Update on 99 Dodge Cummins lift pump problem

Richard G. · Jun 22, 2017

Well, finally got to work on the Dodge.
mite-help and 4play were correct. The lift pump will come on after I turn the engine over a little with the starter. Got the filter bled and it fired right up.
Thanks for the help.
Richard

Hobo,NC · Jun 22, 2017

(quoted from post at 19:33:09 06/22/17) Well, finally got to work on the Dodge.
mite-help and 4play were correct. The lift pump will come on after I turn the engine over a little with the starter. Got the filter bled and it fired right up.
Thanks for the help.
Richard

Cool, I don't know how far dodge goes back to eliminating the lift pump and install a in-tank pump. I updated a 04 to a in-tank pump it went well. It was pert near a plug and play with there kit.

I also don't know how long one will run with a bad lift pump I have seen them go quite awhile with the pump wires broke into.

Nick m · Jun 22, 2017

You can get in tank pumps for them all the
way back to 98.5, which are the first
electronic lift pumps on those. (24 valves)
I've had a fass pump that goes in place of
the stock lift pump on my 01 for 6 years
without problems. They will run with a junk
lift pump and it's hard to notice without a
fuel pressure gage until the injection pump
gives you problems. Learned that the hard
way. If someone has a 98.5-02 Cummins
without a gage or dummy light, they're
playing with fire.

fixerupper · Jun 22, 2017

And an injection pump is darned expensive. I learned that the hard way on my 98.5. It got the updated fuel pump installed when the rebuilt injection pump was installed.

Update on 99 Dodge Cummins lift pump problem

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