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jnsampson
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OK, here we go again. I recently had to have the injectors replaced on my 85 C4 L98. The long story of this is that in 1985, Chevy, in its infinite wisdom had two (2) different versions of injectors in the L98 of that year. One set was manufactured by BOSCH, the other was manufactured by another company (can't for the life of me remember the name. Needless to say, they aren't interchangeable.
Rather than spend $165.00 PER INJECTOR from Chevy/GM, I bought 8 injectors from Ecklers. These were advertised as "performance" injectors for mildly modified engines. The flow rate for these injectors is 24 lbs. / hour. The stock injectors I used to have were rated at 19 lbs. / hour. I HAD to replace the injectors for 5 of them were leaking.
Now, the car runs a bit erratic at 1500 RPM / 35 mph in Drive (w/o Overdrive). It's like a bit of a surge. At highway speeds, it's fine. Acceleration is fine too (ran it up to 102 w/o problem)
Chevy is now saying my O2 sensor is trashed due to the increased flow rate of the injectors and that the computer cannot compensate for the higher flow rate.
I'm not buying this one for a minute since Ecklers and others have said that the injectors should work w/o problem. Furthermore, if the O2 sensor has gone haywire, the engine, unless I'm missing something, would simply not run properly at all.
Am I missing something here? Any ideas?
Thanks,
John Sampson:confused
Rather than spend $165.00 PER INJECTOR from Chevy/GM, I bought 8 injectors from Ecklers. These were advertised as "performance" injectors for mildly modified engines. The flow rate for these injectors is 24 lbs. / hour. The stock injectors I used to have were rated at 19 lbs. / hour. I HAD to replace the injectors for 5 of them were leaking.
Now, the car runs a bit erratic at 1500 RPM / 35 mph in Drive (w/o Overdrive). It's like a bit of a surge. At highway speeds, it's fine. Acceleration is fine too (ran it up to 102 w/o problem)
Chevy is now saying my O2 sensor is trashed due to the increased flow rate of the injectors and that the computer cannot compensate for the higher flow rate.
I'm not buying this one for a minute since Ecklers and others have said that the injectors should work w/o problem. Furthermore, if the O2 sensor has gone haywire, the engine, unless I'm missing something, would simply not run properly at all.
Am I missing something here? Any ideas?
Thanks,
John Sampson:confused