Should Local dealer Be Responsible????

[cowboyjunkie]

I had injectors put in the truck about 16 months ago. Had 2 fail so opted to have all 8 replaced. Well prior to my oil coller erupting the truck had been acting a little low on power with a slight stumble to it. I think I have found the culprit. #2 Injector hold down was a little loose. Pulled the injector and this is what I got. My question is, should the dealership be responsible seeing as they did the work, or do I have to eat their screw up?

[cowboyjunkie]

Anyone have an opinion or similar experience?

[DoubleDpsd]

Any warranty offered on work/parts by the dealer? If no warranty implied or if it ran out, I don't see who else's issue it would be other than yours?

[colo_dually]

After 16 months, you don't have any claim on the part of the dealership's labor. If the injectors have a warranty, you should be looking into that and see if they will cover the repair.

Did you ever troubleshoot why you had two injectors fail, or did you simply replace them?

[cowboyjunkie]

When the job was performed they claimed the reason for the 2 failed injectors was low fuel pressure. The truck was updated with the "blue"spring" kit. They replaced the two original bad injectors. they then called and asked if i wanted to just replace them all for the fact that the other 6 may have some damage from fuel starvation. so i opted to have them all done. After 3 months or so i noticed the low power and stumble. the truck went back to them. they ran a injector contribution test and all were within ford specified parameters. thats as far as they went into it. This was noticed as I am tearing the truck down to do HG's, studs, ect, ect. I was able to back the injector hold down bolt out by hand. Im a big guy but no way strong enough to break loose a bolt supposedly torqued to 24 ft lbs.

As far as warranty goes i do believe its a 12 month/12,000 on parts and labor which puts me out on months but not on mileage. But seeing as I took the truck back to them with a low power issue, and they didnt go very deep into it, should it be on me?

[colo_dually]

Legally, you're out of their warranty.

[cowboyjunkie]

That's what I was afraid of. Just sucks I have to bite the bullet for their subpar work. Do you think I could get away with a nozzle instead of a full body injector?

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[colo_dually]

The specs are very tight on the 6.0L injectors, and most who machine them for aftermarket applications have a hard time working on them. If it was me, I'd take it one step further and replace the whole injector.

[elm302]

Fwiw you can get a rebuilt injector from warren diesel for 100.00 plus 75 core.