Help Quick! Questions about possible "new" Ram!

[Intelman34]

Today went to test drive a 1999 4x4 Ram with the CTD and an auto trans.



This is a 1999 Regular Cab, SLT, 4x4, 2500 Sport with only 44,000 miles on it. This truck is so perfect it isnt even funny.



This was my first time actually driving a diesel so I dont know how a perfect one operates.



The only thing I noticed that was odd is that around 65mph, it stops accelerating as hard/quickly as it did from 0-60. It gets to 70 and beyond, but it just seems to do it with not as much "umph".



Could that be a dying lift pump or is it just normal? How much does a new lift pump cost and where can I order one? I'd like to put a new one in myself if it needed one.



I spend a long time just crawling around and under this truck looking for anything and even the motor is clean (even the front/sides).



Thanks for all the help and I hope to have a CTD soon!!!!

 

[Oil Burner]

Good luck, hope you get the truck. a lift pump goes for 120 to 170 dollars from a cummins shop. don't go to dodge, they just charge more for the same thing. it is easy to install, did one last night in 30 minutes. get a fuel pressure gauge also. I would install it, and then check your lift pump pressures. your pump may or may not be bad at 44,000 miles but you should get a gauge first! total cost for a gauge setup can be about $70 or even less. check genos garage, they are a great vendor with great service.

~Jason

 

[Sticks]

Originally posted by Intelman34



I spend a long time just crawling around and under this truck looking for anything and even the motor is clean (even the front/sides).

How clean? I would get real nervous if it did not have road splash, dirt, or something on it. It's been a couple of days, go back and look at the engine again now that you drove it, look REAL close at the seals.



Try to get a hold of a TDR member in your area that knows what they are doing, and have them look at it with you. You said it yourself, you know nothing about diesels, and how they run. Buying used, you need to find somebody that does.