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Jim Adney wrote: > As long as the tip isn't in danger of falling apart, this is fine. > >You can even remove the plastic tips completely and omit them. I >probably have some spares here, too. > > > Yeah, there's just three hairline cracks radiating from the center. They don't appear to be in danger of cracking off completely. > Keep the new ones on the shelf until you absolutely need them, which > >you probably never will. With care, the service life on these is very >long. My preference is to use up my oldest parts first, since the >alternative eventually leads to a stockpile of old dubious parts. > The rusty, crusty ones may be far gone. Who knows. >BTW, it's almost never too late to start storing used injectors in >kerosene. > > > Yeah, I realize that they may rust internally so I may never know, but I may as well start taking care of them right. By the way, 3 of the 4 "old" spares have yellow tips, and I can't see where they say Bosch or VW on them. Some sort of odd 3rd party, perhaps? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~