How to clean your injectors yourself?

[Ravers]

My previous post was .....Who was the best person who conducts diagnostic tests and clean injectors.... My reply was SOOKAI's DIESEL SERVICE 671-2333 and AEC south 652-2333. However some ppl find the best person to clean your injectors is yourself as it is easy!!!

Well, I'd like to know what do I do....and what chemicals, machines (if any) do I use??? I am sure this will benefit all Tuners guaranteed!

[Dave]

other than the regular cleaners in the tank you could use old school method, fill the gas filter with carb spray and then start, will work both carbed and efi engines
a couple of times should do the trick

[sport20]

when doin this cleanin', is there any residue or some liquid substance that you could get after the cleaning that will show you how dirty your injectors were?

i don't exactly know how to explain that but i hope you get the idea.

[VW_Exec]

i kno Dave is an advocate of the concept that cleaning injectors is done best when they are actually cycling as opposed to just static.

i endorse this view and some of us also clip off an injector harness (one connector) and tap it to the battery source and touch the wire on and off the + whilst sprayin carb cleaner into the top of the injector.

Sport20 i dont think there is any way to really SEE ur dirt..uh..why would u? i think u are tryin to ask if there was a way to gauge if the cleaning was done sufficiently or properly and evidenced by this or that amount of dirty residue produced. i say...let ur engine's performance be the tell tale. once u do a basic cleanup as described above and run a concentrated injector cleaner intank regularly, ur injectors should never need a serious professional cleanout

[Dave]

like an oil change, u see what comes out
i guess the test is how better the car responds and idles after

once u do a basic cleanup as described above and run a concentrated injector cleaner intank regularly, ur injectors should never need a serious professional cleanout

amen brother, preventative maintenance
$18 cleaner vs $150+taking out or high pressure cycling system
ah sorry, i cheap

[Val]

how often do you all run the fuel system cleaner?

every 3 months?

[VW_Exec]

every full up bro

Redline Fuel Injector Cleaner!!!

i swear by that $hit!

if i can't get it...i just throw in ah Jectron or Wynn's every other full up. but a month will never pass me without having thrown in some cleaner system. and with the daily driving i do, injectors dont have time to gum up!

[ZORT]

I do the cleaning myself also with the injector harness and tapping the battery.. question though what can i use to to enlarge the carb spray nozel exit (the red straw nah) the the injector filter at the top of the injector. I used tapes but they all melt away with the carb spray.

[gizmo]

Can some one confirm if this "old school method' of cleaning injectors whereby you spray carb spray in the gas filter, reconnect it then alow it to pulse through the injectors while the car is idling??

[[X]~Outlaw]

i use injector cleaner once ah month or every 4 fill ups ive heard using to much damages the lining in the tank

[nigel1977]

what about the cars with plastic tanks?

[sport20]

Mitsu_Exec, the reason i asked is because my mechanic clean my injectors a while back and he showed me a bowl of dirty solution and said that's how dirty they were.

honestly, the car worked GREAT after the injectors were cleaned but i recently decided to stop goin' by him because i think he's been rippin' me off.

It pays to learn!

[sport20]

oh and i use cv100 at every full up!

[Ravers]

Excellent Job guys... I tried your concept and it worked excellently.... Thanks a lot.....
This is the type of info i think we should all share... some guys can't afford to fork out $150 every 3 mths ....especially with the dirty fuel we have in Trinidad.

Thanks again guys.

[Dave]

and which concept is that?

[Ravers]

yours Dave... Kudos to you

[Dave]

which one of mine, the preventative maintenance or the quick clean in a cheap can

[Bezman]

i dont believe in putting injector cleaners in your fuel tank, as they clean the tank not the injectors, so they actually make the shiet they clean from inside the tank pass through the injectors, and clog the filter etc..

i have uised the method by hooking up the airosol can of injector cleaner to the fuel rail and letting teh car run off that till it dies, then start it and deal with the cloud of smoke, and rev etc...

i have alos seen mad backyard mechanics do similar things with batteries, hooking them up to the plug on the injector and hooking up a line with a magic potion of injector cleaner (probably WD with Thinners or something) but i am strongly against this method for obvious reasons lol..

[ZORT]

I do the cleaning myself also with the injector harness and tapping the battery.. question though what can i use to to enlarge the carb spray nozel exit (the red straw nah) the the injector filter at the top of the injector. I used tapes but they all melt away with the carb spray.

any-e-one.. looking for a plastic piece that can fit a can of aerosol spray and snuggly fit the injector filter.

[ray d saint]

DON'T ever use the injector cleaner from Pricesmart, dat does more damage that good to you injector.

[Corollaman]

What make you say that?

[bleedingfreak]

Redline for it!

BTW, Prestone have one too! Working just as good as the Redline!

Question: If you gonna use the "ole school method" (i.e. Barr's! ), is it possible to get residue on your plugs? Should you change / clean the plugs soon after?

[Dave]

after any kind of injector/carb clean it is good idea to clean/change plugs and oil and filter too

[bleedingfreak]

^^^ Thought so... thanks

[mrboxman]

use the fitch fuel catalyst
drop it in and never worry again
it works
i sound like an infomercial

[dreadman]

i does take out de injector rail and use bars tec spray it, leave to soak and wipe it out with a piece of cotton and dat does work real good

[TurboDrive]

I dont mean to hijack this thread but while we're on the subject is there anywhere in T&T where you can check the spray pattern for your injectors ?

[korolla]

who is good mechanic i can take my car in to service the injectors preferble in south cause i hardly have time to do any work on it myself

[larafan]

i does take out de injector rail and use bars tec spray it, leave to soak and wipe it out with a piece of cotton and dat does work real good

hrmmm....i dunno...that won't clean inside the injectors....it won't be pulsing for the injectors them selves to be cleaned...

and i was told when u take out the fuel rail....it is advised that u change the rubbers......i aint know...

[Dave]

thats right larafan, woth that u only cleaning b4 and after the firing part of the injector
and inorder to prevent any gas leak you should always replace the rubber seals on the injector with new ones
you don't want a gas leak now would you, actually this is a good preventative idea, i always have brand new nissan rubber seals for my 4 injectors in the event of