what are signs of dirty injectors- when should they be cleaned (vehicles, idle)
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what are signs of dirty fuel injectors. I am getting hesitation and poor gas millage. My mechanic said tht it looks like dirty fuel injectors and I should have a fuel injector cleaning service (cleaning injectors while still on car.). The car is a honda accord 2000 accord only 25,000 miles but 8 years old, but is it possible to have dirty injectors at this milage, or at this age of the car. Could my gas filter also be dirty.
I just had a timing belt replacement by the dealer,and I thought it was caused by a misadjustedted but my mechanic said it looks okay as my car is ideling smooth and there is no engine check light and it does not look like a notch was missed when the timing belt was installed. There is no timing adj like the old cars with a timing light and distributor rotateing
You can use Sea Foam or Marvel Mystery Oil (see can for directions) to clean injectors. Or you can pay your dealer $150 to do what may be the same thing.
I think it's good to occasionally take the car out (once thoroughly warmed up) and give it a couple of full throttle runs from a slow roll up to 70 MPH or whatever the limit is. Freeway onramps are good for this. Cars need exercise, and this isn't that hard on the systems.
That's a short life for a timing belt. Is it a belt or chain?
I'm assuming you did it by the book's schedule, which typically will have a miles/years timeout limit.
I've got a 2004 Toyota Corolla with approx. 80,000 miles on it; still has the original timing belt, and gas mileage has been really bad the past few months; maybe because of the cold? Anyway, should I have the injectors cleaned? It's my wife's car and she is beginning to drive more on the highway everyday so maybe that will help gas mileage a little.
what are signs of dirty fuel injectors. I am getting hesitation and poor gas millage. My mechanic said tht it looks like dirty fuel injectors and I should have a fuel injector cleaning service (cleaning injectors while still on car.). The car is a honda accord 2000 accord only 25,000 miles but 8 years old, but is it possible to have dirty injectors at this milage, or at this age of the car. Could my gas filter also be dirty.
I just had a timing belt replacement by the dealer,and I thought it was caused by a misadjustedted but my mechanic said it looks okay as my car is ideling smooth and there is no engine check light and it does not look like a notch was missed when the timing belt was installed. There is no timing adj like the old cars with a timing light and distributor rotateing
Did this start right after the timing belt change? If so I would return it to the dealer and have them check their work, I believe if your injectors were that dirty your car would have a check engine light on. there are many things that will cause your symtoms, a few are plugged air filter or a very restricted exhaust like a plugged converter. If you've run some real bad gas the injectors could be fouled and need a cleaning but I've had vehicles with well over 100,000 miles that never needed it. I would take it to the dealer, cars are easy to check on a good computer system as they have, it could save you a ton of money in the end.
I have a 99 honda accord 6 cylinder engine. It will sometimes at high speeds idle and slow down rpm drop then it will stop and drive when I ride it on the interstate every now and then when I pick up speed. And drop rpm and then it doesn't do it anymore any ideas
Add some BG 44K to the gas tank. This will clean the injectors and remove carbon from deposits from the valves. Make sure you have a clean air filter as well.
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