TBI injectors (just humor)

[Shannen Durphey]

Bruce Plecan wrote:
> 
> 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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