11-04-2025, 10:20 AM
Amazon story. For the most part, I've had good luck buying some motorcycle and car parts on Amazon. You have to be very careful, read the reviews that have a large number of respondents, and you'll have a better chance.
I just bought a low mileage 2009 Suzuki TU250X that needed a fuel pump and fuel injector. Those parts were $800 and $300 respectively from Suzuki. I had recently bought those same items for a Nissan pickup from Amazon inexpensively, and they worked fine.
The $40 Amazon fuel pump with a good percentage of favorable ratings. for the Suzuki, worked fine, testing at 45psi fuel pressure - no problem.
The fuel injector I chose had over 50 feedbacks but a so-so rating, but i contributed most of that to people who mis-diagnosed the problem. It was $20, so I bought it. Installed it and the bike ran, but poorly, barely idled, wouldn't take throttle. Rechecked everything, compression, valve adjustment, air filter, clogged exhaust, fuel pressure again, fuel volume from the pump, fuel line, no problem found. No codes. Injector spray seemed weak compared to other bikes, so bought another injector from another vendor, same problem.
Unfortunately, I had thrown out the original clogged and fuel fouled injector and pump - big mistake. I wasn't going to buy an OEM injector for $300 if I wasn't sure. Found a complete used throttle body assembly with injector for $105 shipped, and tested and installed the injector - ran perfectly!
Here's the uptake. When I ordered the first injector, there were several listed, with over 50 feedbacks. A couple months later, there were the same number of suppliers, but they all had only a few feedbacks, still mediocre. So Beware! When an Amazon seller gets a poor feedback rating, all they do is re-establish another account with a different name, and it looks like a new seller, but with the same crap.
I just bought a low mileage 2009 Suzuki TU250X that needed a fuel pump and fuel injector. Those parts were $800 and $300 respectively from Suzuki. I had recently bought those same items for a Nissan pickup from Amazon inexpensively, and they worked fine.
The $40 Amazon fuel pump with a good percentage of favorable ratings. for the Suzuki, worked fine, testing at 45psi fuel pressure - no problem.
The fuel injector I chose had over 50 feedbacks but a so-so rating, but i contributed most of that to people who mis-diagnosed the problem. It was $20, so I bought it. Installed it and the bike ran, but poorly, barely idled, wouldn't take throttle. Rechecked everything, compression, valve adjustment, air filter, clogged exhaust, fuel pressure again, fuel volume from the pump, fuel line, no problem found. No codes. Injector spray seemed weak compared to other bikes, so bought another injector from another vendor, same problem.
Unfortunately, I had thrown out the original clogged and fuel fouled injector and pump - big mistake. I wasn't going to buy an OEM injector for $300 if I wasn't sure. Found a complete used throttle body assembly with injector for $105 shipped, and tested and installed the injector - ran perfectly!
Here's the uptake. When I ordered the first injector, there were several listed, with over 50 feedbacks. A couple months later, there were the same number of suppliers, but they all had only a few feedbacks, still mediocre. So Beware! When an Amazon seller gets a poor feedback rating, all they do is re-establish another account with a different name, and it looks like a new seller, but with the same crap.