One diesel injector? That'll be £800, sir
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Just talking to a diesel independent service bod.
He reckons the newest technology in diesel injectors costs £800 a throw.
These things are controlled by exciting crystals with electrickery, thus allowing them to squirt at a very rapid rate of knots.
They're only used by Mercedes and BMW at the moment, but it appears all new engines will have to go that way in order to meet EU emissions standards.
If this is true, it looks as though the global warming scam is going to price diesels out of existence.
Anybody know more....?
He reckons the newest technology in diesel injectors costs £800 a throw.
These things are controlled by exciting crystals with electrickery, thus allowing them to squirt at a very rapid rate of knots.
They're only used by Mercedes and BMW at the moment, but it appears all new engines will have to go that way in order to meet EU emissions standards.
If this is true, it looks as though the global warming scam is going to price diesels out of existence.
Anybody know more....?
andy-xr said:
Mk3 Mondeo is £250 each, when you consider the TDCi's are 2003 onwards and they're trading around the £2k mark you have to wonder if it's worth it. Same with the dual mass flywheel
I need one for a Mondy TDci.Independent can get reconditioned ones for £160-170ish, and reckons he can get the others serviced for £110 a throw. Car's done 175,000 on the original set.
feritsbum said:
Sorry, but there is no end in sight for the diesel engine yet and the odd injector going off will not spell the end.
We are well into the Euro 5 engine now and the technology is mind boggling and amazing. There is a long way to go yet before it can be classed as perfect!
We all know that diesel engines are the workhorse engines of businesses and until something better comes along they will remain so.
Injection technologies will become more reliable and cheaper as demand and competition dictate. It will all sort itself out like these things do.
There's been plenty of time for them to get cheaper...and they haven't.We are well into the Euro 5 engine now and the technology is mind boggling and amazing. There is a long way to go yet before it can be classed as perfect!
We all know that diesel engines are the workhorse engines of businesses and until something better comes along they will remain so.
Injection technologies will become more reliable and cheaper as demand and competition dictate. It will all sort itself out like these things do.
If we're going to be looking at £3000+ for a set of injectors and £thousands for fuel pumps, etc, residual values are going to vanish...
Will businesses then be so keen to buy...?
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