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Rod, I "think" the injectors came back from service with ALL the seals/grommets etc - but that's several years back now... oldtimers is setting in I re-used the fuel rail spacers. New intake metal gaskets etc.
Sounds like you've had more than your fair share of maintenance/repairs this year. Modern vehicles have way too many hoses, valves, sensors, bits that are all basically essential for them to operate. It's not getting any better with the newer stuff. I look at my near 40 yr old diesel patrol in oz and for all its crudity I wouldn't trade it for a new one - barring a serious drivetrain failure it will continue operating for a long time yet. It can remain noisy,slow,stinky etc - it just always starts and runs - no doubts or worries. There's a total of 5 hoses in the entire cooling system and 2 go to the heater core and could be bypassed in < 5 minuutes
Yeah, Dan better be enjoying his retirement - there's a lot of us that certainly aren't enjoying his
cheers,
george.
Sounds like you've had more than your fair share of maintenance/repairs this year. Modern vehicles have way too many hoses, valves, sensors, bits that are all basically essential for them to operate. It's not getting any better with the newer stuff. I look at my near 40 yr old diesel patrol in oz and for all its crudity I wouldn't trade it for a new one - barring a serious drivetrain failure it will continue operating for a long time yet. It can remain noisy,slow,stinky etc - it just always starts and runs - no doubts or worries. There's a total of 5 hoses in the entire cooling system and 2 go to the heater core and could be bypassed in < 5 minuutes
Yeah, Dan better be enjoying his retirement - there's a lot of us that certainly aren't enjoying his
cheers,
george.