burningman wrote:
covered wagon wrote:
Yep, thank you for the vote JD5150. The only diesel I will ever own is with the old mechanical injection pump VP44 preferably. Like I said with two stroke in the fuel it brings the scoring value of the newer fuel down to what Bosch specs are for those old pumps. My next truck will be a gasser for sure.
Negative!!
The VP44 injector pump is an electronically controlled and very failure prone pump.
It’s junk.
The 1998 and earlier 12-valve is the one with the ultra-reliable mechanical injection, that’s the Bosch P-7100, or “P-pump”.
You can retrofit the mechanical P-pump to a ‘98.5-‘02 24-valve truck.
It makes more power, too.
I run an old Dodge Cummins because of the reasons being mentioned here, the fuel system on the later models is ridiculously expensive.
If/when I go to a newer truck it’ll be a gasser.
The diesels don’t math out, the only reason to own one is because all the torque is fun.
Really Junk? I replaced the OEM Bosch VP44 on my 01, only because i left a rag in the intake when installing RV275 injectors, at about 306K miles. Looking at newer used or new 3500 DRW CTD, if new 5 years no worries, if used new set of injectors $2K.
Yes, more costly, but more power, stronger transmissions and quieter.
