FP gage saves the day!!

[snowracer69]

Got a call this morning from Denis (buddy w/ '01. 5 setup identical to mine) who was heading back to school from a weekend of chuckar hunting in Eastern Oregon. He was in Burns Jct. and said he happened to glance down at his FP gage and it was reading 0 PSI at idle. So, I told him to check all the connections on the gage first and then to bump the starter to check the lift-pump. Got a call back about 1 hour later saying he was cruising at 62 MPH and 2 PSI on the FP gage.



So, my first thought was the LP, and then that he'd got a bad load of diesel and the filter was really bad. Well, he finally got into Burns and went to the local Napa, that closes at 3 PM, and he got there at 3:02 PM and they let him in. The guy said he'd sold 3 fuel filters for Cummins just today, and Denis got his last one... went and changed it, and sure enough, 14. 5 PSI at idle!!



So, FP gage saved the day and possibly a VP-44. Awful nice having info like that just by glancing at a gage.



Josh

 

[illflem]

A FP gauge also saves a lot of unnecessary fuel filter changes also which equals money.

You never know if you're going to go 100 miles or 20,000 miles before the filter plugs. All it takes is one bad tank...

 

[Cummins4Life]

Originally posted by snowracer69

He was in Burns Jct.

:{ Hate to have a VP go TU out there.





My first PE pump died on 97 at Sand Creek yesterday. It went from 14-0 in about half a mile. Made it home and swapped it out with a new one. Got 21 at idle now 17 WOT. Maybe this one will last more than 8000 miles. Oo.

 

[Blue2002]

Snowracer,



Where did he fuel at?

Thanks

Blue2002

 

[snowracer69]

Not a clue where he fueled at. This is the first time out of 6 diesels I'm around often (5 Cummins, 1 Dmax) that one of us has gotten a bad load of fuel. Of course, we almost always fill out of farm tanks that move 20,000 gallons of diesel in 4 months, so not like a lot can go bad at that rate.



Zach, You're the reason I'm hesitant on what to do with my fuel system. I can pull my FP down to 0 PSI at will w/ the Drag Comp and DD3's, and am looking at going to the Mach 3's once I get my pickup to ride nice and stop better. I'm thinking that Wildcat's Flow kit is in order for me rather then a pusher... but am not 100% on anything yet.



Josh