[Vwdiesel] TDI injector life

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i installed a set of high flow nozzles in an extra set of injectors  
that I had in the garage.  I simply took off the old nozzles and  
installed the new.    I took them to my local diesel shop and had  
them pop tested - perfect, no setting no specialized equipment just a  
professional injector tester.  He even let me come back and watch  
him.  I had one that actually didn't work properly, sort of dribbled  
instead of squirted.  He took it apart, cleaned it for me an then  
retested.  It apparantly had a glob of something in it from sitting  
around.  Tested it again, perfect.  AND NO CHARGE for anything!  :^)  
hayden

On Jan 15, 2006, at 9:30 PM, Lee Hillsgrove wrote:

>
>   Mine ('98 Jetta) are at over 200K but they should probably be  
> replaced. I
> think about 100K for a set of nozzles is probably a pretty safe  
> interval,
> but a lot depends on quality of fuel.
>
>  Kerma ( http://www.kermatdi.com/ ) is a good place to get better- 
> than-Bosch
> nozzles. You shouldn't have to replace the entire injector, just  
> the nozzle.
> They should be set up using specialized equipment after a nozzle  
> change due
> to the two-stage injection, but Kerma can coordinate that, I believe.
>
>
> Lee
> Oo-v-oO
> PP-ASEL
> KB1GNI
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S. Shourds" <sshourds at flash.net>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:48 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] TDI injector life
>
>
>> Anyone have data points on TDI injector life?  I was looking down  
>> at the
>> odo on the 2000 (ALH) today and it was at 166K miles.  It's been  
>> running
>> a little mediocre I think, too.  There's usually a little Diesel  
>> smell
>> at idle and a bit of a popping and this occasional lump in the  
>> idle.  I
>> checked the timing and there's no engine codes outside of that stupid
>> EGR range exceeded thing I can't get rid of (I really need to just  
>> kill
>> the EGR).  I'm starting to think that it may be worth it go get the
>> injectors looked at. How long has the community's injectors lasted?
>>
>> -Shalyn
>>
>> '00 Jetta TDI et al.
>>
>>
>>
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