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Title: Diesel Injectors
Post by: Del Boy on 27 July 2011, 17:31:45
Thought I'd ask here as every other forum hasn't answered me for ages (I should know by now to ask here first  ;D) Anywho, I was wondering can you get diesel injectors cleaned or do you have to buy new, or even better could I clean them myself?
Title: Re: Diesel Injectors
Post by: henryd on 27 July 2011, 17:39:10
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Thought I'd ask here as every other forum hasn't answered me for ages (I should know by now to ask here first  ;D) Anywho, I was wondering can you get diesel injectors cleaned or do you have to buy new, or even better could I clean them myself?

They can be cleaned but get a quote first so you know what you are going to pay,A mate has just has just had four tested off a 55 plate astra 1.7diesel and they charged him £175 to refurbish one of them :-?
Title: Re: Diesel Injectors
Post by: Del Boy on 27 July 2011, 17:47:18
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Thought I'd ask here as every other forum hasn't answered me for ages (I should know by now to ask here first  ;D) Anywho, I was wondering can you get diesel injectors cleaned or do you have to buy new, or even better could I clean them myself?

They can be cleaned but get a quote first so you know what you are going to pay,A mate has just has just had four tested off a 55 plate astra 1.7diesel and they charged him £175 to refurbish one of them :-?

That's nigh on as much for a new one  :o :o :o
Title: Re: Diesel Injectors
Post by: millwall on 27 July 2011, 17:48:19
theres a good place in erith del  will get their details for you if you want  had them do injectors and turbos for my vans with no problems   :y
Title: Re: Diesel Injectors
Post by: henryd on 27 July 2011, 18:19:23
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Thought I'd ask here as every other forum hasn't answered me for ages (I should know by now to ask here first  ;D) Anywho, I was wondering can you get diesel injectors cleaned or do you have to buy new, or even better could I clean them myself?

They can be cleaned but get a quote first so you know what you are going to pay,A mate has just has just had four tested off a 55 plate astra 1.7diesel and they charged him £175 to refurbish one of them :-?

That's nigh on as much for a new one  :o :o :o

Apparently GM quoted circa 500 sheets for a new one :D :-?
Title: Re: Diesel Injectors
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 27 July 2011, 21:31:07
Depends on the injector type.

Older injectors are dead easy to do and pretty cheap, you simply check the spray pattern and do a pop test. Refurb involves fitting new nozzles and setting the pop pressure (again easy with a pop tester and nozzles are cheap).

Common rail injectors are a whole different ball game though and due to the huge pressures they work at are more expensive to do.

Thankfuly the diesel injectors that Vx use are pretty dam good.
Title: Re: Diesel Injectors
Post by: Omegatoy on 27 July 2011, 21:37:31
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Depends on the injector type.

Older injectors are dead easy to do and pretty cheap, you simply check the spray pattern and do a pop test. Refurb involves fitting new nozzles and setting the pop pressure (again easy with a pop tester and nozzles are cheap).

Common rail injectors are a whole different ball game though and due to the huge pressures they work at are more expensive to do.

Thankfuly the diesel injectors that Vx use are pretty dam good.

Ah the good old pop test! very very many memories of setting truck injectors with these after dismantling and cleaning them, always knew when you had a bad spray pattern cos you got covered in diesel(old type diesel that stank for days if you got it on you) pop pressure could be a bugger to get exactly right on them though!! :y
Title: Re: Diesel Injectors
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 27 July 2011, 21:38:35
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Depends on the injector type.

Older injectors are dead easy to do and pretty cheap, you simply check the spray pattern and do a pop test. Refurb involves fitting new nozzles and setting the pop pressure (again easy with a pop tester and nozzles are cheap).

Common rail injectors are a whole different ball game though and due to the huge pressures they work at are more expensive to do.

Thankfuly the diesel injectors that Vx use are pretty dam good.

Ah the good old pop test! very very many memories of setting truck injectors with these after dismantling and cleaning them, always knew when you had a bad spray pattern cos you got covered in diesel(old type diesel that stank for days if you got it on you) pop pressure could be a bugger to get exactly right on them though!! :y

To right, particulalrly the ones you had to shim to set!
Title: Re: Diesel Injectors
Post by: Del Boy on 27 July 2011, 22:30:29
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theres a good place in erith del  will get their details for you if you want  had them do injectors and turbos for my vans with no problems   :y

If you could please mate  :y

Thanks for the advice people, and it's a common rail injection  :-/