Well, after careful inspection of the suspicious injector I noticed that
it is definately not OEM, no VW logo, no part number etc. I was also very
careful when pulling the injectors from the cylinder (the seals were still
stuck to the block) so I'm confident the tip did not fall inside but
instead it was never there to begin with. If my assumptions are incorrect,
I'll report about it tomorrow when I fire up the beast. I think I will be
in the market for an injector, or two if as I've heard it is better to
replace in pairs.

Two more closeup pictures of the fake and the OEM injector side by side:

http://atlas.kennesaw.edu/~josorio/images/injector3.jpg
http://atlas.kennesaw.edu/~josorio/images/injector4.jpg

Jorge

 On Fri, 20 May 2005, Ken Lewis wrote:

> Jorge,
> What the H&ll!!! You must have just knocked the tip off. I can not believe that
> injector was ever working.
> Ken
>
>
> >
> > Pictures here:
> >
> > http://atlas.kennesaw.edu/~josorio/images/injector1.jpg
> > http://atlas.kennesaw.edu/~josorio/images/injector2.jpg
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Jorge
> > '85 Westy Weekender
> > Betsy a.k.a "Plan B"
> >
>