Archived Lift Pump may have died ?

[JPlybon]

Was driving truck home and check engine light came on truck would stall if I gave it much fuel. I only drove it maybe a mile. The only code I got was P1693. Any ideas By the way its a 2000 3500 with 106,000 miles.

 

[rkressg]

Go to the local Auto Zone and get it scanned for any codes. They usually have an ODBII scanner and will scan the codes for free. If you have an p0216, p1688, or a p1689, it is probably a dying VP44 (Injection Pump). With that mileage on the truck, I will guarentee that the lift pump is dead (and has probably been dead for the last 50k), causing a failure of the VP44.



It could also be a CPS (Crank Position Sensor) or APPS (Accelerator Pedel Position Sensor) also refered to as TPS (Throttle Position Sensor).

 

[JPlybon]

Thanks for the info rkressg. Saturday I went to a Cummings parts store and got a lift pump went home and put it on, and the truck is running great I guess I got lucky. I will be putting on a FP gauge in the very near future.

 

[rkressg]

Hopfully, there is no damage to the VP44 (expensive). Glad to see that the problem is fixed. I would recommend a ISSPRO fuel pressure gauge, but you can get any gauge that you like. The mechanical gauges last longer as the diesel fuel destroys the electrical fuel sending units (on electrical gauges). I would also recomend getting a snubber to eliminate vibrations in the gauge (the rattle will drive you nuts).

-Rich