It was a balmy 108 here finally. Two VP failures came in today and one showing up tommorow on the hook. Summer is near!

 

near.. it might as well be here. my redneck has come out 3 weeks early this year. and i havnt even began playing yet

 

Was a balmy 50 degrees here today....

Yep, VP-44's sure dont like the heat. But dealers sure do....

 

Can you believe its in the 5o's in Florida in the mornings? Felt real good this morning.

 

So dose high heat cause more vp 44 failures

 

We had a rain/sleet/snow mix here today. Started out this morning at a balmy 33* and made it all the way up to 41*. Yesterday it was 44 and rainy, and the day before that it was 80 and sunny. Gotta love this Wisconsin weather

 

Nice and cool 85* here. VP's got 100,500 on her and still going strong. She primes injectors like she was brand new.

 

I did six in one week last year when it was 125-128 degrees for a five day stretch......including mine. Raytec temp gun had parking lot temp at around 165 degrees. Throw underhood temp in that equation and it gets real ugly!

 

Mine died last June about a week after we really got warm here. There was about 12 or 15 in a 3 week period here on DTR right when mine died last year if I remember correctly.

 

Holy crap, now you are making all of us VP44 owners nervous.

 

Well looks like I'm gonna put off the SB Con FE till after the hot weather gets here, seeing as how I have the PO 216 and occasional miss. I've got the dodge warranty, but we shall see how that works out, I've got a feeling when they see the gauges they will balk. And with my holley pump system, I don't want them changing it to in-tank when they do the VP.

 

41 deg windy and pouring rain laying on my back in the parking lot changing starter motor. Don't you just love Minnesota weather.

 

Make usre you keep your fuel tank full....especially in hot weather.

 

....Did one more today and another on order to install tommorow.

 

Dude, you are making me want to park my diesel and drive my old 318 (actually, at the price of diesel, I'm tempted to anyway).

Are there any statistics on failure rates in heat v. cold????
This must mean that the failures are due to heat more than vibration.

My other question is: are any of these failures on trucks that had lubricity additives faithfully in every tank?????????????? Because that seems like my only hope...I have used that from day one with my new VP (now about 60,000 miles on the new VP).