Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) MWFI vs. Blue Chip?

[J Baxter]

So I've had an occasional dead pedal, thrown a couple codes and suspect immenent VP44 Failure. FASS is fine according to guages, both permanent and a quick check at the pump to confirm my dash mount is reading correctly.



The big question, is the Blue Chip Special X worth an extra $1,000?

Has anyone had both?

That is a lot of extra money to spend for ??????

 

[rivercat]

I wouldnt do it. I think BC is just a worked up name go with a II a equally good name and much better price. If you want the high timing get a smarty and run the odd SWs or run the one for mileage, 1 is it? lots of good reviews on MWFI as well, I think all Bosch places use all new stuff and the same process theres a post by a guy who toured a reman facility somewhere out west and said as much, also said that the Fedex deal is a myth it was UPS that actually had a start stop counter put into the software. This way they could track the starts/stops on each VP and anticipate failures in order to replace before the trucks died and had to be towed and the packages switched at greater expense...

I would stay away from thoroughbred and lowball places like that. Expect to pay at least $1100 with shipping.

 

[Bob Wagner]

keep the extra cash in your pocket , buy from a reputable source

 

[AlaskanCummins]

Blue Chip all the way!!!



I purchased a MWFI pump and it was, unknown to me, not right from the first day of install. This was because I never had a 24v ISB and it was in my conversion truck, so I thought I may have made a mistake with my wiring. Turns out, it was the computer on the top of the pump that wasn't replaced on rebuild.



Buy from a small business man, re-building them and overseeing the operations personally and NOT from a large company. Chip is extreamly professional and stands behind his work 100%.



So, I've had both. Maybe, now knowing what I know, I'd have caught the problem with the MWFI pump w/in my year warranty and they would have probably honored it - I don't know though.



Bottom line: you get what you pay for.

 

[JKreiss]

LCD put the MWFI pump in my Dad's 02'. Only about 1k miles but is running better than new. Don't panic and rush to the VP-44, what codes are you getting? I thought the 99' was about to eat another VP, had the same symptoms but turned out to be a APPS.

 

[J Baxter]

I have the codes written down at home, I didn't get the so called Death Code.
I'm not rushing, went on a nice little trip yesterday afternoon and it ran great, no studders or dead pedal.
I was having some battery problems too, put new batteries in yesterday morning, removed and cleaned all the grounds where they meet the block/body and the hot wire at the fuse block.
I also read on here in one of the threads about a dead pedal that the guy supposedly fixed by upgrading his comp. I have a comp on my rig and the day before the dead pedal was fooling around with it a lot, changing and trying settings while driving. Since clearing the codes and not playing around with the comp, leaving it on the same settings, no problems.
We'll see what happens. I want to have a game plan when it goes though, have 160k on the truck, dodge replaced it at 85k. I don't want to be on TDR after towing the truck back to the house trying to figure out what I should buy, should I spend around a grand, 1700 or almost 2k? 1k is a lot if it really doesn't matter, too much to spend just to support a small business, even if I like doing that most of the time.