Broke down and waiting for tow

[LStanphill]

Nothing better to do than surf the web while i'm waiting for a tow. I'm sure glad DC supplies the Cummins with junk equipment (Lift Pump).



It's my fault. I was foolish enough to wait for it to fail at 60k miles (truck is 4 months old) before installing FASS, as I have on the other trucks. Sure sucks to pass on a $7000 load because of garbage equipment. Such as life. Hope Rip can next day air a FASS to me. .



Better to be broke down in Bulverde Texas than Death Valley.



Done venting now, off to crying...

 

[GFrance]

Sorry about your down time. It comes with the job when your haulin for a livin. I know I was broke down for 6 hrs today & only got one load of fuel hauled.



Just currious why 3 trannys on the 05 6 speed? Which one nv5600 or g-56?

 

[LStanphill]

2 bearing failures destroyed transmission. G56. Have same mileage on 48RE, same Loads, driver neglect, scortched fluid, overheated 3 times, no problems. . Go figure. .

 

[GFrance]

I just went from an auto in my 01 to a manual because I didn't want to have issues with an auto again. I spent alot of $$$ getting that auto to hold up. I looked hard to find this nv5600 in late august because I was leary of the g-56.

 

[MFalkinham]

Nothing better to do than surf the web while i'm waiting for a tow. I'm sure glad DC supplies the Cummins with junk equipment (Lift Pump).

It's my fault. I was foolish enough to wait for it to fail at 60k miles (truck is 4 months old) before installing FASS, as I have on the other trucks.

So this was a factory in-tank lift pump that failed? If so, perhaps they won't be the reliable lift pump solution Dodge was hoping for. I guess the FASS makes sense even for the newest trucks.

 

[LStanphill]

And to top it all off, the in tank pump is on national backorder, according to Wyatt Arrp Dodge in Seguin, TX and Boerne Chrysler Dodge. . sounds like BS to me. Just picked up the FASS pump, they did not have the full FASS unit in stock, just the pump, so there's $400 down the drain.

 

[betterthanstock]

Nothing better to do than surf the web while i'm waiting for a tow. Sure sucks to pass on a $7000 load because of garbage equipment. .

Since Dmaxes use the CP3 without a lift pump (if I understand correctly)

I am surprised that no one here has devised a lift pump bypass valve that you could open in case of failure and keep on trucking?? Or a back-up pump in parallel with a switch (or you could switch the plug from one to the other)?

Even a FASS will fail eventually.

 

[betterthanstock]

It could also be the fuel heater. See this:



https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148553

 

[LStanphill]

Problem fixed. It was Debris from contaminated fuel that collected on the intake screen/skimmer. Fuel pressure is 10psi Idle to WOT. Local performance shop had the FASS pump only, bought it just in case, i'll return it and get a couple complete fass systems for the trucks.



I dont believe this was enought trash to have clogged the large fleetguards on the FASS, and if it did, I would have spun on new filters and been back on the road. even though it was not a lift pump failure, this scenario justifies the $$$ for superior filtration/fuel delivery.



Lee