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Warantee or Van Aaken?

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Old 05-13-2005 | 10:23 PM
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Warantee or Van Aaken?

I recently bought an older Van Aaken box for my 2002 HO. I went to install it and the plug on the injector pump has yellow tape saying VOID. My 1st attempt at mods on this thing so I was suprised. My truck only has 59k so I hate to void the warantee on it.

What to do?

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Old 05-14-2005 | 10:19 AM
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Would you plug it in or wait until until the warantee was out?
Old 05-14-2005 | 10:59 AM
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I also have an 02 ho with the 6-speed. I bought the older Van Aaken about a month ago and I love it. My truck has 140,000 miles so it is already out of waranty. The box did make quite a difference, it goes through the gears much faster, the throttle response is much better. I also get same mileage even though I have my foot in it more. But if you don't need the extra power, I would keep the waranty.
Old 05-14-2005 | 08:49 PM
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Thanks for the reply. I suppose I'll try to sell it and buy something later.

I wonder if putting something like the RV275 injectors would cause any problem?
Old 05-20-2005 | 10:10 AM
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You have to decide if you want to become your own warrantee station or not. If you bgt the truck new, I would think after 50,000+ miles, you know if it's a good one or a repair queen?

I bgt mine used (13,000 miles) and drove it stock for 20,000 to be sure I was not being stupid by voiding part of my warrantee. I also talked to my local dealer...told him what I was doing...and he agreed to cover other parts of the warrantee, not directly affected by my mods.
I threw a fan blade into the radiator at 35,000 miles and dealer ignored my fueling box....because it was a problem they had seen in a few other stock trucks!

IMO, the 02's have the least problems of any model CTD, but it all depends on your comfort level!

Your last question - adding injectors is hard for the dealers to detect, so a lot safer for you, if maintaining warrantee is that important to you.

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Old 05-20-2005 | 10:46 AM
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That is a good way to look at it. I bought the truck with 30k and now it has 60k. Just changed oil and filters and drove it. It seems to be quite dependable.
Old 05-20-2005 | 01:14 PM
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You could just sell it and buy a module that doesn't plug into the injection pump like the power puck or the ez.
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