Bosch/Ford Fuel Injectors for M50.........

[Dave M]

Does anyone know whether these injectors on FiveOMotorsport (http://www.fiveomotorsport.com/fuel-injectors/?itemid=79) 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

[Dave M]

Any opinions on the ebay gems? (http://cgi.ebay.ca/92-93-94-95-BMW-325i-2-5-L6-M50-FUEL-INJECTORS-SET-OF-6_W0QQitemZ290414287454QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_C ar_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item439e0a5a5e)

Feedback looks good and they are temptingly cheap. Is temptingly a word? ;)

Dave

[bubba966]

Any opinions on the ebay gems? (http://cgi.ebay.ca/92-93-94-95-BMW-325i-2-5-L6-M50-FUEL-INJECTORS-SET-OF-6_W0QQitemZ290414287454QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_C ar_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item439e0a5a5e)

Feedback looks good and they are temptingly cheap. Is temptingly a word? ;)

Dave

Are your injectors yellow top like that? Friend's M50TU has green top injectors like this guy is selling.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.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.

[Dave M]

Are your injectors yellow top like that? Friend's M50TU has green top injectors like this guy is selling.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.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.

Witchhunter looks interesting, but I'd need to drive to the border to ship em quickly. I may work, we'll see. Thanks for the info.

Dave

[ryan roopnarine]

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.

[tim eh?]

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...

:D ... "lucky 7 injectors" ...

[Dave M]

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

[tim eh?]

For $110, its worth a shot.


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...

[genphreak]

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'.

[tim eh?]

That's what I thought...

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)

[Dave M]

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)

Thanks for the update. I'll be finishing the O2 sensor and injectors this evening. Wish me luck that the set they sent are good.

Curious, did they look like this:

http://i.ebayimg.com/17/!B(VwZzg!Wk~$(KGrHgoH-DoEjlLlw14UBKby1d3cm!~~_35.JPG

or like this:

http://i.ebayimg.com/20/!B(,!dTgCGk~$(KGrHgoH-DcEkJw2KwwWBKcH)dHy-w~~_35.JPG

or something in between? Mine are yellow, stock are green.

Dave

[tim eh?]

Curious, did they look like this:

or something in between? Mine are yellow, stock are green.

Dave

mine look closer to the grey ones but they are yellowish. stock are blue for me.