Can new bosch injectors leak??
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Since fitting new injectors and lines the car starts like an absolute turd, it starts and immediately cuts out the first couple of attempts, then it splutters its way into life, stinks of fuel then once running idles fine, ish.
The car really needs a dizzy cap, rotor arm and leads but I can't afford them right now (house project, wasted on fuel injectors) but basically just wondered as time is very limited so when I will get to test them who knows. Has anybody had any issues with duff injectors from new? Seems unlikely to me but at the same time I've not done anything else that would/could make it run worse. Cheers
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Would not suspect a fifth injector problem personallyKarlos1987 said
What relay would work in its place to do that? I guess that wouldn't take long, she might let me do that for a bit . I'll see if I can smell fuel in the oil first though. I might as well try cold start injector, I'm assuming it's probably not that but just to rule it out
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Karlos1987 said
What relay would work in its place to do that? I guess that wouldn't take long, she might let me do that for a bit 😂. I'll see if I can smell fuel in the oil first though. I might as well try cold start injector, I'm assuming it's probably not that but just to rule it out
You can use a 17 or 18 relay in the fuel pump relay socket to make the pump come on with the ignition. Then you can just turn the ignition on (not start) to run the pump. Unless you are moving the airflow plate, you should get no fuel from the injectors.
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Mine runs that permanently 18 upside down one step up in the fuse boxpaceman said
Karlos1987 said
What relay would work in its place to do that? I guess that wouldn't take long, she might let me do that for a bit . I'll see if I can smell fuel in the oil first though. I might as well try cold start injector, I'm assuming it's probably not that but just to rule it out
You can use a 17 or 18 relay in the fuel pump relay socket to make the pump come on with the ignition. Then you can just turn the ignition on (not start) to run the pump. Unless you are moving the airflow plate, you should get no fuel from the injectors.
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They are out of the plunger inside the metering head mateKarlos1987 said
Blimey, they'd had it. Won't be my issue, I fitted new o-rings with injectors. The only thing I did notice was one injector was pretty easy to push in, but the other 3 took some swearing at. I wonder if an injector seat could be the issue? Did put a tiny bit of grease on o-rings too to help them in as I read it doesn't hurt and makes life a bit easier
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