Designed for high-sulfur off-road diesel, and not liking ULSD? Just a guess.
Allan "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> writes: > Ladies and Gents: > > > > I'm looking for your experiences and opinions WRT Bosch Diesel injection > pumps. My recollection is that they were near bullet-proof but maybe my > memory deceives me. > > > > Among other things, I own a Kioti (Daedong of Korea) tractor and subscribe > to tractor list (tractorbynet.com) with a Kioti section. The Kioti IP is > made by Bosch and it is similar to our Mercedes Diesel pumps except the IP > camshaft is inside the engine block and gear driven, like a mini valve > camshaft. The Kioti IP bolts in place over this camshaft so it is much like > the top half of our pumps. Another difference is the Kioti fuel shutoff, > which uses an electrical solenoid vs vacuum like MBZ. > > > > Now, lately, several Kioti owners have reported IP failures. Here's a post > showing damage to the gear and rack teeth after one of these failures: > > http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/225273-injector-pump-failure.html. > > > A new IP costs over $1K and rebuilds aren't available to this is a high > interest item for many Kioti owners. > > > > These failures seem to occur with pretty low hours on the motor, like less > than 1000 hours on tractors ma. > > > > So here's what I'd like to know: > > 1. Were our old Bosch IPs really as robust as I recall (I can't recall any > reports of similar failures). > > 2. What's going on here? Has the quality of Bosch products really gone > south? Is this just a bad batch of parts? > > > > Thanks > > Scott > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.comFor new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
