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No disparagement of remanufacture parts implied,
Jesse, I have used many remanufactured parts and still do. However, I have
had at least 3 injectors which have stuck open or leaked in the 250 hours of
flying. These were cleaned and "refurbished" (not certain exactly what
that means). Would new parts have done any better - don't really know but
would have hoped so.
However, infant mortality rate of new parts is
certainly a factor as well. Used injectors are probably better than new
injectors - however, after a certain point I am certain that the reliability
curve starts down again.
A number of folks on the list have had
injector problems at one time or the other. I just think that 10-15 year
old injectors are getting a bit long in the tooth considering the environment
they operate in.
Here we do have a choice in that new injectors are
available - just rather expensive. Four new injectors and I have the $$ I
spent to rebuild the engine in the first place.
Ed Anderson
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 3:10
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel Leaks
Since I, at one time, owned a parts rebuilding
business, I gather you are suggesting that on certain type parts of certain
age that washed parts are probably not worth the risk of going with less than
new ? That's really all you can do with somethings. Of course, with
others, you can not only re-build and/or replace worn parts but you can even
improve on them. On others, cleaning and checking them is about all
can be done.
jofarr, soddy tn
These are refurbished injectors supposedly
cleaned and flow tested - but, unless you buy new Mazda injectors at $235,
you are getting remanufactured injectors which are getting to be
almost 15 years old in some
cases.
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