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So this manual only on the 2.3 issue has brought alot of people drawing lines on injection types.
Disclaimer, I am an old skool guy, the only two fueling methods I would ever recommend or setup myself is Webber or Demon. I have even flirted with mechanical injection. However like the rest of us I aquiesce to modern fool injection.
My question is based purely on long term ownership, you resellers and folks who plan to rack up 300,000 in the next few years and then junk it arent really the focus here as you will not have this Bronco in the year 2045. If we even have fuel or a rock to stand on by then.
I am concerned not about carbon build up, because that seem to be able to be mitigated by a catch can, something I havent really researched as to why other than accepting the loudest of opinions. I am worried about plumbing. So you have a 6 cylinder with direct and port injection. That means 12 injectors of 2 types, and 12 or more connections on top of the engine. Then you have regulators is there one for each injector type? how many connections does that add? Are all the injectors on rails? How many rails are there or do the injectors have individual lines and a manifold. Is there more than one pump? Is there a supplemental pump after the low pressure line peels off? How many fuel connection points do we have on top of our hot modern turbocharged engine? Will these connections fail or leak in 10, 20, or 30 years? Is there a schedule for O-ring replacement at 150,000 mile intervals?
I know that modern connectors and fasteners are vastly improved over rubber hose and clamps or even manual flared lines. But as a old skool carb guy I know how quickly a leaky fuel line can cause a really bad day and thats with maybe 3 or 5 connections under the hood, 7 at most. Yes moder connectors will be better and more resilient, but we take our Broncos off road, though dust, mud, sand, snow, and water. Up and down mountains(altitude) over and over again.
Will the myriad of fuel connectors cause problems for us a couple decades down the road? And will the simple math of halving only one fuel system be better in the long run provided we keep our cylinders clean?
Just a thought for us long haulers. Which I realize is not the norm. But Im gonna be buried in my Bronco, probably in mud!
Disclaimer, I am an old skool guy, the only two fueling methods I would ever recommend or setup myself is Webber or Demon. I have even flirted with mechanical injection. However like the rest of us I aquiesce to modern fool injection.
My question is based purely on long term ownership, you resellers and folks who plan to rack up 300,000 in the next few years and then junk it arent really the focus here as you will not have this Bronco in the year 2045. If we even have fuel or a rock to stand on by then.
I am concerned not about carbon build up, because that seem to be able to be mitigated by a catch can, something I havent really researched as to why other than accepting the loudest of opinions. I am worried about plumbing. So you have a 6 cylinder with direct and port injection. That means 12 injectors of 2 types, and 12 or more connections on top of the engine. Then you have regulators is there one for each injector type? how many connections does that add? Are all the injectors on rails? How many rails are there or do the injectors have individual lines and a manifold. Is there more than one pump? Is there a supplemental pump after the low pressure line peels off? How many fuel connection points do we have on top of our hot modern turbocharged engine? Will these connections fail or leak in 10, 20, or 30 years? Is there a schedule for O-ring replacement at 150,000 mile intervals?
I know that modern connectors and fasteners are vastly improved over rubber hose and clamps or even manual flared lines. But as a old skool carb guy I know how quickly a leaky fuel line can cause a really bad day and thats with maybe 3 or 5 connections under the hood, 7 at most. Yes moder connectors will be better and more resilient, but we take our Broncos off road, though dust, mud, sand, snow, and water. Up and down mountains(altitude) over and over again.
Will the myriad of fuel connectors cause problems for us a couple decades down the road? And will the simple math of halving only one fuel system be better in the long run provided we keep our cylinders clean?
Just a thought for us long haulers. Which I realize is not the norm. But Im gonna be buried in my Bronco, probably in mud!
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