I've got a 2000 2.2L and think I may have dirty injectors. Where are the fuel injectors located, how to get to them, and how should I go about cleaning them?
The fuel injectors are mounted in the intake manifold close to the head, one per cylinder. To get to them you need to remove the rail bolts, depressurize the fuel system, remove the feed and return line, remove the FPR vacuum line and pull out the rail. To clean them however, there is no need to get to them directly.
You disconnect the feed line to the fuel rail and connect a special canister to it. The cannister gets filled with a special solution for cleaning injectors. Unplug the fuel pump relay and crank the car over. The solution will gravity-feed from the can (hung from your hood striker) through the injectors. Let the car idle until it dies and hook everything back up.
Basically, let your mechanic do it.
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Orrrrrrr....Buy a can of Seafoam and follow the directions on the can. Use a third of it directly via the brake booster vacuum line, then another third goes in the fuel tank.
Again, the directions are on the can. You can also do a search here on Seafoam to read of other's experiences.
DartBaron wrote:Orrrrrrr....Buy a can of Seafoam and follow the directions on the can. Use a third of it directly via the brake booster vacuum line, then another third goes in the fuel tank.
Again, the directions are on the can. You can also do a search here on Seafoam to read of other's experiences.
Seafoam does not clean the injectors. You dump seafoam into the intake, it never runs through the fuel system...
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go to advance auto, or autozone, and buy fuel injector cleaner. dump it in a partially empty tank then fill up wiht gas....done
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Shifted wrote:DartBaron wrote:Orrrrrrr....Buy a can of Seafoam and follow the directions on the can. Use a third of it directly via the brake booster vacuum line, then another third goes in the fuel tank.
Again, the directions are on the can. You can also do a search here on Seafoam to read of other's experiences.
Seafoam does not clean the injectors. You dump seafoam into the intake, it never runs through the fuel system...
I did mention that he should pour a third of the can into the tank, which he should do first. No sense running cleaner through the injectors dirtying up a just-cleaned combustion chamber. Get the crap outa the injectors, THEN get the crap outa the chamber (also helps to give the crap in the chamber a 'pre-wash').
I am suprised no one asked why he thinks he needs them cleaned. Do what they ^ said.
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"I am suprised no one asked why he thinks he needs them cleaned. Do what they ^ said."
Cause they're dirty... duh.
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I like the Lucas fuel system cleaner that you dump in the tank. I usually try to run one bottle per month.
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