Injector Replacements by Geographical Area

[k1rod]

It occurs to me that diesel fuel in some parts of the country might be of a higher quality than in other parts. I was thinking that this might show up in higher levels of injector failures in some parts of the country and perhaps no or a low number of failures in others. If you have had injector failures, please respond with your location and numer of injectors you have had to replace. If you have never had any injectors fail, please respond saying so. That would be good data too. I will try to compile the data and post the results. Thanks, rod (K1ROD)

[D-MAX]

Sheridan Wyo 01 D/A, had no Injector problems,
02 D/A had all eight Injectors replaced twice before 28.000 MI.
All seems well now. ;)

[marlinsdmax]

2002 Chevy, Lancaster,PA 8 new injectors at 85000

[BlackMax 2001]

2001 Chevy, 36K, No problems, Linn, WV

[nlp]

2002 Crew cab 4x4 D/A with 51000 miles. No problems. Raleigh, NC

[Jim Brzozowski]

k1rod, I see what you are asking here, but I doubt you will have a meaningful amount of data to consider. My suspicion all along is if GM wants to look at the problem statisticly, they should log every vin number that had to have replacement injectors and see how it sorts out, I suspect they will find the majoriety of failures occured within a certain time period. If put into a graph the graph would start out low then peak suddenly and then just as suddenly go right back down, sugesting it is a manufacturing defect and not necessarly bad fuel. Now if they knew the low sulfur diesel was going to be a problem due to lubricity lacking, they should have immediately told everyone to use an additive to add lubricity until the oil companies can make further adjustments to their specs. Someone dropped the ball somewhere. Good luck with your survey, hope I never have to add my name to the list of injector failures. I'm using my own common sense approach to try and avoid the failures. Will let you know it it doesn't.

[DmaxMad]

02 Dmax 53,000 no injector failures. Humble, Texas

[jbplock]

03 Duramax - No injector failures with 40kmiles http://forum.thedieselpage.com/ubb/icons/icon14.gif - Owego, NY

[Driveshaft]

01 with 50000 miles in Southeast Ms. with moderate to heavy towing 25% of the time. No problems with injectors, yet.

[more power 3]

2001 all 8 at 106,000 miles. Tampa, Fl.

[Diesel Crat]

02 CC SB , 43,500 miles. No injector Issues. Kzoo,MI.

Maybe, start a poll post on this topic instead of having everyone reply to a regular post. Quicker way to the facts me thinks. smile.gif :D :cool: tongue.gif ;)

[Dylan Finch]

2004 LB7 Crew Cab, 34,000 miles Utah. No injector problems.

[durapower]

2001 duramax had 34 injectors replace new injector pump in dec and bad inj again . new engine at 50000 know it has about 90000 miles

[Jim Brzozowski]

durapower, who did your work and in what part of the country are you in.

[DmaxMaverick]

Add me to the list. Had a date with the service dept. this morning. 86K miles and #7 is leaking like a screan door on a submarine. No fuel in the oil, but it won't stop pouring fuel into the cylinder. Lots of smoke and knocking. Always had good fuel and post OEM Mega filter for about 15K. The problem came on real fast, so something broke. I'm getting 8 new ones....as soon as they come in :rolleyes:

[chrisinkanata]

8 new injectors at 55000 miles. East Ontario. No total failure though....just got harder and harder to start when cold. Over about a year.

Chris

[soot]

My '04 LB7 with 79k miles is currently at the dealer getting 1 injector replaced. Located in NW Ohio.

[BowTieDmax]

2001 all 8 injectors replaced at 106,000.

[Runaway]

"03" @ 58K with no problems here in NE Wisconsin!

[royalglen]

2003 at Calgary,Alberta,Canada Changed 5 injectors at 30000 mi

[Oldbuc]

'02 All 8 injectors replaced at 68,000. Fuel in oil. I did the paper towel "double ring" test.
Coatesville, Pa.

Ron C.
2002 D/A CC, Silverado, 4x4, Linex,
2002 Titanium 5th wheel
2 Honda EU 2000 generators

[mbmax]

02 from Winnipeg Manitoba 47000 miles. None replaced.

[Tommy turbo]

'01 all 8 inj just replaced at 66000 miles had defueling issue under load "ck engine lt on" had a fuel regulator code stored. Seems fine now. No change in the way it runs.

[the_vfox]

24K and no injector problems smile.gif 2004 LLY. Been all over the country with that 24K smile.gif

[Diesel Crat]

Brothers 01 ECSB. 81,000 miles. Fuel and Oil blowing all over truck and trailer Friday night. Looks like a new set of injectors. Grand Rapids, MI

Brother-In-Laws 01? or 02? CCSB. One injector replaced last year. All 8 recently replaced. Not sure on the miles. Ludington, MI

[ursusdiesel]

Question for Royalglen --- I have an '03 with about same mileage as you. What symptoms did you start having which suggested you needed to replace the injectors? Thanks

[richp]

I'm located in Northern Illinois, and my '01 K-2500 has 97,500 miles on it (about 2/3 of which has been heavy towing.

The truck began to smoke at idle and on load about 500 miles ago. There was no loss of power and no detectable rise in oil level or drop in oil pressure before I got it to the dealer.

On diagnosis, two injectors were clearly bad (one on each bank) and the other six were marginal and presumably about to go south. All eight injectors are being replaced this week under the extended warranty program, so I won't even have to pay the deductible. Working with a great dealer and service department at Bob Jass Chevrolet, Elburn, IL.

For what it's worth.

Rich Phillips
Member #27

[BigO]

Located in Phoenix, AZ. No Injector problems on an 2001. Running Stock.

[ronald2707]

01 LB7 8 replace @ 98K Dundalk,Maryland

[Dewey Faircloth]

05 20,000 miles.No problem
Lower Alabama.
Most miles on the road pulling travel trailer.

[Nix]

'01, taken to dealer at 99,985, scheduled for all 8 to be replaced when they arrive. Woodstock,IL. Not a catastrophic failure. Intermittent smoke belching from tailpipe(twice in approx. 500 mi.), very lumpy idle and progressively decreasing mileage since replacement of FPR at approximately 70K(pre-FPR 20+ on highway, 16.5-17 in town w/freestanding 2" square AL tubing ladder rack and cap,post FPR 18 or less hwy,now 15 or less city or hwy w/cap and no rack). No fuel in oil, still driveable according to dealer.....

[ 05-12-2005, 09:11 PM: Message edited by: Nix ]

[Shire Ben]

2001 LB7 with 90K, No problems.
2004.5 LLY with 30K, No problems.

Central/Eastern Massachusetts.

[Jomar]

`02 with 64,000 and no problems yet. Run hard but treated with TLC. San Antonio area.