just wondering what the 2 litre fuel injected kombis are like as a daily driver. what is the better way to go, injected or carbys???? Can you change the injected engines easily to carbys if you want to. cheers

IMO, go the efi. You can change to carbs easily but why???

My opinion only based on personal experience"" the injected kombi was a good vehicle and very drivable but once the system starts giving trouble you can virtually drive yourself crazy trying to rectify some intermittent problems. Over the last few years I would hate to hazard a guess at the time and dollars that I have spent chasing elusive problems to the stage where basically all the parts had been replaced only to have the problem recur.The last one that gave me grief I bit the bullet and fitted a set of carburettors because it was breaking the customer's heart and both hers and my bank accounts.the vehicle has not missed a beat since.In answer to the question change over yes it is within the scope of most home mechanics,but if you are not sure the forum is here to help. cheers Les

EFI works well when it works but when it doesn't it's a PITA.

Swap to carbs isn't hard but EFI if in good nick does work well.

thanks fellas, that is what i kinda hoped, of the injection becomes a problem then dice it and fit carbs, cool will go and have a look at a kombi.

I like to collect injection bitz so if you dump it let me know..

if it does give you grief fit an aftermarket computer such as a microtech, ems etc.
At least you'll be able to run and tune it.

If you decide to work the engine or turbo it later on, all you've got to do is then re-tune.
just a thought........

Hi

I worked a lot on these when they were newer.

The biggest problem they had were,

Hoses blowing off from a backfire (never have your foot on the accelerator when starting)

A backfire hurting the flow meter

Pints out of adjustment, the ECU relies on the points for part of its input data.

Steve

I know your pain, the number of times ive just wanted to do away with it and put carbies on it, I've have had my fair share of random small things, but all in all when the injecton runs well they are nice, very nice, and the economy was mind blowing. on my most recent run up the warego highway i averaged 11L /100km, i was stoked.
The problem on mine was the AFM had just worn a track in itself. now ive read things and seen youtube videos of people moving the needle position off that worn track in the AFM. DONT (i tryed it, was a really bad idea).
I had it rebuild. Now that problem is gone, but a new rebuilt one still doesnt work perfectly with the old engines and may need tweeking, which will void your waranty on the part . but makes all the differnce.
otherwise air leaks can be a problem, easiest thing is just replace all the small rubber hoses and bits in the engine bay straight away just to be certain.
Happy kombi ing and good luck

I've had kombi's with fuel injection and twin carbies and I much prefer the FI. They do have the aforementioned problem with blowing hoses off and I once had a faulty component (capacitor or something) which my mechanic found (unfortunately he's now retired). They also benefit from running some cleaner through the tank every so often (once a month minimum) or PULP seems to achieve the same thing, with the benefit of being able to run a fraction more advance without pinging.

In terms of driveability, the FI was a LOT smoother off idle with plenty more torque, even though there is very little difference in peak torque. It also started a lot easier than the carby version.