@JayTheCPA you said the new Bosch India injectors were all at 2175. As in-Were they all EXACTLY at 2175?!?
Over on hummer forum a guy has been doing checking and got a response that the India ones are now all coming within 30 psi of each other- which is frickin awesome for out if the box, but only 1 source. Did you test or who tested for you?
What I am hoping:
I called Bosch sometime back (3 years ish) and spoke to them about the difference in quality of German vs India, and he of coarse said all meet spec- blah blah. I told him-
Look, write down these websites, and listed every 6.5 forum I knew that talked about them. I explained they get a fraction of the sales outside of what they make for GEP because people are unhappy and when one company steps up and gets it right again, as none were currently, they will become the go to supplier for everyone. He never even heard of 6.5 forums and looked here and another while we spoke. Funny cuz his tone changed as he came to realize I wasn’t a mad customer bashing, I was desiring to become a customer and drag in a bunch more to him or someone that would just get it right.
I’ve done this with several mfr of various parts. A couple times I got the results I did from the guy at Bosch: He said he is going to push for better tolerance of the tip that the German’s had, and would push for a more accurate setting. He told me outright that their variance was +-200 and that They were just making sure to stay ahead of Delphi, who they consider the only competitor. They do have a customer- didn’t say who that requires a tighter event spec - but wouldn’t say what or who- but mentioned that as an example that it is not impossible to get them all there. He said no promises anything would actually change but did promise he would research my claim and request more then if legit as it seems, would bring it up for review to the decision makers. He said if everything went perfect it would be a year before customers start getting results. He didn’t say how much, but did say a small price increase would occur if they made it a new standard spec.
@Burning oil has there been a price adjustment in last year or so that was a tad more than expected? If so, this could be it.
Bosch doesn’t believe in advertising specs compared to competitors, so they wouldn’t announce “hey we just fixed our stuff, so now everyone buy from us”
I looked for his contact info, and I lost it like a moron. I called and chased down the position, and am awaiting return calls- last time it took me a month or so to get the right person.
We know the India’s had some problems, but have beaten the current competition overall. Doesn’t mean they didn’t have failures. T-stats & Sensors for example we know AC Delco has most sucess, but just today on Hummer forum a post about a AC tstat that fell apart in place. It is mass production, failures are going to happen. All we can do is learn who the best sucess rate is, and hope for what MAY be happening at Bosch- tightening up QC and improving an existing product.
@Paveltolz how long ago did you buy the Bosch injectors? Did you have any water in fuel lights since installing them? Any fuel issues at all? 10k is psycho short for a bosch problem. Also- can you hit the difference in pressure test more clearly between AK and Bill? Can you ask what tester he uses? Absolutely not trying to make a person look bad here. I have 100% confidence Bill does as perfect a job as possible testing injectors, and know that AK is not years of experienced. Wondering about difference of testers used also. That could be the big difference.
@ak diesel driver - can you post pic of your tester? Any light you can shed about carbon build up or anything unusual about the early death injector?
Suburban gets a quart of two stroke for each full tank. I know the PO did that for it as there was still a couple of quarts in the back when I got it.
