Was up between Tulsa and Kansas and my truck died while fueling a generator.
All signs point to a CP4 pump failure, not unheard of with the LML Duramax.
Got it home last night with a $600 tow. (Not out of line for a 350mi round trip)
SOOOOO, I'm trying to clear the bay in my shop to get it in and see if the pressure regulator has the devil's fingerprints in it...metal shavings.
When this happens, you have to replace the pump, rails, lines injectors, drop the tank to clean it...and other sundry misery.
Parts run from $2800-$4000+, the stealership gets about $10K-$12K for this job.
I've put over 3/4 million miles on 3 Duramax trucks and this is the first one to fail at 165K mi, so I figure I'm fairly lucky.
There is the option of retrofitting an old style, bulletproof, CP3 pump in it, add about $1K and another layer of complexity.
I'll probably go back stock as I'll keep this truck for another 150K mi...maybe.
Worst part of the deal is pulling all the crap off the top of the motor.
All signs point to a CP4 pump failure, not unheard of with the LML Duramax.
Got it home last night with a $600 tow. (Not out of line for a 350mi round trip)
SOOOOO, I'm trying to clear the bay in my shop to get it in and see if the pressure regulator has the devil's fingerprints in it...metal shavings.
When this happens, you have to replace the pump, rails, lines injectors, drop the tank to clean it...and other sundry misery.
Parts run from $2800-$4000+, the stealership gets about $10K-$12K for this job.
I've put over 3/4 million miles on 3 Duramax trucks and this is the first one to fail at 165K mi, so I figure I'm fairly lucky.
There is the option of retrofitting an old style, bulletproof, CP3 pump in it, add about $1K and another layer of complexity.
I'll probably go back stock as I'll keep this truck for another 150K mi...maybe.
Worst part of the deal is pulling all the crap off the top of the motor.