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Old May 19, 2006 | 05:59 PM
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Default Fuel injector check?

Hey guys,

Been awhile since I've been on here, but I've got a question. Tried searching for the answer, and didn't find what I was looking for.

Well, several weeks ago my car started sputtering at lower RPM, and it got to the point where I killed it a couple times off the line at a stoplight. Once I get to about 2500-3000 RPM, the car runs fine, but I need to keep it up there to keep the power and keep it from stuttering. I just ran some injector cleaner through it, but haven't noticed a difference yet.

I replaced the fuel filter last summer, and its got maybe 10K miles on it.

The gas mileage hasn't really gone down any (got 36+ mpg the last time I put gas in it).

I know you can listen to the injectors with a stethoscope to see if they're clicking when the cylinder fires, but isn't there a way to check the resistance of the injector itself? I read something about that a long time ago as a way to check if they were good, and if the resistance wasn't in a certain range then the injector was either bad or on its way out. How do you do this, and what are the resistance ranges? (Stock injectors on a D16Y8)

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but when I turn the a/c on, the car has a pretty regular misfire at idel. I'm assuming its just in one cylinder because of the rythym to it.

I'm changing the oil pan tomorrow (its cracked and leaking dammit...), and I plan on checking the spark plugs at the same time. The whole thing may just be a bad or fouled plug.

But if anybody knows how to check the resistance across the fuel injectors, I would much appreciate it.

Oh yeah, this is a fairly heavily temperature dependent problem. When the car's cold or its cool outside, it runs fine. When its hot outside or the car's been running for awhile, that's when I notice the problem.

Thanks!

Last edited by junior-ae; May 19, 2006 at 06:01 PM.
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