Hey all,
I have 165K on my Ram and a few guys told me that my VP44 had to have been replaced BUT I have no idea. Is it true that with this many miles that it had to have been replaced by a prior owner? Is there a way to find out? I lost my lift pump last summer and my truck died on the side of the freeway. Brought it back home, replaced the lift pump and have been driving it since...

 

you may or may not have a new one and yes you can figure this out buy running the numbers through the dealership even if they did not put it on the numbers wont match in that case but it may be the factory vp its not everybodys luck to have a bad vp but most of em go bad

 

I had 285,000 miles on a 99 I sold summer 08 with the original VP44, so its possible thats the original not likely but possible. Look at the plug on the back of the VP44 and see if the seal has been borken, if so then its more than likely been replaced.

 

Would that seal be broken if there was a tuner on the truck? The prior owner had a Adrenaline (I think) on it?

 

My buddy's '99 has that many miles or more and he's still running the original IP in spite of himself.

 

No I don't think there is any reason for them to unplug it for a programmer. The Edge taps one of the wires but you don't have to unplug it to tap in.

 

Original VP's with 300,000 on them are not uncommon on the road. But you don;t see them on these sites because of what we do with our trucks. We BOMB, that's why were here and when you BOMB you put additional stress on every part of the truck which shortens the lifespan. No matter how you look at it this is just the sad fact. We pay to play.

In talkin to the local Bosch re-builder a few years ago about these pumps he told me flat out that the biggest majority of cores he get's in have nothin wrong with them. When guy's have problems or shops work on these trucks the VP is just the first thing they want to blame and they replace em. Since then I have told every person I talk to about this to have their pump bench tested before they replace it. you have to pull the pump either way.

 

Ya what he said

 

Sweet, thanks guys...

Where would the numbers on it be to have them ran to see if they match?

 

They should be able to use the last 9 digits of your VIN.