The mechanic at first thought one of the cylinders wasn't working, but
he came back and said he thought it was firing. Since I had my spark
plugs replaced a few months ago, he recommended a fuel injection
cleaning (I think). He said it was a 3-part process involving the gas
tank and two other things. He said he could do it for $85. Not really
knowing anything, I need some advice as to whether this is worth it.
There is definitely something wrong...it's not terrible, and I wasn't
too worried about it, but I do have a little money to burn. I know
nothing about the car prior to January '06 when I bought it. Since then
I have replaced the belts and water pump along with 2 oil changes.
Any tips would be appreciated...thanks again.
Thomas
Do you have a CEL and have the codes been read?
You could have a TPS or IACV problem or???
If you want to try a 'mechanic in a can' I suggest Techron. It is one
that seems to actually work. Might even be worth a coupla atempts.
Does the mechanic gurantee the car won't have the problem when he's
completed the cleaning?
Carl
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What he said. Also consider changing the
fuel filter.
The car also shudders pretty heavily when it starts.
Whatever you use, you will probably notice an improvement within a hundred
miles or so. By the time it is time to refill the tank the idle should be
better. If not, time to do the tune-up stuff.
Mike
> If you want to try a 'mechanic in a can' I suggest Techron. It is one
> that seems to actually work. Might even be worth a coupla atempts.
Hi,
Be sure to get the "real" Techron--they have one that's $6-$8 a bottle
locally that works well. There's also one for about $4 or so that I
think's a reduced strength version. The more exspensive one works far
better according to everyone I know who's tried both.
Also, Berryman's B-12 Chemtool products have done well for me. About
$3-$4 a bottle most places around here.
Full blown "injector service" or "doctor in a can?" Those of you who
remember carburetors probably remember hearing "your carb needs to be
rebuilt" coming out of the mouths of MANY mechanics, and somewhat
frequently at that. In the early '60s my grandfather had somewhere
around 120k miles on his '59 VW Bug and had never even had the carb off
for cleaning! Pretty unusual for the time. His old, German, mechanic
told him to put a can of GumOut (I think it was almost the only brand
around back then) in the tank every 1000 miles and he wouldn't have to
go thru the "rebuild" drill often, if at all.
I've taken my grandfather's approach, that "prunes are easier to take
than an enema", and put a can of "stuff" in every 5-10k miles on most of
my cars, and never really needed anything fancier. $85 will buy about 10
bottles of "real" Techron, so you can do the math for yourself!
Rick
I'd say we're close to agreement here - I TRY to use a bottle of Tecgron
every 2 years or so. Of course I also TRY to only buy gas from fairly
busy, medium/high end retailers.
I have yet to have a 'known' injector problem. Of course, the OP may be
dealing with a used car of questionable history or a one time purchase
of 'bad gas'. Indeed, if this problem JUST occured, maybe something as
simple as 'gas dryer' would help.
Recently my son's '94 Acura was doing the same thing and I suggested
injector cleaner. He used Techron and got the same results I had been
getting, although the grabbiness never went away entirely.
Mike
So use a bottle of cleaner, and DONT get an expensive treatment of the
injectors. But you might want to check for O2 codes or manually check that
sensor or just get the sensor replaced. If you haven't replaced it yet you
will need to anyway so might as well get a good one in there that will last
a year or two. I think the O2 sensor was around 250 including labor. Having
it go bad when you are 25 miles from home would be a long, slow, dangerous
limp back. (It will go, but you wont be able to compete on a busy
freeway....)
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