Can a stuck open injector cause misfire?
A fuel injector that is stuck open or leaking seat will flood or run rich the cylinder. A clogged or low flow injector can cause surging, low power or misfire in cylinder.
What causes a fuel injector to stick on a car?
Problems. Rust can cause it to stick. If it can’t open, it can’t deliver fuel. Open Fuel Injector – A faulty spring or rust build up can cause a valve to stick in the open position. This will cause the injector to leak fuel. Leaky Fuel Injector – If a fuel injector overheats and fails, it will cause a leak.
What happens when 3 injectors are stuck open?
Burning excess fuel makes black smoke, and if you were dumping fuel into the cylinders you’d flood out three and substantially reduce the spray from the other three. I doubt seriously if the engine would run with three injectors stuck wide open. Has the engine been overheated recently? How did the mechanic diagnose this as stuck injectors?
Can a bad fuel injector cause an engine to stall?
If you suspect that your fuel consumption has changed, it may be due to a bad fuel injector. If you experience rough idle or the engine will stall on low RPM, it may be a bad fuel injector. It’s because the fuel injector may spray too much or too little fuel, which creates a lean or rich mixture, which may cause the engine to misfire and stall.
Why are the fuel injectors on my maxima stuck open?
’90 maxima 245,000 miles…over the course of a few days all three rear injectors (1,3,5) are stuck open and dumping fuel…lots of white smoke and fuel smell. Mechanic told me to replace the fuel injectors, that they are bad. I do not believe this since i recently replaced the injectors.
Problems. Rust can cause it to stick. If it can’t open, it can’t deliver fuel. Open Fuel Injector – A faulty spring or rust build up can cause a valve to stick in the open position. This will cause the injector to leak fuel. Leaky Fuel Injector – If a fuel injector overheats and fails, it will cause a leak.
Burning excess fuel makes black smoke, and if you were dumping fuel into the cylinders you’d flood out three and substantially reduce the spray from the other three. I doubt seriously if the engine would run with three injectors stuck wide open. Has the engine been overheated recently? How did the mechanic diagnose this as stuck injectors?
’90 maxima 245,000 miles…over the course of a few days all three rear injectors (1,3,5) are stuck open and dumping fuel…lots of white smoke and fuel smell. Mechanic told me to replace the fuel injectors, that they are bad. I do not believe this since i recently replaced the injectors.
What causes fuel injectors to get clogged up?
Aside from the fumes and fuel itself, the fuel injectors can get clogged up by debris. This can either come from gas or from the fuel system itself. Gasoline with impurities in it is less common these days, and most major gas stations have consistently high-quality gas.