods. Drop away from stock size tires 265's and look towards either 235/85 R16 or 245/75 R16 both these tires sizes I've used on my truck. The 245's are my favorite being it makes a 3.55 geared axle a 3.69 final to the ground increasing my pulling torque, reduced towing EGT's and improved towing MPG to a high of 14.7 MPG with 17,300 pounds GCW. Cruising speed at 66 MPH is a perfect 2,000 RPM's. If you wanting oversized tire change the axle gears to 4.10 start with. Then your final ratio will be correct with 35 inch tires. Still over sized tires will shorten the suspension life. Gauges I tend to suggest ISSPro EV2 being that they are USB programmable and you can set the warming light on the gauges. I'm running EGT (0-1600°F), Boost (0 to 60 PSI), Fuel pressure (0 to 30 PSI), then transmission temperature (100 to 320°F). Even on a manual I suggest this. Fuel system discussion have started a bit here with people getting fuel temps as high as 150 to 160°F. I suggest the AirDog 150 or 165 pumps with 1/2" lines DO NOT use 3/8" fuel lines they are too small and cannot wash the heat from the VP44 like 1/2" lines can. You would try to fight a house fire with a garden hose would you? Tuner is a good idea for all these truck. I would suggest the Quadzilla Adrenaline. Best tuner right now for the VP44 fuel system. Full timing control, full fuel management, and host of other things it can control. .

If you have the Quadzilla tuner you can check the PSG temperature. The aluminum cover doesn't count. The PSG module has all the electronics mounted on the aluminum plate facing the fuel side. So the fuel temp is directly related to the temperature of the PSG. Like a few here that were told only need 3/8" fuel line are the very same people now reporting 150°F fuel temps and higher. I'm still with 1/2" lines and AirDog 150 that is keeping fuel temps way down like 120 to 130°F typically. Huge difference in protecting the VP44 from heat when you have a constant fuel pressure of 15 PSI (WOT) to 17 PSI (Idle). I'm able to keep the overflow open and keep flushing cool fuel through the PSG area. Yes typically my IAT temp and Fuel Temp will match as seen below. When I shut down my fuel temp does not rise only cools off from that point. There is no heat soak from the block that raises fuel temp. This below was 3 hours of driving in 103 to 105°F temp day and in city traffic and highway both. NOTE: Engine oil temp is the trans temp.

Just checked for new injectors from DAP is roughly $3,000.000 starting point or about $500.00 per injector. Injectors typically last about 100k to 150k miles. Don't assume just because it starts and runs well that they are not worn out. It only take 1 or 2 bad injectors to wipe out cylinders. My last one was 112k miles on the clock and owner attempted to drive from Homedale, ID to New Meadows, ID by the time her got back home the 5 and 6 cylinder rings where washed out no compression. Injectors stuck open, washed the rings out. It did not grow oil at all. It did not create any excessive black smoke either.

Even DAP is $500 per injector new times 6 that is $3,000.00.

You know why I'm holding on to my 2nd Gen.

Just for info... Just drove 3 hours to Boise. It is 103°F out and my IAT and Fuel Temp match. The whole way here.

Yes. That is roughly what new injectors cost. Remains are cheaper but like span might not be as good.