So I finally pulled the intake off for like the 5th time in the last 2 weeks. Before that, I isolated my misfire to the passenger side rear corner, which I thought was where I had installed my only "new" injector. Sure enough, that's where the reman one was that I bought a few weeks ago. Changed it with a spare used one I bought off eBay a while back, and Bingo- no more problems.

So, just in case you all haven't been listening to Internetautomart about reman injectors (and he tries to save us all from ourselves constantly.. ) listen to me- they're not worth it...

 

I ought to know, I've replaced 7 injectors on my car

 

So is the lesson here to buy brand new injectors, and not reman or rebuilt ones?

 

Hey what about MAFS. And I thought all injectors are tested after rebuilt. And what iis the price difference between new and rebuilt. Mine MAFs was 180.00 . The dealship wanted 400.00.

 

I bought used MAF at car-parts.com for $30, worked fine so far(2 years).

 

yup, unless you like doing labor multiple times.

 

they are, but they fail a bit later. so the testing is pointless.
Mafs I haven't seen anywhere near the defect rate that I have on our injectors, so I'd use rebuilt maf with no problem

 

where's the best place to get some injectors?

 

I picked up some used injectors on EBAY that spec out fine for my 94 SE. The injector has a plastic cap with 4 prongs that hold the lower 0-ring in place. But on a couple of the injectors the cap is cracked. Any idea where I can get new caps? I read somewhere that someone makes a seal kit that includes new caps. If not I may try a little JB-weld as the cap does not seem to perform much function. I want to replace the O-rings on each injector. What is the best way to remove the O-ring without cracking the plastic cap?

 

www.a-1injectors.com or I may add them to my site soon

 

i will be another one to attest to not buying remanufactured injectors. a year ago i bought 6 and replaced them all at once. car ran like crap. got it running PERFECT for a day and then all hell broke lose. turned out two of the remanufactured injectors went to crap. bought 6 brand new ones and everything was good to go...

 

wish i had that type of money lol

 

don't we all

 

I replaced one of my injectors on my VG today for the first time and it wasnt too bad. I took about an 1 1/2 hours but after reading all the posts about how difficult it is to change I thought it would be much harder. I put in a rebuilt injector from directauto.com because it was so much cheaper than a new one. It was $35 after you get back your $12 core charge and it comes with a lifetime warranty. So far so good but for that price I can replace all my injectors for the price of two new ones. Also my gaskets were still good so all it cost was $35.

I guess if it craps out on me tom then I will change my mind about rebuilt ones but hopefully that wont happen.