Fuel System Specialists - Know Any?

[baron25]

So after running around on five cylinders and a boxer-like rumble for a few days, the verdict came back that an injector has died, which Nissan say is an $800 fix with a month's wait to get one shipped ex Japan.

Now, I suspect that &450 for an OEM injector is a bit silly, and I could probably get either mine or a secondhand part reconditioned for much less, or a full set of new ones for slightly more. A quick yellow paging has turned up B&M Fuel Systems in Richmond, does anyone know/recommend anywhere else?

[Sunkist]

Aznew or aznu injectors

Injectors online

They are in Dandenong. They will help and they aren't expensive at all

[34GeeTeeTee]

You will likely get a brand new set of upgraded injectors for that price! Nissan know very little about performance cars

[Odium]

R33 GTS25 (S1)

I'd think that lots of people would have standard injectors hanging around for GTST's... since they upgrade them to bigger units, but less would for NA's....

Good luck mate, that quote from Nissan is stupid, ignore it and buy local / second hand.

[Birds]

You will likely get a brand new set of upgraded injectors for that price! Nissan know very little about performance cars

I hope you're implying he should also purchase the equipment required to support upgraded injectors too

[Birds]

OP, I'm curious as to how it was diagnosed as a faulty injector? It's pretty unusual for an injector to go like that. Have you sussed out the ignition system first to make sure it's not a coilpack/loom/spark issue?

If it's the injector, you could probably take them all out and get them reconditioned / flow tested for $200 or so.

[Odium]

or they'd swap it to a new cylinder and test again...

[baron25]

OP, I'm curious as to how it was diagnosed as a faulty injector? It's pretty unusual for an injector to go like that. Have you sussed out the ignition system first to make sure it's not a coilpack/loom/spark issue?

If it's the injector, you could probably take them all out and get them reconditioned / flow tested for $200 or so.

That's what I thought too, even supported by some quick searching under 'why does my skyline sound like a boxer?', but they tested all the plugs and coil packs and they were fine, compression tested the block and still nothing, then looked at the #6 injector as the source. Took them 5 hours to figure it out apparently.

Spoke to B&M this morning, if I were smart enough/had the tools to remove it myself, it would cost $40 to recondition the dead one, or $120 for a replacement.

[Odium]

That's what I thought too, even supported by some quick searching under 'why does my skyline sound like a boxer?', but they tested all the plugs and coil packs and they were fine, compression tested the block and still nothing, then looked at the #6 injector as the source. Took them 5 hours to figure it out apparently.

Spoke to B&M this morning, if I were smart enough/had the tools to remove it myself, it would cost $40 to recondition the dead one, or $120 for a replacement.

2+ hours of labour, they aren't the easiest things to remove / install... There's $250...

[baron25]

Verdict's in - $120 for a reco'd piece, or $190 for a new one with a days wait on parts. Much better than $460 and a month ex Nissan, Odium, you're right - I'm looking at a few hundred in labour.

She'll most likely be going to the farm in 12-18 months so I'm just replacing the dead one and hoping for the best. Are in-fuel injector cleaners worth using?

[scotty nm35]

Aznew charge $25 I think to clean and flow test an injector. Don't bother with in-tank injector cleaners, the mesh filter in the top of the injector is most likely blocked.

If you remove the injectors, make sure you replace the orings.

[Birds]

And lube the O rings!

Never go in dry

[Odium]

Never go in dry

[baron25]

So i've finally got her back, and it's not what it seems.

Injector - Fine.
Coil Pack - Fine.

The culprit? The plug into the coil was corroded to hell, and had corroded the wire into the plug away completely. Real pain, and about $800 in labour to fix.

Which brings me to my next question. Given the fact that it was misdiagnosed by nissan service, and having them repair it wouldn't have fixed the problem, and the actual cause was something that (according to B&M) should really have been picked up on if a decent look was had into it before deciding it was an injector, and subsequently not testing the injector to confirm it, how likely would I be to recoup some of the costs from nissan service, given they have a three month warranty on their work?

[scotty nm35]

Yeh, good luck with that.

Sounds like you got ripped, why the $800 labour for a few corroded pins?

[Odium]

Includes diagnosis time I guess... perhaps they spent some time pulling and swapping injectors to make sure that was the problem...

[baron25]

Yep, given I was told it was an injector issue, I had it booked to replace. Didn't find out what it was until he'd pulled it all apart and tested the injector to find there was nothing wrong with it, so then he had to reassemble the whole show to troubleshoot it from scratch.

Half the cost is in removing and refitting the injector that was apparently busted. So the dealers wrong diagnosis cost me $500, when you include their bill.

I'll take it up with them, hopefully they'll be decent about it. Only sure thing is not asking guarantee's nothing.