I am sitting at 163k on my original VP. No problems as of yet (KNOCK ON WOOD).

 

213,000 here and drive it like i stole it

 

126K here and still on the stocker. Mileage has slowly been creeping down so its probably about time.

 

Is there any way to test it to find out how much life it has left or how well its doing? My mileage went down but that was right around the time it seemed that they started using winter diesel... Would that do it?

 

my original has 180k and last 50k have been very hard on it and been making 450+ for last year so 25k on it.

 

Only way to test it for sure is to pull it and take it to a Bosch Shop to be bench tested. Not hard or expensive, just a pain in the behind.

Winter fuel and taking longer to reach operating temps both kill miles per gallon, so ya, right now don't even worry about the drop.

 

seems 120k is most common from my own polling when people order pumps. Its rare that I sell a pump to a guy who has less than 80k and more than 160k on the pump.

 

Still running the stock VP 170,000 miles

 

I plan to put away some cash at income tax time "just in case". I figure, why go with a stock pump though? Are there any decent priced built up units?

 

I run the Scheid Lightning pump. Freakin sweet. Been on since June 08 has about 30,000+ miles on it. Pricey, but I would do it again.

Scheid Diesel - VP44 DODGE HIGH OUTPUT 98.5-02 Scheid Diesel Lightning Dodge Ram 2500 - 3500