Need some help please!

[krusing]

Change fuel filter yourself, if your handy with a pair of pliers and side cutters.
I replaced the O-rings and Filters on ALL of Fuel injectors, and its ran perfectly since,
as I did I clean them, but I did use compressed air to try and clean them from underneath,
which would of probably opened the injector, and blew and crap out of the injector seat I am assuming,
never missed a beat since.
I think your mechanic is having a lend of you, thinks your a $$$ cash cow,
and milk you for what its worth, for how much he can out of you.
Probably would of been easier/cheaper to get a NEW set of injectors,
Now he will say one of them are faulty, and charge accordingly, just like a wounded bull.

Shop around and get a couple of quotes for 6 injectors,
keeping in mind, they are different colours for different engines,
Where on my Super6, I have White Injectors.

 

[krusing]

But you had a go,
Well done,
you learn by your mistakes,
Where you did save some money, by doing the LIM gaskets.

I did the injectors myself on my Super6, and I was a bit sceptical, it had be stumped how you get the old filters out,
but changed the filters and O-rings, and fixed the rough idle it had.

 

[GEP]

But you had a go,
Well done,
you learn by your mistakes,
Where you did save some money, by doing the LIM gaskets.

I did the injectors myself on my Super6, and I was a bit sceptical, it had be stumped how you get the old filters out,
but changed the filters and O-rings, and fixed the rough idle it had.

Thanks for the nice words. Doing the LIMs, pump, pulleys, coolant hoses and heater tap myself, aswell as cleaning the plenum all saved me well over $1000. It was an enjoyable experience despite the stress factor and I certainly learned many things. I guess I mistook the injectors for not being as temperamental as they can be.

Ive had the car for 13yrs and apart from a radiator replacement, new set of rotors and brakes and the yearly oil changes...nothings been doing to the car and its never missed a beat.

So considering all that having very little money spent on it over these 13yrs paying $600 to ensure improved longevity seems like a very good trade off to me.

Next items on the list are the suspension and struts, aswell as front wheel bearings. Once all thats done I should get many more years out of this car, aside from some unknown engine fault. But from reading tue ecotecs are pretty reliable engines.

 

[Juice3]

Thanks for the nice words. Doing the LIMs, pump, pulleys, coolant hoses and heater tap myself, aswell as cleaning the plenum all saved me well over $1000. It was an enjoyable experience despite the stress factor and I certainly learned many things. I guess I mistook the injectors for not being as temperamental as they can be.

Ive had the car for 13yrs and apart from a radiator replacement, new set of rotors and brakes and the yearly oil changes...nothings been doing to the car and its never missed a beat.

So considering all that having very little money spent on it over these 13yrs paying $600 to ensure improved longevity seems like a very good trade off to me.

Next items on the list are the suspension and struts, aswell as front wheel bearings. Once all thats done I should get many more years out of this car, aside from some unknown engine fault. But from reading tue ecotecs are pretty reliable engines.

I agree I think the ecotecs are pretty good and reliable engines mines almost done 200,000km never broken down once except for a bad alternator. When you do the struts Don't use the pedders standard size springs I used them and don't like em they are shorter and thicker than the original and don't feel that good imo and don't work well with standard shock size so stick with original length and thickness springs and also use the exact same type of dust cover for the front struts i used kyb ones and they came undone from the bump stop.

 

[GEP]

I agree I think the ecotecs are pretty good and reliable engines mines almost done 200,000km never broken down once except for a bad alternator. When you do the struts Don't use the pedders standard size springs I used them and don't like em they are shorter and thicker than the original and don't feel that good imo and don't work well with standard shock size so stick with original length and thickness springs and also use the exact same type of dust cover for the front struts i used kyb ones and they came undone from the bump stop.

Thanks for the input on the springs and dust covers. I read the same thing about the KYB ones, I recall seeing a standard OE no brand dust cover set on ebay that had good reviews.

In regards to the springs I was just going to keep my stop springs and go with KYB excel-g, standard ride height. Along with new mount and bearings should offer a nice ride I hope.

 

[GEP]

I wanted to ask you guys. Even though I used thread lock on the LIM should I make sure they havent losened up due to vibration in the 2 weeks since I reinstalled it? I wanted to recheck with torque wrench but didnt want to break the threadlock seal. My assumption was that if you use threadlock you wont need to retorque.