This guy was not able to start his truck.....which was a good thing. I told him to check the fuel pressure upon cranking and it was 70psi. I advised him to check the specs because I thought that was low. He did and pulled the pump....guess what? He is now asking if there is a rebuild kit out there and I advised him to go completely over the engine and flush the oil out. Prolly pull the pan and check the rods and mains too. This guy may have dodged a bullet but if you have any thoughts let me know and I will pass it on. I dont believe he had the recall filter on the pump.
Here is another driver who wasnt so lucky....the insurance he got to cover this issue only gave him $5000 towards a $35000 engine. Gotta love the Cummins bean counters........
It's those ceramic plungers!!!!
(05-04-2016 )jimeneztrans84 Wrote: [ -> ]It's those ceramic plungers!!!!
Is there any way to know if you have one of these fuel pumps with a ceramic plunger, And have they made a replacement?
(11-14-2018 )Moore Wrote: [ -> ] (05-04-2016 )jimeneztrans84 Wrote: [ -> ]It's those ceramic plungers!!!!
Is there any way to know if you have one of these fuel pumps with a ceramic plunger, And have they made a replacement?
It is not the ceramic plungers, it is the pump design, it wears and fails taking out the motor unless you catch it in time. All of these pumps will and do fail. It is now a regular maintenance item. Pumps should be rebuilt or replaced every 400,000 miles or there about. I don't know if the rebuild kits are still available or if Cummins is forcing you to buy a new pump.
What Cummins has done on the new X15 motor is to isolate the pump, so that when it fails the shrapnel is contained, it does not reach the oil. I don't know if it takes out the injectors, even still, the pumps are not cheap, nor are the injectors if they are affected.
In regards to the ceramic plungers, if you have those in your pump, rebuild or replace it now. The only way to check is to disassemble the pump. Also, the ceramic plungers were only in the first year or two of the 2250 production. After a certain date the plungers were swapped to steel by Cummins, someone will know here.
The original pump was a three cylinder pump I believe, then it was redesigned to a two cylinder pump. If you have the older three cylinder pump I would remove and inspect.
If you have one of these motors, is the pump painted? Does it look like it has ever been removed? If it is still factory red and does not look to have been worked on, I would remove and inspect at the very least. And being anal, I would rebuild and or replace the entire unit just for peace of mind.
Write the mileage down and start saving your pennies for the next rebuild and or replacement. And pray you never get a low fuel pressure code while going down the road. If you do, shut the truck down immediately and call a wrecker. Then pray.
Its not only if your current pump has been updated .... it may be a question of why it was updated? in other words did it fail? was the engine checked internally for damage? I bought a non running pete with cm2250 and ...yep it was the pump that failed. I could have replaced pump and put it up for sale ....so be wary of these engines. It was a lengthy process of disassembling engine, flushing and rolling in new mains and rods. The repair on pump is replacing barrels and plunger (steel) and rollers and tappets. Cost is only about $500 bucks but Cummins is trying to head everyone to replacing pump at a cost of $4000. On quickserve for my engine the rebuild parts are no longer listed, it is replace only.
I have a 2013 pete but the build date of engine was 2010, so vehicle year is not what you want to go by.
Rite after reading these posts I went over to youtube and there was a recommended for view video, where a trucking youtuber that I follow, had just uploaded a video where the fuel pump tore his cummins engine up yesterday. It was Everett Madison Trucking and He has already gone thu hell this year, and now this foolish mess happens. Just thought that its too ironic not to mention.