Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
OK here it goes.
Just ordered my 3rd VP44 in less than 2 years. The original VP44 finally went out at about 200,000. I ordered a new pump from Blue Chip and installed it with a new FASS pump as well as upgrading the fuel lines to the big hose kit. Things were going well, but I started using Marvel Mystery Oil as the additive to help lubricate the pump. Within a couple of months after switching over and 18 months after installing, the VP44 went out. It was throwing the 0216 codes and was causing the dreaded "no power" while pulling minor grades.
Talked with Chip at Blue Chip and he was willing to do something to help me out even though it was out of warranty. When I pulled it off, there was some visible corrosion inside the port of the VP44. I sent it back to Chip and he told me that it was Fuel Contamination. He did cut me a break on a new one, and I installed it.
Well, it is 4 months since I put the new one in. I was still using MMO as a lubricant but now I am getting the 0216 codes as well as the "no power" thing as well. I called quite a few Injector shops and they all seem to think that the pump is on its way out again. The three things that are in common are that it is a Blue Chip pump, Shell Gas and the MMO. I have been getting fuel from the local shell station and there are a number of us in my home town that have diesels. No one can recall ever getting bad fuel from Shell. If they had, it would have gotten around. Chip at Bluechip has a very good reputation here on the site and has been helpful (but doesn't return calls very well
) and supportive, it may be a bad pump, but I doubt it, things just don't go well and then down like that unless it is electronic, which leads me to the same conclusion, that it has something to do with the fuel or MMO.
That leaves me thinking that MMO may be the culprit. I discussed this with Chip, but he didn't seem too concerned about MMO. I did get a "no one deserves fuel contamination twice" as that is the suspect. I discussed it with the guys at Industrial Injection and they didn't seem to have any take on MMO but said they only recommend Stanadyne.
Now I have to change it out again. Unfortunately, even though Chip has been helpful, and the pump is under warranty, I am going with a different vendor. I just ordered one from Industrial Injectors and will not be using MMO anymore. I figured that if I change both, maybe this issue might just go away. I hope so anyway.
So, does anyone else out there have a different take.
Just ordered my 3rd VP44 in less than 2 years. The original VP44 finally went out at about 200,000. I ordered a new pump from Blue Chip and installed it with a new FASS pump as well as upgrading the fuel lines to the big hose kit. Things were going well, but I started using Marvel Mystery Oil as the additive to help lubricate the pump. Within a couple of months after switching over and 18 months after installing, the VP44 went out. It was throwing the 0216 codes and was causing the dreaded "no power" while pulling minor grades.
Talked with Chip at Blue Chip and he was willing to do something to help me out even though it was out of warranty. When I pulled it off, there was some visible corrosion inside the port of the VP44. I sent it back to Chip and he told me that it was Fuel Contamination. He did cut me a break on a new one, and I installed it.
Well, it is 4 months since I put the new one in. I was still using MMO as a lubricant but now I am getting the 0216 codes as well as the "no power" thing as well. I called quite a few Injector shops and they all seem to think that the pump is on its way out again. The three things that are in common are that it is a Blue Chip pump, Shell Gas and the MMO. I have been getting fuel from the local shell station and there are a number of us in my home town that have diesels. No one can recall ever getting bad fuel from Shell. If they had, it would have gotten around. Chip at Bluechip has a very good reputation here on the site and has been helpful (but doesn't return calls very well
) and supportive, it may be a bad pump, but I doubt it, things just don't go well and then down like that unless it is electronic, which leads me to the same conclusion, that it has something to do with the fuel or MMO. That leaves me thinking that MMO may be the culprit. I discussed this with Chip, but he didn't seem too concerned about MMO. I did get a "no one deserves fuel contamination twice" as that is the suspect. I discussed it with the guys at Industrial Injection and they didn't seem to have any take on MMO but said they only recommend Stanadyne.
Now I have to change it out again. Unfortunately, even though Chip has been helpful, and the pump is under warranty, I am going with a different vendor. I just ordered one from Industrial Injectors and will not be using MMO anymore. I figured that if I change both, maybe this issue might just go away. I hope so anyway.
So, does anyone else out there have a different take.
But I will stick with the Stanadyne now.
