Attention: TDR Forum Junkies So, I'm towing my camper for a week long R&R. I'm about halfway to my destination and my Westach fuel pressure gauge drops to "0". The truck is still running fine and pulling. Fortunately the I wasn't a major highway and traffic was moving slow. So I nursed it to the camp site, plug my analog fuel pressure gauge into the injection pump test port, and my fear is confirmed. Only 3psi at idle.
I have a fresh fuel filter and an OEM lift pump stowed away under the back seat. I think... well I could try change the fuel filter and see if that's it... problem is if it is the lift pump I won't be able to refill the fuel canister and I'll be dead in the water, having to get a tow to a shop or replace the fuel pump at the camp grounds. I wasn't keen on the prospects of doing this work at the camp grounds. I'm sure the smell of raw diesel would have been frowned upon.
So I call a local Dodge dealership (figuring they should know how to fix this). I told them situation and I set up an appointment. All seems dandy. The check the filter, that's fine, and they install my spare fuel pump. Great, I get out of it for a couple of hours of labor.
Three days later, I'm hooked up and coming home. Good fuel pressure and I'm happy. Well... that is right up to the point I had to climb a hill. I could get over 30 mph. I look down at my boost gauge and I'm showing only 8 psi (it should have been max'd out). I back off and nurse it up the hill and into a parking lot. I open the hood, and what do I find. . ? An unattached boost hose clamp. BOY WAS I ******.
The yahoo, forgot to attach the lower clamp to the boost hose that attaches to the intake horn. I hadn't notice when I drove it from the shop as I didn't need that much boost under no load.
They'll be getting a call on Monday.
I'm just thankful, I have gauges, and knowledge to know what was going on (thanks TDR).
Man, if it weren't for gauges, in one trip, I could have burned up my injection pump and melted a cylinder.
I have a fresh fuel filter and an OEM lift pump stowed away under the back seat. I think... well I could try change the fuel filter and see if that's it... problem is if it is the lift pump I won't be able to refill the fuel canister and I'll be dead in the water, having to get a tow to a shop or replace the fuel pump at the camp grounds. I wasn't keen on the prospects of doing this work at the camp grounds. I'm sure the smell of raw diesel would have been frowned upon.
So I call a local Dodge dealership (figuring they should know how to fix this). I told them situation and I set up an appointment. All seems dandy. The check the filter, that's fine, and they install my spare fuel pump. Great, I get out of it for a couple of hours of labor.
Three days later, I'm hooked up and coming home. Good fuel pressure and I'm happy. Well... that is right up to the point I had to climb a hill. I could get over 30 mph. I look down at my boost gauge and I'm showing only 8 psi (it should have been max'd out). I back off and nurse it up the hill and into a parking lot. I open the hood, and what do I find. . ? An unattached boost hose clamp. BOY WAS I ******.
The yahoo, forgot to attach the lower clamp to the boost hose that attaches to the intake horn. I hadn't notice when I drove it from the shop as I didn't need that much boost under no load.
They'll be getting a call on Monday.
I'm just thankful, I have gauges, and knowledge to know what was going on (thanks TDR).
Man, if it weren't for gauges, in one trip, I could have burned up my injection pump and melted a cylinder.
