Rant: I used to think paying for OEM injectors was a waste, now I'm not so sure.

A few years back, I was doing a rebuild on a 5.9L Cummins for a buddy's truck in Denver. I went with a set of reman injectors from a local shop for around $400 instead of the OEM Bosch ones that were nearly double. They ran fine for about six months, then one stuck open and washed a cylinder. That cost him another $1200 in parts and labor. Has anyone else had bad luck with aftermarket injectors, or did I just pick a bad shop?

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mary_wells1mo ago

Did the shop give you any warranty on those remans?

wendy_garcia161mo ago

Wait, didn't the shop tell you those are remanufactured, not remans, @mary_wells? That's a whole different thing, remans are just rebuilt cores with no real warranty behind them.