Rman said:I like electronics, perhaps the 12 yrs as a tech and all the training might sway that. It's not nearly as complicated as you all make it out to be. The systems on the diesels are very simple. I work with F16 electronics, and even to me, those systems are somewhat simple. The newer things are becoming more complex, but that lies mostly with software integration, the electronic side of things is still not that complex.
Is it the lack of experience that makes you "hate" it. Because you certainly cannot question the design, atleast from my perspective you can't. There's several factors when designing a circuit. Face it, lifespan is one of them, they aren't going to pony up the money for that because they won't get the return on it. With people buying new vehicles every few years, why should they bother?
Cummins360 said:I really dont care about creature comforts anyways, if I did I would have bought a luxury car..... I bought a truck knowing it is a truck and I dont expect anything more from it, except knowing that the 12 VALVE ENGINE under the hood wont break down because of the delicate little POS VP-44 controlled by a computer. :-laf
Joe G. said:Not petty differences or hate at all. If the VP-44 fuel system was reliable there would not be nearly so many posts about failures and fixes to prevent future failures. Nor would there be any real need to monitor fuel pressure. Nor would the "VP-44 is reliable" statements always had an IF in them. This discussion is about electronic fuel systems. The VP-44 is the poster boy for an unreliable system. You can't reason from that that all electronic controlled fuel systems are bad.
A lot of the "hate" is just harrasment for the fun of it.
Gary - K7GLD said:Put in some time in the repair/rebuilding of the electronics inside of failed VP-44's, THEN get back to us on how simple and reliable they are...:-laf :-laf
Nobody has mentioned that the VP44's Fail 90% of the time because of worn internal MECHANICALS? (P0216)
Maybe I made up the 90% figure,
Gary - K7GLD said:but I'm only guessing too...:-laf
Having read article after article on diesel injection and the new designs and parameters, I just can't see the mechanical side of the argument... at all. Those old pumps don't hold a candle to what the new ones can do.