Which injectors to go with?

[TX Gooseneck]

My number 6 is sticking open causing my oil leak. Instead of replacing one injector at the cost of $900+, I'd prefer to go with a full set.



What options do I have? What is ideal for heavy towing?

 

[AndyMan]

That "I" know of, there are the following:



Jannetty Racing - 80hp ~$800

Diesel Dynamics (DD) stage 1,2, & 3 (I think 60, 80, and 110hp) from about $1k to $1500?

F1 Diesel's new FLUX injector (Don M's new one I think) Sick HP, somewhere around $1300



I'm sure there are others. DD also has injector nozzles that you can replace for up to I think about 90horses.



I'll tell you what, give my good buddy Michael at HotRodDiesels.com a call (281-960-3497). He's a TDR member, and a fantastic diesel performance mechanic. He's got a nice shop over in Galveston. He will treat you right, and will build it right. If he's not there, talk to Curtis.



Good luck.

 

[AK RAM]

Ouch……Here is the predicament you may find yourself in. Most of the more well known aftermarket injector folks are just changing tips now and you actually keep your original injector bodies. Even Diesel Dynamics is that way. If you buy their "injectors" versus their "tips", they still require you to send your injectors in and they put new tips on and send them back to you. A lot of these places are not repair facilities, so they may not notice that an injector is sticking and what is causing it, or may tell you up front that they can't guarantee they can fix it. Most all of them don’t have the equipment to test our electronically fired injectors, so there would be no way of knowing if it is fixed until you put them back in the truck. It would suck to get your injectors back with fancy new tips only to have the #6 sticking still.



There are a few, like Jannety, KAX, DPU, that still swap out the entire injector, but then you would be passing your problem on to someone else and likely be hunted down when they figure out you sent them a bad core. I would imagine that happens a lot and they have a "good faith, good repair" clause on their core returns that you agree to and they have a way of dealing with it, which probably wouldn't be in your favor either way.



There are a few injector repair facilities like Industrial Injection and Valley Fuel Injection that rebuild and resell our injectors as well as performance (honed) injectors. If you could mark the bad one they can absolutely tear it down and fix the problem, for a fee of course, then upgrade all six and send them back. This would probably be the safest option for you. They also sell reman injectors for around $350 to business and around $500 to the public.



If you want EDMs and not honed injectors you may try talking to one of F1 Diesel's distributors and see if Don would be willing to take a shot at repairing your bad one. Pretty sure he could, just would be a matter of whether he has spare parts on hand and is willing to spend the time. He is not really running a repair facility so he may not want to fool with it. He usually insists that the injectors be in good repair before he upgrades them.

 

[silver03]

I can do EDM's what ever size you want for $600. 00.

 

[AndyMan]

I can do EDM's what ever size you want for $600. 00.

:--) I am in amazement. That is an insane price!

 

[RJPotts]

That's the price paid for the luxury of a common rail and EUI. I wish I had one.

Instead I'm selling mine and getting a 12 valve.



-R. J.

 

[JoeServo]

I can do EDM's what ever size you want for $600. 00.

or extrude hones.

 

[lmills]

I can do EDM's what ever size you want for $600. 00.

so what all is involved in getting a set? do you want cores up front and sending new rebuilt ones? Or are the just new tips on the stock injectors? Thanks

 

[JoeServo]

send yours. its best this way, no mixing up of new injectors for older ones.

 

[KERMA]

So, you drill bigger holes in existing injectors? That wouldn't do much for the thread starter. He'd just have a bad injector with hogged out holes.

 

[lmills]

Kerma-I think he was answering in reference to my question above.

 

[KLockliear]

TX Gooseneck, AK RAM is correct - most, if not all, the aftermarket companies modify your stock nozzles, or change the nozzles on your stock bodies. If the stock bodies are FUBAR, then you have to replace them before the upgrade. This is what we do.



I just called for a guy last week. The 600/610 injectors are VERY scarce right now. I can get a new one for $440 + core. Buy what you need to make a complete running set, then modify them if that's what you want to do.



Our upgrade prices are listed on our website, or you can PM me.

 

[silver03]

As stated above we modify the stock tips or we can get new tips and modify those. I do have a set of cores but due to the cost of the injector I don't like to take chances and swap them. We can do EDM's or extrude hones.