Any opinions on the ebay gems?
Feedback looks good and they are temptingly cheap. Is temptingly a word?
Dave
Does anyone know whether these injectors on FiveOMotorsport are also available on ebay for less cheddar? Are there other part numbers that work as well? I looked briefly on the bay and found a few sets of cheap Ford 19lb injectors, but they don't specify engine type.
Oh, FiveO states that Bosch # 0280150415 is for the M50.
Any help will be greatly appreciated ,
Dave
10/90 Build 525im, 630,000+km, Eibach/Sachs, Engine Rebuild
*RIP Oskar the DOG *
Any opinions on the ebay gems?
Feedback looks good and they are temptingly cheap. Is temptingly a word?
Dave
10/90 Build 525im, 630,000+km, Eibach/Sachs, Engine Rebuild
*RIP Oskar the DOG *
Are your injectors yellow top like that? Friend's M50TU has green top injectors like this guy is selling.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1415771
Why don't you send your injectors here?
http://www.witchhunter.com/injectorserv1.php4
Buy those used injectors and send 'em to WitchHunter if you can't leave yours out of the car for too long. I've heard very good feedback on WitchHunter from various people over the years. And it's cheaper than FiveO. I'd want to get 'em refurbed by a known quality company over going with someone on eBay we've not heard of before.
Cosmos Black/Black 1995 540iA M-Sport
BMW Individual Exclusive Edition, 1 of 65 total, 9/25/95 Build
Unfortunately, they are inherently un-cheap. You are looking for a green or blue topped deal. Yellow, iirc is going to be m30 stuff.
ps.. that ebay page looks like a pretty good deal if they did a decent job on them. IIRC witchhunter charges at least 20$ per, so you are about at parity with either, and get to keep your old injectors if you go with the ebay folk.
Last edited by ryan roopnarine; 03-18-2010 at 04:45 PM.
I just got bought a set from the cheap guy - shipped pretty fast.
Unfortunately the car is running pretty badly with them in there.
He has replied promptly to my emails and is sending another set.
I think were I to do it again I'd go for new injectors, but his feedback is pretty good and he seems honest enough...
... "lucky 7 injectors" ...
Ryan and Tim,
Ijust ordered a set from the ebay seller. I know they're yellow in the pics, but we'll seee what shows up. I gave Witchhunter serious consideration as I'm not yet driving the car daily, but they don't ship to Canada and I'd need to get them to the border to ship to them reliably. For $110, its worth a shot.
THanks guys,
Dave
10/90 Build 525im, 630,000+km, Eibach/Sachs, Engine Rebuild
*RIP Oskar the DOG *
That's what I thought... this is my most recent email to the guy about the replacements he says he sent.
Michael
As of this morning USPS has no record of this item.
I paid for express shipping and my car is sitting.
I am rapidly losing confidence in this transaction.
Tim
Hope it goes better for you...
I've put the smallblock Ford V8 type IIIs (the typ. M30 injector replacements) in my M50 as an experiment (am chasing a bad runing problem so did it to cancel out 'bad injectors'). They flow a lot more than the green tops (which BTW are 4-spot std), so the car ran smooth and rich for 2/3 tank until the poor ECU gets some idea of how little a cycle it now needs to give the injectors. Now it is back to its old spluttering self. Changing injector types will always do this. I hazard a guess to say that if you run an M50 w bigger injectors (and the stock ECU/maps), an ECU reset (eg after every battery removal) will land you back with a rich-running car again.
Stick with the stock injectors, I'd say they are the best unless you have major mods to the engine that mean it can need more fuel than the stock ones can deliver. Bigger ones will at least some atomisation efficiency a lot of the time... reducing economy that without the need for more flow will be 'all for nought'.
Last edited by genphreak; 03-25-2010 at 03:57 PM.
Join the Aussie 540i LE yahoo forum
08/88 535i e34 M30+miller MAF, 'stiens, tints & teeth!
Of course they showed up the same day I sent the email.
Just put them in and the car is running nice and smooth!
Well - still hope you have better luck than me Dave but at least you know they're good for another set if the first ones don't work out. I'm pretty happy - it didn't cost very much and I can do the job in an hour now after having done it four times.... hopefully won't have to do it again on this car again.
This was a first time for me - I'm learning my lessons... but BS like this really makes a n$#b like me question himself.... shoulda bought new ones.
PS mine were yellow(ish)