On Feb 16, 6:28*am, Thomas Borchert
wrote:
. And I still
fail to see how "mechanical" would somehow inherently be better or more
relaible than "electric". In fact, a common rail diesel has a much simpler
mechanical design than one with mechanical injectors - it is much less prone
to failure in that respect.


I don't think that's true. Look at the reliability of non-common rail
(old) diesels. Very high injection pressures give better atomization
but the piezos and nozzles take a hammering and ceramics do break.

Cheers