Vacuum Pump?
Thanks
Thad
Just thought I would ask since the parts store is a 45 min round trip drive that I dont want to make more than once.....
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Thad
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i switched to hydroboost brakes and ordered the second gen PSD electric vacuum pump replacement.

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if i ever sell this truck before it rusts away to nothing (not likely) the next owner would be lost.
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(don't try this without hydroboost brakes of course anyone.they went electric with the super duty because it just provides vacuum for the HVAC,and in their case the locking hubs too i gather.)
im curious as to why you would do this?
are you suggesting that a fuel pump takes less energy from the engine to spin than the vacuum pump? if so,by how much would you estimate?
(don't try this without hydroboost brakes of course anyone.they went electric with the super duty because it just provides vacuum for the HVAC,and in their case the locking hubs too i gather.)
im curious as to why you would do this?
are you suggesting that a fuel pump takes less energy from the engine to spin than the vacuum pump? if so,by how much would you estimate?
24" Hg ~ 12 PSI
Actually no flow but lets just say 1 GPM
HP= (12 X 1)/1714 = 0.00700 HP that's if you have 1GPM flowing less when deadheaded.
Not much to save!

PS: The electric Vacuum Pump doesn't take much power either, it just complicates things a bit more.
Last edited by Marianna2003; Sep 16, 2011 at 09:19 PM. Reason: Add PS
disconnecting extra engine loads: fan, pump, alternator, a/c

Your electric fans draw power when they operate. Their real advantage is there is no draw when they are not needed.
many think it's just a 1:1 ratio change from swapping from the engine some other place to the alt.
it's not quite so.

on top of that,the vacuum pump and mechanical fan are always spinning 100% of the time.
by ditching the pump,and going electric just for changing where the heat/cold air blows in the cab,reduces this to what? % of the time? (hardly worth measuring if ya know what mean.it wouldn't be even .2% of the time.)
as for the e-fans,those shine pretty much all the time,cus they don't run very often,and when they do,only low to medium for a min or two then right back off.
i think i saw high once,but it was so quick it almost didn't count.

i turn up the dial once in a while,just do i can see the red light indicator so i know it's working lol.
overall id say the fans worked for about 5 mins out of every hour roughly this summer.unless i was poking around in town,through a drive threw etc.then they just kept spinning on low (my slightly green to orange indicator.)
last couple days now though,i haven't heard from 'em in bit.
well,i clearly must be on the right path,as i have a fuel economy average of 14.5 mpg over 70+ tanks (which are pretty much all back to back to correct any errors.i just don't count winter time in when pushing snow around,as i don't feel that is "miles per gallon".)
hauling around a 8k lb empty wind catching dump truck,with regularly 14-16k gross weight and 3.84.1 actual gearing and dual rear wheels,and sucking in fresh air only with no help of a turbo..........yet.

this is stopping and going i would WAG about 5-10 times per hour or so driving.no over the road cruising along for me very often here on Maine secondary/primary hilly terrain roads now.
previous truck for comparison.pretty much stock 96 f150 (but 3.08 to 3.55's) ;
avg fuel economy towing my chipper around was all of 10-14 max,with a 300-6 and stock bed.thats a little light weight gas jobber that could maybe see my empty weight of this truck when loaded lol.

i have a favorite saying;
every mod adds up.
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