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Old 11-18-2010, 08:02 PM
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well i upgraded my fuel injectors to the 703 neon injectors and everything was working fine and then everything went south the check engine light came on i have fouled spark plugs
one code said something about bad 6th injector
it smells like exhaust/gas when running
and i have black smoke coming out my tailpipe when i accelerate hard
and the engine feels like its sputtering
since this all happened ive changed the bad spark plugs and i put my stock injectors back in the engine still sputters like it did with the neon injectors it still smells like exhaust/gas when running
but i dont have as much black smoke coming out my tailpipe when i accelerate hard
Old 11-18-2010, 08:26 PM
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From the description and the code, the sixth injector is stuck open. Pull it out and test it
Old 11-18-2010, 08:41 PM
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well i understand that but ive taken them all out and put my stock injectors back in
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fuel pressure reg bad?
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could have damaged the O2 sensor??
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My 97 cherokee was running ruff for months. Replaced tps iac nothing worked. Then I replace both 02 sensors and BAM ran great. No rough runs.
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thanks but which one i changed the upstream one when i bought the jeep
do yall think it could be that one again or should i change the downstream one
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