Sunday, November 10, 2013

Cross fingers and try rebuilt Fuel Injectors?

While taking a look at my local Mazda dealership, the red car wouldn't start -- I had to tow it to the repair shop across the street and the diagnosis was 1 bad fuel injector.

The labor was quoted at 4 hours, but the bulk of the cost was from original Porsche Factory Fuel Injectors:

Instead I tried Pelican Parts for some rebuilt injectors from GB Re-manufacturing -- we'll see how they do tomorrow. [4 rebuild injectors = $200+ with seal kits sold separately]
It also looks like this is a popular item to list on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/porsche-944-fuel-injectors

Concern with New Injectors:

-> For a car this old [going on 30 years] the stock parts may have been sitting in storage/inventory and degraded

Concern with Used Injectors:

-> Shorter lifespan and if re-manufactured, possibility of missing original equipment spec.

[Updated Jan. 2015]
Final Verdict:

I've been running the rebuilt injectors for over a year now and no problems!