Thread: The great petrol vs diesel debate

Are the injector problems actually very common? I did the ones in mine but know nobody else that has, I sourced a set out of a wrecked vehicle with 15,000k on the clock which cost me $400, took all of an hour to change them. If I had've been buying new I would've looked to get them tested and only replaced the one that was faulty. With a bit of knowledge, research and willingness to get your hands dirty you can pick up some bargins.

Thanks to this forum, especially @longrange308 for helping to diagnose the problem.

I much prefer EFI over carburetors and mechanical injection.

Originally Posted by Savage1

Are the injector problems actually very common? I did the ones in mine but know nobody else that has, I sourced a set out of a wrecked vehicle with 15,000k on the clock which cost me $400, took all of an hour to change them. If I had've been buying new I would've looked to get them tested and only replaced the one that was faulty. With a bit of knowledge, research and willingness to get your hands dirty you can pick up some bargins.

Thanks to this forum, especially @longrange308 for helping to diagnose the problem.

I much prefer EFI over carburetors and mechanical injection.

I think injector problems are not uncommon, but thankfully not overly expensive to fix.
It's thing like the fuel pump going which cost the big $$ to replace, or if the injectors are left in a bad state other problems occur.

The most import part of your post is "With a bit of knowledge, research and willingness to get your hands dirty you can pick up some bargins."
Whilst you may have fixed it for $400 yourself, if you had taken it to a shop they would've said you need new injectors for $2000, plus a couple of hundred in labour.
My in laws spent hundreds of dollar trying to fix a problem on their Toyota Echo, took it to multiple different Toyota garages who ran diagnostics and replaced a few different parts over the space of a year and never got it right. Brother in law came to visit and found a Youtube video showing the fix for the problem,
5 minutes and a new relay later, never had a problem again.