Dodge Cummins Engine Concern

[PapaPerk]

Hello PapaPerk, My Cummins has 92,000 on it. Funny, I too had the rear calipers seize up at around 50k if I remember correctly. The Carter Lift pump is around $125 bucks and very easy to swap out. I keep a spare in the truck tool box just in case, but it's not something to dwell on and I enjoy truck. The Dealer would replace the original lift pump if it failed and locate the new lift pump into the fuel tank. I didn't want them to modify or touch my truck so I kept it original. By the way, the OP should know that you can check the original HOURS on that motor and compare the miles with engine Idle time. It's a Key on/off hold trip A type of check, but the hours are logged in the system module for that engine.

Well my lift pump just failed! Looks like I'll need to track down a replacement! Thank you for advice.

 

[MossRoad]

Really?! Do you live in KY?

Don't have to live there to know some facts....

Here's a map of road salt usage per lane mile annually per state. As you can see, Kentucky uses half as much salt as Tennessee, 6 times less salt than IL, IN, OH. 8 times less that WI, and 23 times less than MI. In fact, KY uses less salt per lane mile than any state east of the Mississippi and north of the Tennessee/North Carolina border with the exception of Delaware. So, yes, Kentucky does not use very much salt on its roads.
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[wmonroe]

Very interesting map. Pa isn't as high as I thought it would be but I still wish we used way less. I would trade messier roads and needing more driving skill for vehicles that didn't rot out so fast from all the salt.

 

[wmonroe]

Well my lift pump just failed! Looks like I'll need to track down a replacement! Thank you for advice.

What year truck? Any fueling mods? A fass or air dog system is hard to beat but expensive. The new in tank pumps have proven to be very reliable but I'm not sure of the cost. I think it's "Raptor" that makes a pump only that is reasonable and reliable.

 

[firemanmike69]

What year truck? Any fueling mods? A fass or air dog system is hard to beat but expensive. The new in tank pumps have proven to be very reliable but I'm not sure of the cost. I think it's "Raptor" that makes a pump only that is reasonable and reliable.

Personally wouldn't get anything from fass again customer service sucked and their "lifetime" warrantee wasn't much better

 

[wmonroe]

I have never owned a fass pump, I have buddies that have them but not me. Fass and air dog are the two big names for people who need much more than stock fuel volume.

 

[PapaPerk]

Don't have to live there to know some facts....

Here's a map of road salt usage per lane mile annually per state. As you can see, Kentucky uses half as much salt as Tennessee, 6 times less salt than IL, IN, OH. 8 times less that WI, and 23 times less than MI. In fact, KY uses less salt per lane mile than any state east of the Mississippi and north of the Tennessee/North Carolina border with the exception of Delaware. So, yes, Kentucky does not use very much salt on its roads.
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That will be a county by county variance. Where I live in KY they use TONS of salt and liquid deicer. The more northern counties use a lot. That's a fact!

 

[PapaPerk]

What year truck? Any fueling mods? A fass or air dog system is hard to beat but expensive. The new in tank pumps have proven to be very reliable but I'm not sure of the cost. I think it's "Raptor" that makes a pump only that is reasonable and reliable.

2004.5. 100% stock. Ordered truck and have driven since 1 mile on odo.

I ordered stock fuel pump from Geno's. Should buy me another 80,000 miles. I'll most likely replace pump as preventive maint. Most cost effective, simplistic solution in my opinion.

 

[MossRoad]

That will be a county by county variance. Where I live in KY they use TONS of salt and liquid deicer. The more northern counties use a lot. That's a fact!

The point is, you're arguing that its not a salt problem with Chevys, to a guy that lives in NY, where they use 12X the salt that KY uses, and it affects ALL brands of trucks.

 

[Egon]

The point is, you're arguing that its not a salt problem with Chevys, to a guy that lives in NY, where they use 12X the salt that KY uses, and it affects ALL brands of trucks.

All Brands; are you sure???