How to make a vp pump last

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Caleb_Gillette

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I was wondering how you can get the vp pump to last because the wire tap voids my warrenty on the pump and i can't part with the adrenaline my buddy running a holly black hasn t changed a pump in a year whats better holly black or air dog. I can get the black for about 300 or the air dog for 500 Also who makes a vp pump that will take stacked chips and some injectors?
 
Well you have the Monter VP and then you have the Hot Rod VP, both very good pumps, each with there own ups and downs. A good lift pump will do miracles for your VP, so thats a must. Uhm as far as which one to go for id say its a toss up between Air Dog and a Fass. Both are good but i hear air Dog has a little better customer service.
 
I got my holley black for 185.00. Get ahold of me if you want the info on the people that I got mine.
 
.... save urself the time and money, transfer pumps are the most important part of vp trucks, without a good transfer pump.... theres no fuel pressure, and therefore no vp44
 
I have found a few key items to VP longevity. These are based on personal usage as well as working with guys back when I owned PDW.

  • Fuel quality: Get your fuel from a known source that has good fuel, water and contaminates will kill a pump fast.
  • Fuel supply: The pump must always have a good fuel supply. A good lift pump setup is paramount, personally I prefer the Airdog setup with 15# pressure. Too much pressure does no good and may even be detrimental for longevity. Minimum pressure I like at the VP inlet is 10#.
  • Fueling boxes: Some individual boxes are prone to causing VP failures. These come from all manufactorers, if you have a box that is frying the VP electronics change it out for anothr unit same brand or different just get rid of it.

I had good luck with VP pumps but I was careful about where I purchased my fuel. I also had a good fuel system setup and had good boxes. I have seen too many guys have issue after issue where a box was frying the VP electronics and a change of the box stopped the problem.
 
I agree with Jetpilot.
1. Buy fuel from a station with high fuel volume. (truck stop if possible)
2. Good fuel supply with excellent filtration. I prefer the AirDog 100. The 100 will support the VP-44 no matter how heavily modded. I prefer 18psi, but am happy running 15-18.
3. Keep it lubed. I run Amalgamated TDR mix. I also run Biodiesel blends when available. Anyone in Missouri can get B-5 at MFA. A B-2 blend will lube the pump sufficiently.
4. Probably the most important - PRAY.

For what its worth, this is what worked on my truck. My pump had 285,000 miles on it when I made 640 horsepower. It lost the timing circuit at 325,000 miles. I feel it held up well.
 
im running the adrenaline stacked on the smarty revo has anybody had problems with that combination? the black is only 180 for the pump but installed 300 right now im just running the stock lift pump and one in the tank they are showing on the the gauge 23 to24 pounds of pressure but when i turn everything up and get on it my truck starts running out of fuel and pressure drops way down i know i need more volume just don t know which pump is best
 
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All good advice. You need to make sure of filtration. Good quality filters of a known good filter manufacturer with a micron rating better than 10 micron would be a great idea. (Fleetguard or Racor) Filters with water stop paper is also a good idea. Fuel additive is a MUST now days. There are many different brands of additives on the market but we have best resuls with Stanadyne, New Performance Formula. (Blue Bottle) If you look at a VP44 pump, the fuel goes in the top of the pump and also returns out of the top of the pump which makes it a nice water seperator. Fuel additives with a anti rust additive and a antioxidant additive helps with this. At the last dealer meeting that we have attended, ALL of the fuel injection manufacturers were warning us about Bio Fuel and it's ability to absorb 35% more water than normal petroleum diesel fuel. We have seen their examples many times now in our shop. Fueling boxes do cause pump failures. Not all the time however. Which ones are more prone to failures is a very complext discussion and one that I would not comment about. Supply fuel pressures should be 13.5psi under load, 17psi would be the highest at idle, while 10psi under load would be the lowest I woulld be comfortable with. There are other things that cause failures but this would cover the most probable ones. Thanks, Brady
 
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