iddiesel

Ok just picked up an 03 3500 and pretty stoked about it. Just traded in the 02 f 350. When I took it for a test drive it was still in the shop. The tech told myself and the salesman that it was a fuel pressure sensor that he had just ordered. So I waited the few days while they detailed it and got the sensor replaced. drove it of the lot and in a matter of 10 miles the engine light came on and it started to sound like a 2nd gen cummins with very limited power. It is going back in on Monday. Just wanted to get some help on the matter. A little leary of a new truck for me that is already going into the shop. Thanks for the input.

iddiesel

Ok has any one had this problem? or is there something else I should be looking at. I just want to make sure that I get this taken care of before the warranty expires. Some one throw me a bone, thanks.

231jasons

sounds like it could be a bad rail pressure sender. When i first plugged my quad rail pressure sender into the OEM sender i had a bad connection and it stumbled very bad at idle and died. New connecter and a zip tie just to be sure and no problem yet.

But it could be several other things as well.

Utundra

Perhaps not the pressure sensor but actually low pressure? From what I have been reading the lift pump goes south then it takes out the injection pump. But I will defer to the experts for more input...

Good Luck,

cwoodall

On an '03, you have a Bosch CP3 injection pump. Before the '03, it would have been a VP44.....notorious for crapping out after the lift pump goes out. The CP3 is way more robust and hardly ever goes out. The lift pumps are still a sore spot, but you have a lot of options there.