Red Oak Diesel

[MMeier]

Anyone here using their injectors, or dealt with them at all? TIA!!

 

[MMiller]

Anyone here using their injectors, or dealt with them at all? TIA!!

Uhhhmm, which state? There is a Red Oak Diesel in Iowa that I've not had much luck with. But I have the feeling maybe you are talking about some one else??



Michael

 

[dseabaugh]

Got their injectors in my truck. like them. not real sure about their core charge though . they refused 2 of mine saying they were bunged up by pliers or vicegrips. no pliers or visegrips were used and the ones they sent back showed plier marks. they definately would have leaked at the bleed offs from the marks on them. still like the injectors though. just be careful taking them out and take a picture of them before you send the cores back.
the are easy to reach by phone and informative. thye are in red oak Iowa.

 

[MMeier]

Uhhhmm, which state? There is a Red Oak Diesel in Iowa that I've not had much luck with. But I have the feeling maybe you are talking about some one else??



Michael

They are the ones. What kind of problems did you have with them?

 

[MMiller]

I used to work for a shop that used them for injection pump/injector rebuilds and had pretty good luck, it was all stock stuff. This was back in the mid to late 90's.



My dad was looking for better fuel economy for his 7. 3 back in '01. They had a 'chip' that was going to help with fuel economy. Dad had them put it in, and then it made the transmission shift very hard, made it hard to start, check engine light was on all the time, and it sounded like the timing was too high. Didn't gain much if any fuel economy. Dad went back to them and they really did not want to stand behind it. They finally took it out and refunded him some of the money. He was supposed to live with the check engine light on, and the rest.



Now, since then we have purchased a rebuilt turbo from them for a 5. 9 cummins last summer and that was fine. They were the only place we could get one quick.



For a local shop I prefer going to George's Diesel in Des Moines. He has done alot of pump work for us in the past. Cool old guy too.



The experiance with the "chip" put a bad taste in my mouth. Later on that year George said he could make the fuel econmy better. Sold dad a "super chips" programmer and set it up for economy. The truck gained 5 mpg across the board. Its also no slouch performance wise too.



That is my limited experiance. Maybe they've changed salesman?



Michael

 

[GardnerM]

I grew up in Batavia, and heard Dovico is pretty good. Big trucks mostly. You have to call to see if you can get in...