Debate: is it better to rebuild an injector or just swap in a reman?

I had a 6.0 Powerstroke that was acting up last spring, so I pulled the injectors. Rebuilding them myself with new seals and nozzles cost me around $120 for the whole set, but a reman set was like $800. The rebuilt ones ran fine for 3 months, then started stuttering again. Now I'm wondering if I just wasted my time. For you guys who do this full time, do you rebuild or go with remans? What's your rule of thumb on that?

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charles7201d ago

Whoa hold up, $120 for the whole set? That's insane. I mean, idk how you pulled that off but it sounds too good to be true, and it sounds like it was. I paid like $220 just for the gaskets and o-rings on my last set of 6.0 injectors, not even counting the nozzles or the pop testing tool I had to rent. For me, a $100 difference to go from a rebuild job that lasts three months to a reman set that I can trust for years is a no-brainer. Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather fork out the extra cash once and not be stuck on the side of the road again.

charles7201d ago

Yeah man, you're absolutely right, spending a little more up front saves you from kicking yourself later on.

patricia321d ago

Charles720, you nailed it. I've learned that lesson the hard way more times than I care to count. My husband still jokes about the time I tried to save fifty bucks on a fuel pump for my old truck and ended up stranded in the mall parking lot on Black Friday. That was a real good deal alright, cost me a tow truck and the rest of my pride. These days I just tell myself to treat the extra hundred like a cheap insurance policy against my own bad judgment. Sometimes the most frugal thing you can do is spend a little more and stop playing mechanic roulette.