TBI injectors (just humor)

[Alain Blais]

ok, even if the message wasn't a answer to a previous question for me. It
still help me a lot, by pure hasard.  I went today to get two tbi injectors
cleaned and flow checked at a local hi po shop. The guy called me back
saying that one was defective, since nothing was happening when he applied
some voltage.  Could be true because I bought the engine last september, and
since it was rebuilt never runned back with the tbi unit.  I then called at
GM to get the price for a tbi injector for my 89 caprice 5.0L engine, about
140$.  But I got some injectors that came from a kind of early 90's Astro
4.3L. And I tried to figure out if they were the same, over diy www, the
only info are for 5.0L and bigger engines.  And as far for the color codes,
the only color I see on the injectors is the pin where the connector hook up
and both are orange.  Checked on wrenchead.com and they list both the same
part number for the injectors for both cars.  So the question is, should the
conclusion be that they're the same injectors? Thanks

    Math B
    fireb at videotron.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Valentine" <bob at tecmark.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 3:12 AM
Subject: Re: TBI injectors (just humor)


> I carry a list of injector #'s & color codes (guess where they are) when
> crusing the junkyards, or I'd be better off buying lottery tickets.
> Acutally you might be better off buying lottery tickets instead of
> injectors since I recall you saying something about no profit in EFI.
>
> A 2.5 and a 5.0 injectors are not the same Standard Ignition replacement
> part #. Might be a physical difference, might be flow, I don't know.   Get
> a parts book or go to one of the various Internet online autoparts
> (carparts.com is $$$, but works well for this purpose) and look up
> different year/motor/body combos.  Wrenchhead.com search works great on
> partial part numbers.  It can provide some interesting (but not very
> technical) info, sure is fun for killing time at the day job tho.
>
> -> Bob Valentine
> -> bob at tecmark.com

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