Thank You BD Performance
12-30-2008, 05:02 PM
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Thank You BD Performance
During my trip "North of the Border" June through September 2008, I installed a BD fuel pressure warning light. I thought for sure that I would never see that light come on since I had previously installed a new lift pump, just as a preventive maintenance measure to assure of no lift pump failure during my North trip. Well the new pump got me to the states and back again. Then on a local beach trip the BD warning light began to glow. By stopping and restarting the engine several times I managed to make it home and the light remained off, everthing seem to be back to normal. The following day I started the truck and sure enough after a couple of minutes the light came on again. After gathering some fittings I added a small pressure gauge to my filter housing just verify the light. Again stopping and starting the engine the light went off and the pressure gauge indicated 10-11 PSI. Within a few minutes of idling the light came on and the pressure gauge reflected zero pressure.
I have reinstalled the old lift pump again and it is working fine. It should last until I receive my Airdog 100 kit. Thanks "BD Performance" that simple little pressure light is great and probadly saved me an injection pump.
I have reinstalled the old lift pump again and it is working fine. It should last until I receive my Airdog 100 kit. Thanks "BD Performance" that simple little pressure light is great and probadly saved me an injection pump.
12-31-2008, 01:28 AM
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During my trip "North of the Border" June through September 2008, I installed a BD fuel pressure warning light. I thought for sure that I would never see that light come on since I had previously installed a new lift pump, just as a preventive maintenance measure to assure of no lift pump failure during my North trip. Well the new pump got me to the states and back again. Then on a local beach trip the BD warning light began to glow. By stopping and restarting the engine several times I managed to make it home and the light remained off, everthing seem to be back to normal. The following day I started the truck and sure enough after a couple of minutes the light came on again. After gathering some fittings I added a small pressure gauge to my filter housing just verify the light. Again stopping and starting the engine the light went off and the pressure gauge indicated 10-11 PSI. Within a few minutes of idling the light came on and the pressure gauge reflected zero pressure.
Glad you saved your pump though.
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A gauge is good but unless your staring at it all the time you might not notice the LP quit, I believe having the lite adds to the ability to detect a failure.
My vote is for both! and having both comfirms that you indeed have no fuel pressure. I had a gauge and lite, but with the J/A it has an alert and a psi reading. but I'm going to add the lite as well, just cause the Attitute monitor is beeping it does not mean that I dont have pressure, could be a bad sender, and I've read that the senders do fail quite often, so having a backup low pressure lite would comfirm my J/A is telling no lies
My vote is for both! and having both comfirms that you indeed have no fuel pressure. I had a gauge and lite, but with the J/A it has an alert and a psi reading. but I'm going to add the lite as well, just cause the Attitute monitor is beeping it does not mean that I dont have pressure, could be a bad sender, and I've read that the senders do fail quite often, so having a backup low pressure lite would comfirm my J/A is telling no lies
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A gauge is good but unless your staring at it all the time you might not notice the LP quit, I believe having the lite adds to the ability to detect a failure.
My vote is for both! and having both comfirms that you indeed have no fuel pressure. I had a gauge and lite, but with the J/A it has an alert and a psi reading. but I'm going to add the lite as well, just cause the Attitute monitor is beeping it does not mean that I dont have pressure, could be a bad sender, and I've read that the senders do fail quite often, so having a backup low pressure lite would comfirm my J/A is telling no lies
My vote is for both! and having both comfirms that you indeed have no fuel pressure. I had a gauge and lite, but with the J/A it has an alert and a psi reading. but I'm going to add the lite as well, just cause the Attitute monitor is beeping it does not mean that I dont have pressure, could be a bad sender, and I've read that the senders do fail quite often, so having a backup low pressure lite would comfirm my J/A is telling no lies
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