Date:         Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:52:19 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@HOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Injectors
Comments: To: koloski@TOAD.NET
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A spinning ceramic tip is not normal.  Get your Yellow Pages out and
call a few local machine shops.  You should be able to find one that
will rebuild your injectors for about $30 each, or less.  My NAPA store
does this, and I am very satisfied. No problems after about 20,000 miles
anyway.  They clean and re-use the body which has the solenoid in it,
but the tips, pintels, and hoses are renewed.  Special equipment is
needed, but many shops have it now since this is so cost effective.

Ron at the BD did you a favor, so buy something else from him with the
money you save!

Stuart

John Koloski wrote:
>
> Busdepot didn't want to sell me a fuel injector until I checked with the list.
> I removed the fuel injectors from my wasserboxer to transfer them to my Tiico
> inline-4. The hard plastic (ceramic?) tip of one of the four injectors spins in
> the injector body (the other three don't). The injector seemed to be working on
> the wasserboxer as gas mileage/idle/driveablity seemed to be the same as ever.
> Busdepot suggested I check with list members to see if a spinning injector  tip
> was within the realm of normal, or if a drop of epoxy applied between the
> injector body and tip (not near the stainless steel needle valve in the tip)
> would fix it. They sold me a clutch kit, but didn't want to sell me a $90 part
> unless I needed it.
>
> John Koloski
> 90 Vanagon
> 60 Pontiac
>
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