TBI injectors (just humor)

[Bruce Plecan]

The only orange code I know is Brown / Orange and that is the 350 PU
injector
Though there might be others
Bruce




> 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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