I think my vp44 died

adam greene

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99 cummins today just driving down the road the engine died, I can get it to crank back but it just lopes real hard around 500 rpm and won't take any fuel. I have a airdog and the pump is running on it. Is my injection pump gone?
 
I have a fuel pressure gauge not sure if it's exact or not stays around 12 all the time. This vp has 195k and 17 years old so can't complain too much
 
Not sure if it's ever been changed or not. Everything I've ever seen on apps sensor doesn't sound like my problem. I went ahead and ordered a vp pump we'll see if that fixes it
 
Thats alot of miles for one of those pumps! You're not alone my VP is 4 years old and I believe it pooped out this past weekend, think I'm gonna p-pump it, anyone else on here done the swap?
 
Thats alot of miles for one of those pumps! You're not alone my VP is 4 years old and I believe it pooped out this past weekend, think I'm gonna p-pump it, anyone else on here done the swap?
I have ordered the kit to do mine going in the excurison.

I have been through 4 pumps in the tool truck before we finally figured out i had a restriction on the pick up tube in my tank. I always had pressure but volume was my issue. Fixed that and 4 years knock on wood( thats 9-10 hours a day of running/idling 5 days a week so more than most see in 10 years).
 
I would stand alone the pump before I changed it just to be safe. Vp pumps got a bad wrap but their really not that bad. In the lifetime of most trucks in these parts we only see 1 pump replacement. With a FASS or quality fuel system failure is actually pretty rare. It does sound like a pump though, it might be worth mentioning that the main reason for aftermarket lift pump systems favor 15psi or higher is to improve injection pump cooling. I've found that at less than 12-13psi there's significantly less fuel moving through the pump above idle. P-pump swaps (imo) are not worth the cash it takes and the truck looses some aspects of its driveability. But if you order a kit I'd look at pure diesel power!
 
I don't have any codes. Everything I look up says it's the injection pump. I have fuel to the injection pump but none at the injectors
 
You can power the pump either with a stand alone controller or jumper wires to eliminate the ecm and truck wiring from the equation, as long as the pump has an adequate supply of fuel if the pump is ok the truck will start. If the pump is faulty it won't start. Takes about 30 seconds to verify a faulty pump.
 
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