Cyl 5 & 6 Do Nothing
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Cyl 5 & 6 Do Nothing
Renix 4.0 w/ 289k miles. **** poor maintenance from the looks of it.
Unplugged injectors one by one and all cause the motor to stumble except injectors 5 & 6.
I have spark and fresh plugs on all cylinders. I pulled the injectors and it looks to be three of one kind and three of another kind??? I've had it for a month or so and it's always been sluggish.
How can I test and clean these off the truck?
What's the next step if they check out?
Could this be valve related?
Unplugged injectors one by one and all cause the motor to stumble except injectors 5 & 6.
I have spark and fresh plugs on all cylinders. I pulled the injectors and it looks to be three of one kind and three of another kind??? I've had it for a month or so and it's always been sluggish.
How can I test and clean these off the truck?
What's the next step if they check out?
Could this be valve related?
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In regards to cleaning/checking the injectors, there was an article where some had used a spare connector and spliced together his own injector tester. If some of the injectors are different from others, makes me wonder if the two 'dead' injectors aren't dead or severly clogged.
Edit: Here we go! Even better, a vid! I gotta make one of these.
Edit: Here we go! Even better, a vid! I gotta make one of these.
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how fresh are the plugs, how do they look rich or lean? You can pull the fuel rail, have someone turn it over watch as they spray into a pan, should be a mist not a stream. replace the orings when re installing rail. It would also be a good idea to do a compression test. How is the spark? Should be a blue snapping spark, yellow/orange spark indicates a weak spark.
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In regards to cleaning/checking the injectors, there was an article where some had used a spare connector and spliced together his own injector tester. If some of the injectors are different from others, makes me wonder if the two 'dead' injectors aren't dead or severly clogged.
Edit: Here we go! Even better, a vid! I gotta make one of these.
DIY Fuel injectors cleaning - YouTube
Edit: Here we go! Even better, a vid! I gotta make one of these.
DIY Fuel injectors cleaning - YouTube
Awesome. Thank you. I'll give it a shot and see what happens.
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how fresh are the plugs, how do they look rich or lean? You can pull the fuel rail, have someone turn it over watch as they spray into a pan, should be a mist not a stream. replace the orings when re installing rail. It would also be a good idea to do a compression test. How is the spark? Should be a blue snapping spark, yellow/orange spark indicates a weak spark.
Compression test is coming. Maybe I should do that first because the results could be the deciding factor as to whether or not I continue working on this motor.
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When I replaced my injectors with the upgraded ones I bought, the lower o-rings were still attatched, and I just reused them and replaced the upper o-rings. No issues so far... and that was about 2 years ago.
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Ok, so I have three stock injectors and three D3800BA's. Can't find much on them.
Results from resistance testing:
Stock Injectors
17.6 Ohm
17.7 Ohm
17.2 Ohm
Unknown Injectors
17.2 Ohm
17.3 Ohm
18.3 Ohm
Anybody know if this looks good? I am planning on replacing them all but I want to confirm the problem before I spend any more money.
Results from resistance testing:
Stock Injectors
17.6 Ohm
17.7 Ohm
17.2 Ohm
Unknown Injectors
17.2 Ohm
17.3 Ohm
18.3 Ohm
Anybody know if this looks good? I am planning on replacing them all but I want to confirm the problem before I spend any more money.
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Update:
I didn't have all the materials at hand to make the same cleaning system in the video so....We improvised.
Cherry_Key and I made it happen with a chapstick cap and a can of WD40.
Sorry pic is stubborn and won't rotate. The cap seals perfectly around the o-rings and it worked great. All injectors spray nice and even. I kinda hoped for two to fail so I could be done trying to diagnose this.
I didn't have all the materials at hand to make the same cleaning system in the video so....We improvised.
Cherry_Key and I made it happen with a chapstick cap and a can of WD40.
Sorry pic is stubborn and won't rotate. The cap seals perfectly around the o-rings and it worked great. All injectors spray nice and even. I kinda hoped for two to fail so I could be done trying to diagnose this.
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Hopefully I can get these all back in tonight for a test run. I'll be cleaning and testing 6 new to me injectors tomorrow (thanks Cherry_Key) to install.
I think it's blasphemy that I have had this thing for over a month and it hasn't seen one trail.
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Price is for a set of 6 injectors:
http://www.precisionautoinjectors.co...7&categoryId=3
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The original injectors were prone to leaking fuel from the body itself. If it were me, I'd replace all 6 with the later style.
Price is for a set of 6 injectors:
http://www.precisionautoinjectors.co...7&categoryId=3
Price is for a set of 6 injectors:
http://www.precisionautoinjectors.co...7&categoryId=3