isn't always better. Sure it is going to cost you more up front to have a local shop overhaul the injectors. On the internet rebuilds, are they Bosch? For sure?

I, personally, am willing to spend more to 1) support a local business, and 2) get the peace-of-mind that comes from knowing that if something isn't right with the parts I can take them back and hash it out, face-to-face, rather than via email or playing phone tag with some joker hundreds of miles away.

$89 bucks apiece sounds about right....

Jay

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On the road, currently:
'83 300D (German spec.) 168k mi. - - Wolfgang (tucked snugly away for the winter!)
'87 300D 375k mi. - finally went over to "The Dark Side"
'87 300TD 225k mi.
Cannondale 66cm CAAD5 w/Campy/Jamis Aurora
Hujsak Custom Fixie/Landshark Track Shark Custom/Ahearne Custom 29'er

The main advantage of using a local shop is they will try to balance your set of Injector as best they can.

When you buy Injectors at a parts place or on the Internet they grab your set randomly from a Bin of Injectors.
As an example the acceptable range of opening pressures for 617.952 new Injectors is 135-143 bar.
That is a possible variance of 8 bar.

So when the parts place grabs your Injectors from a bin you could have Injectors at the High and Low end of the opening pressure range and have an 8 bar variance.
Yet the FSM tells you “ The difference between any two Injection Nozzles within one Engine must not exceed 5 bar".
A Fuel Injection shop will try to Balance as close as they possibly can with in the amount of time they are given to do the Job.

The other advantage of using a Local Shop is you can buy your own Spray Nozzles; giving you a little control over the quality of Spray Nozzle you put into your Injectors.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Thanks guys for the good advise I never brought injectors before so I needed information and prices and were to look. I did not ask advise about buying a Kia. And yes I'm a cheap guy that loves mercedes diesels but you lupin...the...3rd you are the bastard