Few questions on mods
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Few questions on mods
Hello everyone,
I am a newbie on here, but my buddies have accounts on here and say you are very resourceful. I have a 2002 24v Cummins, and I absolutely love it. I just have questions about modding and other possible issues I am having.
First let me start off saying, that I have done some mods already. I put on a 4" turbo back exhaust, open pipe straight through. I also had the tranny sent out to Bullydog and had it built to the hilt. My injection pump went out last year, around this time, and thank the good Lord, it was covered under warranty, and the dealer replaced it. I also had the natorious oil leak between the vacuum pump and the power steering pump, and had the seals replaced, and no leaks.
3 days ago, I started to drive, and between take off and 30mph, I heard a loud "vacuum" noise coming from inside the engine compartment, and after 30mph, it would go away. Is this my vacuum pump telling me its getting tired? If this is the case, do I have to get a new one, or buy the $59.95 rebuild kit for it? And will this kit work? I would really like to take care of this before major catastrophe happens.
As far as modifying goes, what would you guys recommend to start with first. My buddy put the Air Dog fuel pump on his Duramax, and he is impressed with it. Should I look into this? I was also looking at programmers, and I have been researching and thinking, and I have been leaning towards the Mads Smarty programmer, any thoughts here? I have the transmission to hold up to whatever I throw at it, now I want to take care of the engine. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I am a newbie on here, but my buddies have accounts on here and say you are very resourceful. I have a 2002 24v Cummins, and I absolutely love it. I just have questions about modding and other possible issues I am having.
First let me start off saying, that I have done some mods already. I put on a 4" turbo back exhaust, open pipe straight through. I also had the tranny sent out to Bullydog and had it built to the hilt. My injection pump went out last year, around this time, and thank the good Lord, it was covered under warranty, and the dealer replaced it. I also had the natorious oil leak between the vacuum pump and the power steering pump, and had the seals replaced, and no leaks.
3 days ago, I started to drive, and between take off and 30mph, I heard a loud "vacuum" noise coming from inside the engine compartment, and after 30mph, it would go away. Is this my vacuum pump telling me its getting tired? If this is the case, do I have to get a new one, or buy the $59.95 rebuild kit for it? And will this kit work? I would really like to take care of this before major catastrophe happens.
As far as modifying goes, what would you guys recommend to start with first. My buddy put the Air Dog fuel pump on his Duramax, and he is impressed with it. Should I look into this? I was also looking at programmers, and I have been researching and thinking, and I have been leaning towards the Mads Smarty programmer, any thoughts here? I have the transmission to hold up to whatever I throw at it, now I want to take care of the engine. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Thank you "98". I agree with you. I have been thinking and have a basic understanding of how to go about modifying. I will start with a better fuel pump, then start looking into programmers. Let me ask this, with a new fuel pump and a programmer, will it cause issues with stock injectors?
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